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Course Name	Turkish	Gemi Manevrası
	English	Ship Handling and Maneuvering
Course Code	MTM 421	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	-	2	1	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Ali Cömert
Course Objectives		1. To teach internal and external factors that affect to ship handling and manoeuvring. 2. To teach different types of ship manoeuvring characteristics. 3. To teach ship handling in emergency for different situation and conditions.
Course Description		Resistance on ship handling and manoeuvring. Engine and manoeuvre systems. Steering, Turning circles and stopping distances. Effect of wind and current on ship handling. Squat, shallow water and similar effects. Proper procedures for anchoring and mooring. Navigation in traffic separation schemes, pilot embarkation-disembarkation. Ship handling in restricted waters. Berthing-unberthing, manoeuvre by tug and without tug. Dry-docking (damage-non damage). Ship handling in heavy weather and in ice. Towing. Manoeuvres for man overboard. Assistanc e to vessel s or sea plane in distres s .
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