Port General Aspects and Organization

Learn the basics and developments of port organization in an intensive and stimulating Postgraduate Certificate that will make you grow in your profession”

Due to the globalization of the economy, logistics, which has become the competitive engine for trade and industry, is reducing the time and cost of transportation and evolving in ways that increasingly reduce negative environmental and social impacts.

Maritime transport and ports play a fundamental role in the logistics and sustainable development of the regions affected by their area of influence or hinterland.

The Postgraduate Certificate also develops the points for instrumentation, monitoring and inspection required for the maintenance and conservation of the different structural elements that make up the ports; as well as the different repair and conservation actions required.

A Postgraduate Certificate oriented to the practical materialization of the learning that will give you the most up-to-date vision on the conditioning factors of the work in the port organization”

This Postgraduate Certificate in Port General Aspects and Organization contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. Its most notable features are:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in Mechanical Engineering
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional development
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies in Mechanical Engineering
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

A quality program that will allow you not only to follow the specialization, but also to have complementary support and information banks available”

Its teaching staff includes professionals from the field of civil engineering, who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive program designed to learn in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system developed by renowned and experienced experts in Port Infrastructures.

This program has the best educational resources that can be accessed online or downloaded, to make it easier for you to manage your studies and effort”

A highly comprehensive program, created with the objective of delivering the highest quality education, focused on raising our students to the highest level of proficiency”

The syllabus of the Postgraduate Certificate is configured as a complete tour through each and every one of the elements required to understand and assume the ways of working in this field. With an approach focused on practical application that will help you grow as a professional from the very first moment.

A comprehensive syllabus focused on acquiring knowledge and converting it into real skills, created to propel you to excellence”

Module 1. Port Management, Operation and Maintenance

1.1. General Aspects and Organization of the Ports

1.1.1. Logistics
1.1.2. Sea Port
1.1.3. Unctad Classification
1.1.4. Functions
1.1.5. Port Community

1.2. Port Authority
1.3. Port Terminals
1.4. Port Services

1.4.1. Commercial Port Customers
1.4.2. Agents Providing Services
1.4.3. Port Services
1.4.4. Classification of Port Services
1.4.5. Port Services Management

1.5. Port Fees
1.6. Port Operation

1.6.1. Port Operation: General Aspects
1.6.2. Port Operation: Types

1.7. Instrumentation, Monitoring and Inspection for Port Infrastructure Maintenance

1.7.1. Instruments
1.7.2. Monitoring
1.7.3. Inspection

1.8. Breakdowns and Auscultation of Port Infrastructures
1.9. Reparation and Conservation of Port Infrastructures

A comprehensive and multidisciplinary program that will allow you to excel in your career, following the latest advances in the field of Civil Engineering”