Energy Systems Engineering (English)
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

General course introduction information

Course Code:

ULOJ214

Course Name:

Intermodal Transportation

Course Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
3	0	3	6

Language of instruction:

TR-EN

Course Requisites:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Compulsory

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator :

Prof. Dr. GÜNGÖR EVREN

Course Lecturer(s):

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:	The purpose of this course is to introduce the students to all elements of intermodal transportation systems; to provide them with a roadmap for effective implementation; and, to highlight critical concepts.
Course Content:	Introduction to intermodal transportation system, global transportation corridors, global logistics and transportation infrastructure, container-related transportation activities, multi-modal freight operations, international road-maritime-air and rail transportation related with intermodal transportation, decision support tools for real-time intermodal transportation systems.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;

Learning Outcomes

1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) • Recognize pros and cons of all types of transportation
2) • Describe effective areas of utilization for types of transportation
3) • Define necessarily and beneficially required conditions in highway transportation and make negative effects minimum for it.
4) • Recognize intermodal transportation which are used for effective usage of types of transportation
5) • Recognize infrastructure requirement in intermodal transportation
6) • Recognize instutional and legal infrastructures of intermodal transportation
7) • Analyze importance and conditions of ensuring unity of intermodal transportation and logistics system
8) • Define documents, together with information flow and transit in intermodal transportation
9) • Know about progresses in real time intermodal transportation
10) • Recognize points to considerin intermodal transportation organizations
11) • Know knowledge and views about required ethical principals in intermodal transportation
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Lesson Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	• Define objective of teaching a lesson and general approach within course plan unity • Make clear terminology and analyze prevailed complexity • Analyze multimodal transportation concept contrary to single modal transportation concept • Course content related with course plan • Single modal and multi-modal transportation concepts • Methods in multimodal transportation • Definition of intermodal transportation
2)	• Define transportation modes • Describe logistic intended characteristics of transportation modes • Compare transportation modes in related with network characteristics • Compare transportation modes for energy efficiency and business cost • Compare transportation modes from side of security and reliability • Use positive side of transportation mode, explain critical intermodal transportation concepts and thoughts for escaping from negative side • Define ethical principles in intermodal transportation • Transportation mode • Expected characteristics of transportation • Expected properties and qualifications of transportation modes • Intermodal transportation and other related concepts	Review the concept of intermodal transportation
3)	• Define infrastructure components of intermodal transportation • Explain properties of ports,depots, airports, transfer stations • Describe properties of transportation network • Explain functions and importance of logistics country sides • Intermodal transportation infrastructure • Terminals in intrermodal transportation • Intermodal transportation transfer centers and facilities • Intermodal transportation network • Logistics center/countryside concept	Make research in definition of intermodal transportation
4)	• Explain importance of vechiles in intermodal transportation • Define highway transportation • Specify required knowledge about ships • Explain developments in aircrafts • Explain efforts in adapting wagons to intermodal transportation • Role of vechiles in intermodal transportation • Intermodal transportation and highway vechiles • Intermodal transportation and ships • Intermodal transportation and aircrafts • Intermodal transportation and wagons	Analyze first document from reading list
5)	• Define transportation units used in intermodal transportation • Explain necessity of standardization and characteristics of containers • Explain adaptation requirements and practical results between container and vechiles • Explain legal situation in containers • Describe other transportation units • Define documents related with transportation units • Explain national/international legal regulation in intermodal transportation • Intermodal transportation and transportation units • Standardization of containers • Regulation in containers • Other transportation units • Documents related with transportation units	Analyze third document from reading list
6)	• Explain the importance of freight transfer between transportation modes in intermodal transportation • Define freight transfer facilities in terninals • Explain used equipments and developments in freight transfer • Explain points to consider to shorten period of freight transfer and minimize cost • Intermodal transportation and transferring freight between transportation modes • Transfer facilities in terminals • Transfer equipments • Developing transferring operation	Analyze third document from reading list
7)	• Explain principles in intermodal transportation organization • Define international instutions taking a role in intermodal transportation organization • Explain required documents and their intended use for intermodal transportation • Make emphasis on necessity of providing efficiency in intermodal transportation • Explain the necessity and importance of qualified human resource in intermodal transportation • Intermodal transportation organization • Intermodal transportation and related international instutions • Used documents in intermodal transportation • Necessity of experiment in intermodal transportation • Requirement of educated human resource in intermodal transportation	Analyze fourth document from reading list
8)	• MIDTERM EXAM • Lecture until 7. week	Analyze fifth document from reading list
9)	• Explain intermodal transportation from the side of border crossing • Explain benefits and easiness of intermodal transportation from custom perspective • Explain insurance in intermodal transportation • Discuss insurance related terms • Discuss insurance term in logistics • Discuss insurance regulation • Discuss insurance application in transportation modes	None
10)	• Explain intermodal transportation management • Explain roles of communication and information systems in intermodal transportation • Know about real time developments in intermodal transportation • Explain authority and responsibilities of freight forwarder in intermodal transportation • Discuss measures against to responsibilities which freight forwarder take • Define quality and content of documents in relation with works of freight forwarder • Intermodal transportation principles • Authority and responsibilities of freight forwarder in intermodal transportation • Documents in relation with works of freight forwarder	Analyze sixth document from reading list
11)	• Define international intermodal transportation corridors • Explain EU directives related with intermodal transportation • For international transportation describe problems and their solutions of operating transportation modes in related countries • Review data about international intermodal transportation demand • Explain planning about intermodal transportation • International intermodal transportation corridors • Related EU directives in intermodal transportation • In different countries, measures taken for perfectly operated transportation modes • International intermodal transportation demand • Intermodal transportation planning	Analyze seventh document from reading list
12)	• Explain and analyze cost structure of intermodal transportation • Discuss to be able to take measures to diminish cost • Explain measuring performances in intermodal transportation • Explain need of intermodal transportation planning • Explain approach and methods of intermodal transportation planning • Intermodal transportation cost structure • Lowering intermodal transportation cost • Intermodal transportation performance criteria • Intermodal transportation planning	Analyze eighth document from reading list
13)	• Student presentation • Define international intermodal transportation cases • Define important ports in world and Turkey • Research on developments in intermodal transportation infrastructure and vechiles in world and Turkey • Make comment on documents used in intermodal transportation • International intermodal transportation application • International large ports • Infrastructure and vechile developments in intermodal transportation • Intermodal transportation documents	Analyze nineth document from reading list
14)	• Student presentation • Define Ro-Ro transportation with cases in Turkey • Define Ro-La transportation with cases in Turkey • Explain expected developments in communication and information technology in intermodal transportation • Explain development in real-time intermodal transportation • Explain views about future of intermodal transportation • Ro-Ro transportation • Ro-La transportation • Information and communication technology in intermodal transportation • Future of intermodal transportation	None
15)	FINAL EXAM • Make review and evaluation target attainment • Negative and positive sides of all transportation modes • Effective using conditions of transportation modes • Negative effects of highway transportation and beneficial and necessary using conditions • Effective using conditions of transportation modes and intermodal transportation • Infrastructure needs of intermodal transportation • Instutional and legal infrastructure of intermodal transportation • Importance of providing unity between intermodal transportation and logistics system • Transfer, information flow and required documents in intermodal transportation • Real time developments in intermodal transportation • Points to consider in intermodal transportation organization	None

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Uluslararası Lojistik - Küresel Tedarik Zinciri Yönetimi Douglas Long Çeviri-Uyarlama: Mehmet Tanyaş ve Murat Düzgün Nobel Ekonomik Yayıncılık Eğitim Danışmanlık Tic.Ltd. Şti. ISBN: 978-605-133-210-9
References:	Okutman Notları Ve Sunumlar

Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Program Outcomes
1) Closed Department

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

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

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Closed Department

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Individual study and homework
Lesson
Problem Solving
Technical Tour
Internship/Onsite Practice

Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria

Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing)
Homework
Application
Group project

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Presentation	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 40
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Grading

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	16	48
Study Hours Out of Class	16	96
Presentations / Seminar	1	6
Midterms	1	10
Final	1	15
Total Workload		175