Maritime and Port Management

Learning outcomes

Students acquire a brief overview, understanding of, skills and insight into, the main course topics of Maritime Operations and Management such as:

• Practice of sailing and operating a sea-going ship;
• Increase in scale and capacity of ships (economic reasons, technological challenges);
• Innovation in the shipping sector (trends, drivers, preconditions, barriers);
• Sustainable shipping (economic and societal drivers, technological challenges);
• The main topics of ship management are: commercial management, technical management, crew management, safety and quality management;
• Contributes to the group report of the business case and can defend questions on all the parts of the business case;
• The decisive factors for owners and shipping lines on how to organise and operate in ship management by making use of best practices and tackling challenges.

Module code

RMIMPM21

Learning outcomes

During the course you will learn how to

• Recognize how shipping fits in the World economy;
• Recognize that shipping depends on trade;
• Describe the sea transport system; recognizing cargo demand and the 3 market segments bulk transport, specialized cargo transport and liner transport;
• Understand the economic mechanisms (supply, demand, freight rates) that make the shipping market operate;
• Interpret and negotiate various charter parties;
• Understand potential liabilities in shipping and how to cover this risk.

Module code

RMIMPM01

Learning outcomes

The student is able to

• Acquire insight in Maritime problems through analyses and diagnosis;
• Conceptualize, design and model a solution for a (technical) logistic problem in the field of ‘transport, warehousing, production and/or purchasing, market/sales’;
• Stay up to date with trends and innovations in the maritime sector and is able to transfer this to potential usable opportunities for the involved business.

Module code

RMIMPM61

Total number of ECTS (block 1 and 2): 1 ECTS

Learning outcomes

• Understand the problems in supply chains in the Port of Rotterdam;
• Understand what Synchromodality is;
• Understand the obstacles in the way of implementing Sychromodality in supply chains in the Port of Rotterdam;
• Set up  valid and reliable applied research about Synchromodality or related subjects;
• Perform data collection;
• Analyze the collected data;
• Present the results at a Poster session and final presentation;
• Write a well-founded research report for further research based on the results of the analysis.

Module code

RMIMPM54

Total number of ECTS (block 1 and 2): 5 ECTS

Learning outcomes

The game is set-up to teach the following learning goals:

• Apply knowledge on ship design, production, operations and marine engineering in a challenging and realistic environment;
• Understand the relations between the main financial reporting elements (cash flow, balance, profit and loss statement);
• Be able to judge both investment proposals and year reports;
• Comprehend the importance of risk assessment and mitigation;
• Function as a team member in a stressful environment.

Module code

RMIMPM04

Learning outcomes

• Understand the problems in supply chains in the Port of Rotterdam;
• Understand what Synchromodality is;
• Understand the obstacles in the way of implementing Sychromodality in supply chains in the Port of Rotterdam;
• Set up  valid and reliable applied research about Synchromodality or related subjects;
• Perform data collection;
• Analyze the collected data;
• Present the results at a Poster session and final presentation;
• Write a well-founded research report for further research based on the results of the analysis.

Module code

RMIMPM54

Total number of ECTS (block 1 and 2): 5 ECTS

Learning outcomes

The student is able to

• Acquire insight in Maritime problems through analyses and diagnosis;
• Conceptualize, design and model a solution for a (technical) logistic problem in the field of ‘transport, warehousing, production and/or purchasing, market/sales’;
• Stay up to date with trends and innovations in the maritime sector and is able to transfer this to potential usable opportunities for the involved business.

Module code

RMIMPM61

Total number of ECTS (block 1 and 2): 1 ECTS

Learning outcomes

After this course the student will be able to:

• Understand the economic role of actors in ports;
• Understand the competitive position of ports;
• Understand the role of chain control for ports;
• Understand the economic importance of future developments in ports;
• Understand the most important risks when investing in ports;
• Analyse the Port-City relation and development;
• Analyse the functions of ports economically;
• Analyse the operation of ports economically;
• Analyse the social economic aspects of ports;
• Compare the economic performance of ports;
• Learn about legal principals in Ports.

Module code

RMIMPM07

Learning outcomes

After this course the student is able to

• Identify a port of terminal by the type, ownership, functions and equipment;
• Explain the differences in operations and management of different ports and terminals;
• Describe the different applications of technology and innovations in ports and terminals;
• Compare the knowledge of this course with different ports and terminals.

Module code

RMIMPM81

Learning outcomes

At the end of course the student is be able to:

• Explain why sustainable developments within ports are critical business drivers nowadays;
• Convert a relevant theory into applicable recommendations for a Port or Terminal;
• Apply the technical and economic theories as studied in other relevant courses of the Minor MPM to a real Port;
• Construct a Greenfield terminal development plan. 

Module code

RMIMPM14