COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DDD 5014 TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CENK ŞAKAR

Offered to

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management

Course Objective

In general, the concept of dangerous goods to identify and to deal with all aspects of the transport of dangerous goods, different types of dangerous goods of different transport modes, and the legal, operational, and make observations on a sectoral basis, the possible effects on human health and the environment, and to be informed about the results, in terms of both security and safety is to be aware of dangerous goods transport operations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the concepts of Cargo, dangerous cargo and transport
2   Load types and transportation modes, to learn, to discuss the concept of multi-modal transport of dangerous goods..
3   To raise awareness of environmental protection at sea, to raise awareness on environmental legislation and practices..
4   To have information about National and international legal regulations on dangerous goods
5   Economic analysis of transportation dangerous goods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Meeting people, Introduction, Definition of Dangerous Cargo, Dangerous Goods in International Trade
2 Types of loads and loads of different transport modes and dangerous goods
3 Operations of dangerous goods
4 Regulations concerning the classification of dangerous goods
5 Regulations for different types of dangerous goods transportation modes
6 For dangerous goods symbols, marks, packaging,
7 Mid-term exam
8 Loading, discharge and safe
9 Emergency procedures
10 Dangerous goods market ,its economic dimension
11 Documents on dangerous goods transport ation
12 Responsibilities on dangerous goods transportation
13 The risks associated with dangerous goods, intervention strategies, first-aid
14 End of the semester homework/ project presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Maritime, transport, published books in the fields of dangerous goods, periodicals and studies.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case study, Presentation and discussion

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

- The load (cargo), understanding the concepts of dangerous cargo and transportation, Learning the types of goods and transportation modes, The concept of multi-modal transport of dangerous goods and economic aspects of transportation dangerous goods with written exams ,
- To raise awareness of environmental protection at sea, awareness on environmental legislation and practices with in-class activities,
- Dangerous goods to learn about the national and international legal regulations with prepared homework and presentations ,will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Student who is on the course without any excuse on presentation day, homework / presentation grade of 0 (zero) will be.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Cenk Şakar
cenk.sakar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13:30-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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