110061 - PORT MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Maria Dolors Celma Benaiges

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 6

Academic year: 2025

Teaching course: 3

• English

This subject provides knowledge about the essential aspects of port management and the port reality as a business, in a globalized and
changing.
It also presents the essential terminology in port management and maritime business.

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Topic 1: Introduction: Basic concepts; Port generations; Relevant data on goods, ports and fleet; Maritime traffic; Operations
port: Port of Barcelona
Topic 2: Port typologies and classification. Port community; Port classification: Physical characteristics and operational capacities. Typology of
ports: Commercial ports • Passenger ports • Fishing ports • Recreational marinas • Military ports • Specialized cargo ports •
Multipurpose ports • Inland ports • Dry ports; Port community: Members, elements; Impact and challenges
Topic 3: Port infrastructure: elements; Some data; • Puzzles • Berthing line • Port location • Docks; • Piers
Topic 4: Port Infrastructure: Terminals (Terminal Operations: Some Key Performance Indicators); Automated and Non-Automated Terminals
Automated; Semi-Automated Terminals.
Topic 5: Ship Operations in the Port: Types of Terminals
Topic 6: Terminal Operation: According to Type of Cargo.
Topic 7: Port Superstructure: • Quay Cranes and Yard Equipment • Electrical Installations • Telecommunications Installations • Doors
Trucks and Inspection • Protection and Video Surveillance • Office Buildings • Warehouses and Technical Buildings
Topic 8: Port Authority Models. Classification.
Topic 9: Port operations (administrative or cargo-related operations (inland)) Ship operations in the port: Navigation
and communication • Documentation • Steering and propulsion • Financial and legal documents • Safety and security • Practicing and mooring operations
Topic 10: Port Operations - Part Two: Ship Operations in Port. Function of Navigational Aids. Applications to Life
real: Port entrance, narrow straits, port approach; Services: practical, tugs; Mooring;
Topic 11: Port Operations – Part Three: Vessel Operations in the Port Breakdown of the cost of the container port. Elimination of
waste on land and implementation of MARPOL.
Topic 12: Port governance
Topic 13: Technological systems in the port
Topic 14: Environment and safety/security in the port
Topic 15: Port-city relationship

"Any form of academic fraud will be sanctioned in accordance with the center's evaluation regulations. In the event that signs of fraud are detected, including the improper use of generative artificial intelligence tools, the subject's teaching staff may call the student for an individual interview with the aim of verifying their authorship"

                                                                                                 Continuous Evaluation

• 20% Exhibitions (and slideshows)
• 10% Seminars in class (face-to-face). Students attending the seminar will also be assessed.
• 20% Written work (using APA standards)
• This activity assesses the common Tecnocampus skills of oral and written communication and teamwork.

                                                                                                      Final Exam
50% Final Exam
To have an average with continuous assessment you must obtain a 5/10 or a 10/20 in the Final Exam.
Remedial Exam: TecnoCampus Rules: It is mandatory to have presented the Final Exam to be able to attend the Remedial Exam.

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Laborda Ortiz, Pedro. 2021. Port Management Notes (part 1): Understanding port organization and activity. ISBN-13: 979-8730807846. Available at: https://www.amazon.es/APUNTES-GESTI%C3%93N-PORTUARIA-PARTE-organizaci%C3%B3n/dp/B091DWWBNT

Laborda Ortiz, Pedro. 2023. PORT MANAGEMENT NOTES: Parts 1 and 2. ISBN-13: 979-8863971254. Available in:
https://www.amazon.es/APUNTES-GESTI%C3%93N-PORTUARIA-Contenidos-Consignaci%C3%B3n/dp/B0CKTWJ3RV

Ley de Ports del Estafo and Mercantile Marina. https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2011-16467

Martínez Marín, Jesus Ezequiel. 2021. Fundamentals of Logistics and Port Operations. ISBN 13: 978-8409278633. Available at: https://www.amazon.es/FUNDAMENTOS-LOG%C3%8DSTICA-Y-OPERATIVIDAD-PORTUARIA/dp/8409278634
 

Notteboom, Theo. 2022. Port Economics, Management and Policy. TAYLOR & FRANCIS - ISBN: 9780367331559

Ports of the State https://www.puertos.es/es-es

Wenyuan Wang, Yun Peng. 2021. Port Planning and Management Simulation. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780323901123 and eBook ISBN: 9780323902083.