BSc (Hons)Shipping and Port Management

Core modules

Shipping Business

This module will provide you with the foundation knowledge that is essential to the understanding of shipping as business. This knowledge forms the basis for understanding maritime commercial law and practice.

Global Trades

Develop your understanding of global trade and the relationship between supply and demand for natural resources. Explore how trade routes develop and change in response to new discoveries and socio-economic development.

Data Science

Shipping is high volume industry with a need to measure cargo, fleet capacity and distances. To be prepared for this business environment, you will learn how to summarise and communicate numerical information and develop skills to deal with complex data.

Shipping Economics

This module introduces you to economics of the main maritime trades. This covers the impact of the shipping cycle and how freight markets work alongside economic theory and business practice relating to maritime industry.

Vessel Operations

Identify vessel requirements for the vast array of commodities transported by ship and consider some of the more specialised vessels that work in the industry related to the cargo they carry. Look at how changes in technology and a need for a more sustainable approach will drive change in the industry.

Maritime Organisations

Gain a foundation of knowledge of the typical organisation of shipping companies, ports and other firms that enable the transportation of goods – and people – by ship. You will also look into the organisation of companies that support seaborne trade, such as shipyards, ship chandlers, brokers, insurance firms and more.

Core modules

Ship Management and Operations

Shipping is a global business that is regulated by multiple organisations. You will look at the operations of a range of vessels, and regulations that are in place to ensure safety of crew and cargoes with the need to balance the economic, social, environment and regulatory requirements to successfully manage ships.

Carriage of Goods by Sea

This module will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the commercial and legal issues involved in the carriage of goods by sea. Effectively conduct basic research using a variety of legal research tools, resources and electronic media to locate, organise and apply the core legal concepts that regulate commercial maritime law.

Port and Terminal Management

Ports are essential nodes in the transport chain and important for the economy. This module will give you an depth understanding of ports and specialist terminals within them. The role of project planning everything from operations, planning and storage will be covered in as well the regulatory environment.

Chartering Practice

This module will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the practical, commercial and legal aspects of ship brokering and chartering.

Accounting for Decision Making

As you are studying to become a manager in a maritime organisation, this module should prove indispensable for your future career. This is practice-driven module teaches you to interpret financial accounting information, supplier screening, competitor analysis, profit and optimisation.

Principles of Logistics

Modern logistics is an important important pillar in the development of modern economy. The module investigates Logistics Systems; Transport Systems, Warehousing, Handling and Picking Systems; Inventory, Stock and Provisioning Management; Network Planning and Control. The module will provide you with tools to develop a problem-solving approach to managing commercial logistics.

Optional modules

Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.

Work Placement

By undertaking a work placement, you will have the opportunity to implement the knowledge and skills gained from your course and also learn about new concepts and working practices. The experiences you gain from working in the industry will help you develop key skills for your future.

Placement year

There is an optional one-year work placement option between year two and year three. You are expected to find your own placement, but the course team will be available to advise and support you.

Core modules

Dissertation

A dissertation gives you the opportunity to undertake an extensive piece of research within your subject area and develop important skills to critically analyse, synthesise and evaluate your chosen topic.

Strategic Management

This module considers the issues of strategic management within the complex environment that enterprises operate, where opportunities and constraints are continually developing and changing. It explores a range of strategic management processes that address the complexity and variability of this environment.

Supply Chain Management

The module explores how supply chain systems are developed by companies so they can remain competitive in modern, global business. The purpose of this module is to look at the scope of modern supply chains providing a solid foundation of knowledge to be used for managing supply chains processes.

Maritime Sustainability

The opening section of the module focuses on developing your understanding of sustainability. The module then moves to discuss the global implications of sustainable development. You will explore difficulties in agreeing and negotiating sustainability objectives, helping contextualise the history, development, and resulting complexities of the topic. The following sections of the module explore the implications of sustainability across a range of topics and business applications.

Financial Management

Investment appraisal, sources of funds, and risk management strategies are all examined in detail within a maritime context. Consideration will be given to new buildings, second hand purchases; the acquisition of other capital assets will also be addressed.