COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS FINANCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIY 6041 ADVANCED SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS FINANCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration (English)

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEÇIL SIGALI

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (English)

Course Objective

To have a strong background about Advanced Shipping and Logistics Finance
To gain an financial perspective for the shipping and logistics Industry
To understand general financial structure of all shipping and logistics operations

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To gain detailed knowledge on Shipping and Logistics Finance
2   To have a strong background about Advanced Shipping and Logistics Finance
3   To understand the financial relationships in shipping and logistics operations
4   To understand the financial transactions in shipping and logistics industry
5   To understand general financial structure of all shipping and logistics operations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The economic organization of the shipping market
2 The financial structure of the shipping and logistics markets
3 The four shipping markets
4 Supply, demand and freight rates
5 Costs, Revenue and Financial Performance
6 Finance methods for ships and shipping companies
7 Mid-term exam
8 Financial indicators for the logistics and shipping companies, Issuing stocks for maritime industry ,
9 Bulk cargo and the financial aspects of bulk shipping
10 The general cargo and the financial aspects of liner shipping
11 Financial risks for the shipping and logistics companies
12 Financial aspects of shipbuilding and scrapping
13 Maritime financial forecasting and market research
14 Financial evaluation of ship and logistics investments

Recomended or Required Reading

Stopford, Martin (1997). Maritime Economics, London

Schall, Lawrence D. (1991). Introduction to Financial Management, Singapore Journals
Maritime Policy and Management, Journal, ISSN: 0308-8839
Maritime Economics and Logistics, Journal, ISSN: 1479-2931

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

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

secil.varan@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 presentations 1 5 5
Design Project 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

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