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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
LOJ 2016	MARITIME TRANSPORTATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4

Offered By

Logistics Programme

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR HÜSEYIN ISHAK HALIL KESIKTAŞ

Offered to

Logistics Programme

Course Objective

To supply information on maritime trade history, players and parties involved, common cargo and vessel types and to introduce maritime transportation types and related freight markets.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Learning the maritime trade history and milestone inventions
2	Identify vessel types and properties
3	Identfy the main cargo routes
4	Understanding ship management concept and types
5	Understanding the principals regarding liner and tramp shipping
6	Recognizing the intermediates and their functions
7	Learning the basics of flag, clas and insurance issues regarding merchant ships
8	Understanding, analyzing and calculating maritime transport costs
9	Getting familiar with general shipping terminolgy
10	Being aware of information resources regarding shipping
11	Understanding the relation between shipping and other scientific branches

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction
2	History of merchant shipping
3	Supply and demand in shipping; factors effecting freight, charter rates and SnP prices.
4	Classification of merchant vessels upon cargo, vessel and trade types.
5	Flag, class and insurance
6	Dry bulk shipping: freight rates, main cargo types, main ship types, main routes, C/P agreements
7	Spot market intermediates: Brokers and agents
8	Liquid bulk transportation: dangerous cargo, worldscale, crude oil, petrochemicals, LNG and LPG
9	Liner shipping
10	Seaports
11	Scientific branches regarding maritime transportation and information resources
12	Summary and preparation for the final examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Maritime Economics 3rd edition, 2009, Martin stopford, Taylor&Francis
Deniz Sektör Raporları, various years, Istanbul Deniz Ticaret Odası
Denizcilik Işletmeleri Yönetimi, 2013, DEU DEFAK Öğretim Üyeleri, Beta Basım AŞ
Deniz Ticareti, Refik Akdoğan, 1999, Deniz Malzeme Ltd.
Ticaret Gemileri Gemiciliği, Ikinci Basım, 2000, Refik akdoğan, Mart Matbaacılık Sanat Hizmetleri
http://www.refikakdogan.com/download.html

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, translation of foriegn information sources, research studies and completing examinations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE
3	ASG	ASSIGNMENT	VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Familarity to the related terminology; ability to calculate freight and shipping costs, proper preparation for research topics.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

University rules on attendance and examinations apply for the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

halil.kesiktas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

12:00-14:00 Wednesday

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	4	48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	10	1	10
Preparation for midterm exam	1	5	5
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Web Search and Library Research	10	1	10
Reading	10	1	10
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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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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