Port Engineering

Overview:

Introduction:

This course covers many topics including shipping lines, container tankers, dry bulk, and port-centric logistics; it is a helpful, up-to-date resource for students of logistics and logistics professionals.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• Examine the latest developments, knowledge, and practices taking place in logistics and supply chains within the shipping and port industry
• Define maritime logistics value and its strategic significance
• Provide a global perspective on the increasingly key area of logistics
• Understand all the aspects of logistics including container shipping, dry and wet bulk shipping, and port-centric logistics
• Define logistics hub and its applications for container ports and improve Supply chain accessibility and efficiency

Targeted Audience:

• Engineers and graduate engineers who want to receive some practical, specific applied knowledge and skills.
• Structural designers - to help understand the various criteria and traps they may not have otherwise considered.
• This course will benefit those who need to understand the ins and outs of a port development project and what all of the processes are about.
• For senior people responsible for managing a new port design- this is a good foundation for understanding all key criteria and the logical process.

Course Outlines:

Unit 1: Defining Maritime Logistics And Its Value:

• Maritime logistics in concept
• Maritime logistics value defined
• The strategic significance of maritime logistics value
• Concluding remarks

Unit 2: International Maritime Trade And Logistics:

• Logistics and supply chain management
• Logistics and transport
• Global trade and international maritime trade
• Global trade and international trade

Unit 3: Intermodal Freight Transport And Logistics:

• Characteristics of intermodal transport
• Containerisation of intermodal transport
• Advantages of intermodal transport
• Containerisation and the intermodal transport
• Development of intermodal transport
• Combined transport operators and their services
• Towards innovative intermodal transport

Unit 4: The Human Element In Maritime Logistics:

• The human element in science and theory
• Effects on system performance and wellbeing

Unit 5: Developing Liner Service Networks In Container Shipping:

• Background on container shipping
• Configuration and design of liner shipping services
• Shipping routes, network patterns, and port centrality

Unit 6: Supply Chain Integration Of Shipping Companies:

• Supply chain integration in the maritime shipping industry
• The impact of supply chain integration on shipping firm performance

Unit 7: Logistics Strategy In Container Shipping:

• Literature review
• Container line logistics activities
• Liner operator case studies
• Strategic groups

Unit 8: Tanker Shipping Logistics:

• Transfer components
• Marine terminals
• Contractual relationships
• Cargo transfer procedures
• Cargo losses

Unit 9: Dry Bulk Shipping Logistics:

• Dry bulk trade
• Dry bulk fleet
• Economies of dry bulk trade
• Principles of dry bulk shipping logistics

Unit 10: Dry Port In Concept And Practice:

• Intermodality and seaport inland access
• Intermodal terminal facilities
• The dry port concept
• Dry port examples in Europe