COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SHIPPING FINANCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DLU 7023 SHIPPING FINANCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SEÇIL SIGALI

Offered to

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Gaining knowledge related to the history of shipping finance
Gaining a financial perspective for the maritime industry
Understanding the financial structures of all the shipping operations

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning detailed information about the maritime economics
2   Understanding the financial structures of all shipping and logistics operations
3   Understanding the causal link between shipping operations
4   Understanding the financial in the maritime sector
5   Understanding the financial structures of all the shipping operations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Economic organization of maritime market
2 Financial structure of the maritime market
3 Maritime markets
4 Supply,demand and the freight markets
5 Cost, giro and financial performance
6 Financing of the ships and shipping companies
7 Midterm exam
8 Financial indicators of the shipping companies, issue of stocks for shipping companies
9 Bulk cargoes and finance of bulk cargo transportation
10 General cargoes and finance of liner transportation
11 Financial risks of the shipping companies
12 Finance of ship building and demolition
13 Foreseeing the shipping financial markets and market analysis
14 Evaluating ship and logistic investments financially

Recomended or Required Reading

Stopford, Martin (1997). Maritime Economics, London
Ders Için Önerilen Diğer Kaynaklar:
Schall, Lawrence D. (1991). Introduction to Financial Management, Singapore
Jurnaller:
Maritime Policy and Management, Journal, ISSN: 0308-8839
Maritime Economics and Logistics, Journal, ISSN: 1479-2931

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, data analysis, case studies.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Achieving specialist level of knowledge, skill and competency and researching, commenting, expressing (oral-written forms) in international shipping and logistics finance will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Banu DURUKAN

Office Hours

Monday, 10.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
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) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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