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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
DLU 7045	SHIP AGENCY AND TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DURMUŞ ALI DEVECI

Offered to

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Introducing maritime and seaborne trade, teaching the related terminology, applications of ship agency and brokering, discussing the related topics through the scope of technical, administrative and legal.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Understanding concepts and terms related to maritime transportation
2	Determining the actors in foreign trade, international logistics and maritime transportation
3	Comprehending functions and services of ship agencies and transportation intermediaries
4	Understanding the duties and responsibilities of ship agents, ship brokers and freight forwarders
5	Analyzing the problems related to ship agents and transportation intermediaries with case studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Actors in Maritime Transportation. Ships, Cargoes, Maritime Companies, Intermediaries and Their Functions
2	Concept of Ship Agency, Ship Agency Operations. Roles and Functions of Ship Agents
3	Types of Ship Agents
4	Ship Agency relationship with Related Parties
5	Ship Agency Agreement and Liabilities of Ship Agents
6	Documentation in Ship Agents
7	Chartering and Broking. Roles and Functions of Ship Brokers
8	Mid Term Exam
9	Concept of Freight Forwarding. Roles and Fuctions of Freight Forwarders
10	Documentation in Freight Forwarding
11	Selection, Management and Performance Evaluation of Maritime Transport Intermediaries
12	Case Studies Related to Duties and Liabilities of Maritime Transport Intermediaries
13	Presentation of Term Papers
14	Presentations of Term Papers

Recomended or Required Reading

Denizcilik Işletmeleri Yönetimi (Eds). A.Güldem Cerit, Ali Deveci, Soner Esmer, Beta, 2013
IMEAK Deniz Ticaret Odası ve Vapur Donatanlaı ve Acenteleri Derneği, Gemi Acenteliği Eğitimi, 2014
Malcolm Latarche, Port Agency , Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Witherby Publishers, 1998.
Alderton, Patrick Port Management and Operations , LLP Lloyd s Practical Shipping Guides London, 1999.
Gorton, L., Hillenius, P., Ihre, R. and Sandevarn, A. (2009). Shipbroking and Chartering Practice. London. Informa.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, data analysis, presentations, case studies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	STT	TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

to be announced in the class

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Durmuş Ali DEVECI

adeveci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	6	72
Preparation for midterm exam	1	5	5
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	1	15	15
Preparing presentations	1	5	5
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13
LO.1	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5
LO.2	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
LO.3	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	5
LO.4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	4
LO.5	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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