ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
LSK2008	Container Systems and Management	Spring	2	0	2	3

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	Turkish
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi MEHMET SITKI SAYGILI
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi MEHMET SITKI SAYGILI
Recommended Optional Program Components:	There aren't any optional program components.
Course Objectives:	To teach container terminal system components, terminal operations and operations planning processes.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
-The students learn concepts related to the development of container transport and container transportation.
-The students comprehend handling tools and systems in container terminals
-The students learn Long-medium-short-term planning.
-The students learn ship operations, field operations and hinterland operations.
-The students learn operation planning processes.
-The students analyze operational planning processes and work flow.
-The students learn the factors of the productivity of container handling.
-The students define container terminal logistics.
-The students analyze the problems encountered in the planning of operations in container terminals.
-The students learn and apply optimization techniques used in the planning of operations.

Course Content

Related concepts of maritime transport and container transportation.
New trends in container transport and the development of container transport.
Intermodal transportation system and the function container terminals in this system.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Related concepts of maritime transport and container transportation	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
2)	New trends in container transport and the development of container transport.	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
3)	Intermodal transportation system and the function container terminals in this system.	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
4)	Container terminal systems and subsystems, handling equipment and material handling systems used in the terminal.	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
5)	Container terminal systems and subsystems, handling equipment and material handling systems used in the terminal	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
6)	Container terminal operations; ship operations, field operations, hinterland operations.	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
7)	Container terminal operations; ship operations, field operations, hinterland operations.	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
8)	Container terminal operations; ship operations, field operations, hinterland operations.	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
9)	Container terminal operations; ship operations, field operations, hinterland operations	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
10)	Long-medium-short-term planning of operation in container terminals and the encountered in problems.	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
11)	Long-medium-short-term planning of operation in container terminals and the encountered in problems.	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
12)	Methods and optimization techniques used in the planning of terminal operations.	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
13)	Methods and optimization techniques used in the planning of terminal operations.	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.
14)	Operations of port security.	Students will be directed to the some preparation about the forthcoming subject one week before.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Ders notları bulunmamaktadır (There aren't any course notes).
References:	-Murat ERDAL, Konteyner Deniz ve Liman İşletmeciliği - Edt. Langevin, A., Riopel, D., Logistics Systems: Design and Optimization - Edt. Günther, Hans-Otto; Kim, Kap Hwan, Container Terminals and Automated Transport Systems -Lowe, D., Intermodal Freight Transport

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	10	% 5
Homework Assignments	4	% 10
Midterms	1	% 35
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	2	28
Study Hours Out of Class	14	4	56
Homework Assignments	4	4	16
Midterms	1	1	1
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			103

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works.	3
2)	Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies.	2
3)	Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events.	1
4)	Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa.	3
5)	Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches.	2
6)	Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating.	2
7)	Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form.	3
8)	Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence.	2
9)	Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments.	2
10)	Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues.	3