PORT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS


General Info


  • Course Title: Port Management And Operations
  • Course Code: NAOΜE1349
  • Semester: 7th
  • Course Type: S.1
  • Weekly Teaching Hours: 3 (Lectures)
  • Credits (ECTS): 4
  • Offered to ERASMUS+ students: Yes
  • Course Website: https://eclass.uniwa.gr/courses/NA260/
  • Professors: E. Strantzali


Course Content / Syllabus


The role of ports in the maritime transport chain. Port services and facilities. Port design and development. Loading, unloading, storage and management of cargo. Types of terminals. Maritime traffic management issues, ship-port interconnection. Organization and management of ports. Port authorities and responsibilities. International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS). Port competitiveness. Investments (expansion, improvement and maintenance of port infrastructure and shipbuilding zone). Intermodal transport projects with private investment. Automation of port operations. New generation port security systems (smart systems). Integrated information systems. Green ports, Sustainable development, Environmental management practices. The cost of quality in ports.


Course Outline



  1. G.B. = General Background, S.B. = special background, S.: Specialised.↩︎