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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
DLU 7031	CHARTERING	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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ISMAIL BILGE ÇETIN

Offered to

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Improving the knowledge and professional skills in ship chartering.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Understanding the ship and cargo types
2	Learning the charter types and chartering operations
3	Gaining the skill of drawing the charter party
4	Gaining the skill of making freight calculation
5	Gaining the skill of making lay time calculations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Ship types, layout, structure and Ship's capacity / Cargo types, trade routes and restrictions on waterways
2	Voyage charter parties
3	Time charter parties
4	Bareboat charter parties
5	Freight markets, Freight Indexes and forward freight agreements
6	Role of Bills of lading in charter parties
7	Midterm Exam
8	Voyage estimation and freight calculation for dry bulk and general cargo ships and calculation of T/C equity
9	Worldscale and Voyage estimation and freight calculation for tankers and calculation of T/C equity
10	Negotiation in charter agreement
11	Fixing the ship and drawing the charter party
12	Voyage charter party laytime interpretation rules 93 (Voylayrules 93)
13	Laytime calculations for dry cargo vessels
14	Laytime calculation for tankers

Recomended or Required Reading

Fundamental Maritime Business Administration literature, academic books, journals and other publications in the international transport and maritime transport areas.
REFERENCE BOOKS :
Shipbroking and Chartering Practice, 5th edition, 1999 by Lars Gorton, Rolf Ihre, Arne Sandevarn, printed in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd. Bodmin, Cornwall.
Çarter Sözleşmeleri I: Genel Hükümler Sefer Çarteri Sözleşmesi, M.Fehmi Ülgener, Der Yayınları , Istanbul, 2000
Thomas Stowage: The Properties and Stowage of Cargoes. Originally By captain R.E.
Thomas, extra Master. Re-written and completely revised By Captain O.O. Thomas , F.C.I.T., Master Mariner, John Agnew, Master Mariner, K.L. COLE, Glasgow Brown. Son & Ferguson Ltd.
Chartering Documents,4th edition, Harvey Williams, LLP,1999
Bes Chartering and Shipping Terms, 11th edition, Norman J. Lopez., Barker& Howard LTD. London,1992.
Voyage Estimating, William V. Packard, Tramp Shipping Series, Fairplay Publications, 2000.

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	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)

To be announced.

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	4	48
Preparing assignments	1	15	15
Preparing presentations	1	5	5
Preparation for midterm exam	1	5	5
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13
LO.1	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	5	4	5	4
LO.2	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	5
LO.3	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	4
LO.4	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	5
LO.5	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4

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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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