COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PORT OPERATIONS PLANNING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DDD 6002 PORT OPERATIONS PLANNING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK KÖSEOĞLU

Offered to

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management

Course Objective

Analytic studies on planning, operating and process control matters in port and terminal operations . Discussing and asserting analytical approaches for innovative and creative solutions to the problems in the related issues, and designing systems or systems improvements by syntheses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowledge acquisition in shipping issues, port and terminal planning.
2   Ability to produce solutions for a variety of work problems arise in the port operations
3   Having a creative notion in the optimization of port and terminal operations
4   Ability of planning port capacity and using technology - equipment
5   Realizing performance measurement studies for ports and terminal firms and making comparative analyses.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Evolution of Ports and Modern Ports
3 Port and Terminal Organization and Order
4 Port Investment and Planning Process
5 Principles of Port Operations
6 Control of Port Operation Processes
7 Operational Services Planning
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Port Technologies
10 Port Equipment and Selection
11 Demand Estimation for Ports
12 Capacity Evaluation
13 Performance Measurement of Port Operations
14 Safety and Security in Port Operations

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Materials: Kişi, Hakkı. ppt. presentations
Textbooks
Frankel, Ernst. G. (1987). Port Planning and Development. John Wiley&Sons: New York.
Alderton, Patrick M. (2005). Port Management and Operation. LLP: London
References
Branch, Alan E. (1986). Elements of Port Operation and Management. Chapman and Hall, Ltd: London.
Esmer, Soner (2010) Konteyner Terminallerinde Lojistik Süreçlerin Optimizasyonu ve Bir Simülasyon Modeli. Dokuz Eylül Yayınları: Izmir.
Talley, Wayne K. (2009) Port Economics, Routledge: London and New York.
Çağlar, Volkan (2012). Türk Özel Limanlarının Etkinlik ve Verimlilik Analizi Dokuz Eylül Yayınları. Izmir
Çetin, Çimen Karataş (2012). Limanlarda Örgütsel Değişim ve Değer Zinciri Sistemlerinde Etkililik Analizi, Dokuz Eylül Yayınları: Izmir.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review ,case studies, data analyses, simulation lab, presentations 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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Having knowledge, skills, and competencies in the port planning and operations at the Phd. levels. Competencies and skills in research, studies, interpretation, expression, innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurism,
Performance in the exams, and applied studies. Performance in the presentations with a broad and comprehensive literature.
Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. Attendance.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Regular participation

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office phone: 0232 3018832, e-mail: hakki.kisi@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Open door on the course days

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 10 10
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 158

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.133
LO.2535
LO.35333
LO.433
LO.533