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Week
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Topics
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Course Outcomes
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1
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Ports & terminals and their function in shipping business.
- Global cargo flow analyzing and major trading areas in the world
- Understanding role of ports in international trade and transportation.
- Main function and features of port & terminal in shipping business
- How ports can benefit or detract from economic developments of country.
- View of port and terminal types.
Type of vessel and cargo in the ports and terminals.
- Vessel categories,
- Vessel sizes and understanding of basic design and construction of them
Cargo types and their characteristics.
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I, II
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2
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Structure of container terminals, their features and cargo handling operation
- Type of container cargoes
- Cargo storage in yards and warehouse, loading & unloading
- Cargo operations and cargo handling gears
- Equipment to be used during cargo operations and their terminology
- Understanding geographic reason for container port and terminal location.
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II
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3
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Structure of general cargo terminals, their features and cargo handling operation
- Type of general cargoes
- Cargo storage, loading & unloading
- Cargo operations and cargo handling gears
- Equipment used during cargo operations and their terminology
- Understanding geographic reason for general cargo port and terminal location.
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II
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4
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Structure of bulk cargo terminals, their features and cargo handling operation
- Type of bulk cargoes.
- Cargo storage, loading & unloading.
- Cargo operations and cargo handling gears.
- Equipment used during cargo operations and their terminology.
- Understanding geographic reason for bulk cargo port and terminal location.
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II
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5
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Structure of liquid cargo terminals, their features and cargo handling operation
- Type of liquid cargoes
- Cargo storage, loading & unloading
- Cargo operations and cargo handling gears
- Equipment used during cargo operations and their terminology
- Understanding geographic reason for liquid cargo port and terminal location.
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II
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6
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Structure of port & terminal and their organization
- Organization framework
- The relations between infrastructure, conservancy, navigation and handling facilities
- Typical port activities, organization and their structure
- Importance of avoiding traffic and cargo congestion inside the port.
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III
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7
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FIELD VISIT
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I, II, III
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8
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Port Management
- Ports structure, the delivery of services and the relationship between infrastructure, conservancy, navigation and handling facilities.
- Typical port organizational structure.
- Port performance – vessel turnaround time, cargo volume, speed of cargo handling, damage and pilferage prevention.
- Management systems.
- Nature of marine operations – conservancy, dredging, navigation aids, navigation control etc.
- The management of cargo operations on board and ashore. The importance of avoiding traffic and cargo congestion.
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IV
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9
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Port Planning
- Development policy including the role of government, regional needs and competition.
- Planning principles and project planning and the role of traffic forecasts, analysis of demand factors, implications for marketing, involvement of users.
- Capacity calculations and the relationship between berth occupancy, service time and waiting time and also berth throughput.
- The principles behind port layout, physical constraints, terminal planning, specialized terminals, multipurpose terminals and support operations.
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V
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10
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Port Competition and Marketing
- The nature of port competition, national and international.
- The need for market information including trade growth, vessel development, commercial needs and financial viability.
- The relevance of geographic location to both vessel transit time and port rotation.
- The role of shipowners/ship operators, shippers/receivers, freight contractors, forwarders and other transport interests (e.g. railways, road haulers).
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VI
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11
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Port Pricing
- The nature and types of port charges including those incorporating statutory navigational services, services to vessels, services to cargoes.
- The cost factors in pricing including for infrastructure, navigation services, equipment, staff and labor, marketing, security and safety and for environmental services.
- The effects of competition on pricing policy and how pricing is used as a tool to influence demand.
- The various factors used in establishing pricing structures.
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VII
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12
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Port Finance
- The importance of financial management in port operating, specifically budgets, capital and revenue expenditures and investment appraisal.
- The importance of financial and commercial objectives including the analysis and monitoring of costs and port cost accounting.
- The need for a corporate analysis of financial data and for budgetary planning and control.
- Project evaluation and review techniques and the capital budgeting and also the financial and economic appraisal of port investment proposals and traffic forecasting.
- Joint venture opportunities for financing or management and policies for both common and sole user terminals.
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VIII
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13
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Port & terminal safety and security management
- The importance of safety management.
- The importance of security to prevent terrorism, illegal immigration, theft and smuggling.
- Dangerous cargo at port, their storage and handling
- Safety and security of port
- PFSO & PSC and their responsibilities
- Port security level
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IX
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14
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FIELD VISIT
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I-IX
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