COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DDD 7008 MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DURMUŞ ALI DEVECI

Offered to

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Analyzing the multimodal transport systems from the framework of logistics and transportation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to distinguish the characteristics of transportation modes
2   Ability to comprehend the integration of transport modes
3   Ability to analyze the components of multimodal transportation systems
4   Ability to distinguish the roles and functions of actors in the multimodal transport systems
5   Ability to design the multimodal transport operations processes
6   Ability to solve the multimodal transport problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The role and importance of transportation in the logistics systems
2 Main characteristics of transportation modes
3 Integration of transport modes: Unitization and containerization
4 Main components of multimodal transport system
5 Commercial aspects of the multimodal transport systems and the actors involved in
6 Operational and technical aspects of multimodal transport sytems
7 Mid-term exam
8 Legal framework of multimodal transport
9 Types of multimodal transport sytems: container, ro-ro etc.
10 Multimodal transport corridors and routes to/from Türkiye
11 The place and role of multimodal transport in EU transport policy
12 Ports and multimodal transport
13 Competition and cooperation in multimodal transport
14 Term paper presentation
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Fundamental logistics and transportation literature, academic books, journals and other publications in the international transport and maritime transport areas.

REFERENCE BOOKS :
Hayuth, Yehuda (1987). Intermodality: Concept and Practice, LLP
Maritime Policy and Management, ISSN: 0308-8839
Maritime Economics and Logistics, ISSN: 1479-2931The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business, 2nd Edition, ed. Costas Th. Grammenos, Lloyd s List, London, 2010.
The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business, ed. Costas Th. Grammenos, LLP Informa Publishing, London, 2002.
International Handbook of Maritime Business, ed. Kevin Cullinane, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, UK, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and active teaching and learning strategies

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

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

adeveci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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