Master's Degree in Port and Terminal Management

Degree: Master of Science
Major: Port and Terminal Management
Hours: 36

Master of Science - Port and Terminal Management

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Port and Terminal Management Degree Overview

The College of Engineering and the College of Business have teamed with port and marine terminal leaders to offer courses in port management. The �鶹ӳ��Ӱ�� Master of Science Degree in Port and Terminal Management is for working professionals in the public port and private marine terminal industry seeking to enhance their career potential in roles of increasing management responsibilities. The program is also open to you if you seek a career specifically in port and marine terminal management.

This program responds to a long-sought advanced degree in port and marine terminal management. LU's program is the only one like it in this part of the world. This program offers you a unique opportunity to study with field experts and scholars within the Southeast Texas Neches River ports, amongst the most vital international shipping facilities. The Center for Advances in Port Management is dedicated to teaching the next generation of port professionals and conducting cutting-edge waterfront community research.

Port and Terminal Management Courses You May Take

Introduction to Port Management: This course will provide an overview of all aspects and considerations involved in the management of port authorities and marine terminals across the wide array of publicly and privately owned and operated facilities. The course will also address governance and organizational structure options and implications.

Risk Management and Decision Making: The course covers decision tree and Monte Carlo simulation to model and analyze decision problems. The students will learn how to recognize, model and represent a decision problem and its associated risk and opportunities. Through a variety of exercises and case studies students will practice analytical modeling, data analysis and optimization to determine optimal answers to port and terminal financial and other decisions.

Freight Transportation Logistics: A course will provide an overview of all the freight transportation modes, including pipelines, warehousing and distribution centers, that serve as the foundation of regional, national, and international logistics and are all tied together by global internet networks. Each topic will cover the basics but also provide a better understanding and appreciation of their capabilities and limitations as part of the global logistics supply chain process. The course concludes with a review of potential port management professional opportunities connected with the international maritime freight transportation industry.

Port Security and Resiliency Planning: This course will examine the critical importance of ports to trade and their vulnerability to disruption and attack. It will also examine the importance of sea borne trade to the North American and United States economics, the value of mega ports to sea borne trade, the vulnerabilities of ports to disruption and asymmetric attack, critical port security incidents, and defensive measures to protect ports. Managing critical port infrastructure will also be discussed in terms of risk, vulnerability, and resilience perspectives, and the interdependency of port operations will be examined in this class. This course will also appraise port safety hazards and study mandatory, recommended, and voluntary standards to mitigate risk.

Marine Terminal Operations: This course will cover operations across a wide variety of marine terminals including container, bulk, breakbulk and cruise. The students will get familiar with real world terminal challenges, facilities, equipment, automation, and processes. The course will provide decision making tools for optimal yard, vessel and berth operations at container terminals through Navis software.

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Career Paths for Port and Terminal Management

This port and marine terminal industry-based curriculum allows you to enhance your own career opportunities as a working professional and/or creates a pathway to management opportunities in the field.