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Developing a World Class Maritime University in Turkey Piri Reis University Project

The One and Only Maritime University in Turkey

The Only Maritime University Established by a Country’s Maritime Community

One of the Few Green University Campuses in the World

A University with the Largest Number of Maritime EU Funded Projects

The First Turkish University Offering a Range of Sponsorship to More than Half of its Students and

Offering Student Loans for the First Time in Turkey

The First University with Virtual Infrastructure Information Technology Systems in the World

A University with a Range of Most Sophisticated Ship Simulation Systems

The Developer of the EU’s Maritime English Standards MarTEL

Developer of Clean Diesel and Marine Engine Diagnostic and Management System

A Partner in Several Novel Maritime E-learning Platforms and Courses, SURPASS, EGMDSS,

MAIDER, Sail Ahead, CAPTAINS, MarENG, MarTEL, MarTEL Plus, IMPACT, UniMET, EBDIG,

EBDIG-WFSV and Several Others

Joint Creator of MariFuture: European Maritime Education, Research and Innovation Platform

Professor Dr Reza Ziarati – Coordinator

Vice Rector, Piri Reis University, TR

Members:

Professor Dr Osman Kamil Sağ - Rector, Piri Reis University

Mrs Şadan Kaptanoğlu –Chair of Education Committee, TR Chamber of Shipping (DTO)

Mr Süalp Ürkmez – Governor, Piri Reis University, Member of Board, DTO

Mrs Başak Akdemir - Governor, Piri Reis University, Member of Board, DTO

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Developing a World Class Maritime University in Turkey

1. Executive Summary

The Turkish Maritime Education Foundation (TUDEV) was established by the Turkish Chamber of

Shipping in 1993 with the task of providing financial support to maritime institutions in Turkey with a

view to increase their capacity to recruit more cadet officers in response to the identified officer shortages

in the shipping industry in Turkey. This was noted to be a unique contribution and a positive intervention

by the Chamber by the maritime community in the country. Throughout the 1990s TUDEV generously

extended financial support to maritime centres and universities who intended to start maritime courses with

the same intention of improving the supply side of the officer education and training.

The Turkish Chamber of Shipping through TUDEV was one of the top two sponsors of International

Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) inaugurate Congress held in Istanbul, Turkey in 1999. An

outcome of this sponsorship was the election of Turkey to STW Chairmanship at IMO (2002-2004), the

first time in the history of Turkey and IMO. The Chamber therefore not only supported local developments

but also had a global vision of maritime education and training (MET). In 1995, the Turkish Chamber of

Shipping/TUDEV started its own Training Centre providing MET in Turkey which led to many officers

(over 1300 during the period 1993-2003) being trained for the Turkish shipping industry.

A major study was carried out by the Chamber in 2003 to ascertain the need for establishing a maritime

university in Turkey. Visits were made to several institutions in Norway, England, Scotland, USA and

contacts were established with maritime institutions in Sweden, Finland, Poland, Slovenia, Lithuania,

Bulgaria, China, Japan and several other countries. The MET practices in these countries were studied

carefully. The review of maritime education and training practices in these countries concluded that the

existing provisions in Turkey, while in many aspects are satisfactory and that there are pockets of

excellence in several noted practices, overall it was short of what are required and existing maritime

institutions needed to rapidly increase their current capacities and improve their provisions to standards

expected by international and European awarding, accrediting and licensing authorities.

It was also noted that there have been several research reports which have pointed out that while some

countries are applying good practices there are those that need support. A study by (Torkel, 2004) reports

that 25% of the world fleet was responsible for more that 50% of shipping accidents around the world. The

study notes that the top 25% of the safest ships were involved in just 7% of all accidents. The University of

Technology and Science in Norway (Ziarati, 2003), reports that by improving the quality of the world fleet

to the same level as those in the safest 25% category, there might be an overall reduction of 72% in

shipping accidents.

The study and the review of MET practices led the Chamber to transform TUDEV into a major maritime

University, Turkey’s first and one of the few green university campuses in the world. The University was

named Piri Reis after a well known Turkish Admiral and Cartographer. It is interesting to note that

establishing a university in Turkey is a complex process where the university has to be created, in all but

name, before the Turkish Higher Education Council would agree to approve it as a university with the risk

of not receiving such approval. In developing the university, a rapid prototyping approach was adopted and

a team, composed of selected members of the TUDEV Board of Governors and two advisers, was given the

task of developing the university. The method was to establish a maritime education and training (MET)

institution in partnership with a reputable organisation in the EU in the first instance and then through

establishing partnerships with selected awarding, accrediting and licensing bodies develop programmes

leading to qualifications and certificates recognised worldwide and in the process gather the necessary

resources to deliver them effectively and efficiently. The funding for staff development and research

activities was to be sought from national and European as well as international sources through competitive

biding. Piri Reis University offers sponsorship to more than half of its students and is the first university in

Turkey to offer loans to its students.

This project report summarises how the university was established by TUDEV and its success to date.

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2. Rationale for the Project

A glimpse at a map of Turkey shows us that Turkey is a maritime nation. The country is surrounded by

water on three sides. Every hour of every day, ships of all types ply the waters in and around our nation.

They leave our ports laden with Turkish goods bound for foreign markets, or arrive in our ports with

merchandise and materials for our people.

The Turkish fleet is rapidly growing and Turkish ships are becoming highly productive, forming a

major cornerstone of our system of commerce, helping guarantee our access to foreign markets for

procurement and sale of our manufactured goods. It is pertinent to note that the number of Turkish

owned foreign flag ships and number of Turkish seafarers working on foreign flag ships have been

increasing rapidly. The increase in maritime transportation activities has led to a greater need for

support services to serve and maintain the sectors involved, necessitating the need for more

merchant navy officers of all types and ranks as well as marine and maritime business

professionals together with marine scientists and technologists (Yucel Akdemir, 2008).

Ships depend on a framework of shore side activities for their operations. This industry includes companies

which own and manage the vessels; ports and terminals where cargo is handled; shipyards for repair;

services like marine insurance underwriters, ship chartering firms, law, engineering and research

companies; and increasingly today, reliance on marine science and technology including oceanography,

hydro-graphics and integrated logistic systems, viz., intermodal systems of trucks and railroads to distribute

goods around the country more efficiently and effectively.

The most important resource in a successful merchant fleet and a strong transportation industry - is people,

men and women who are intelligent, competent and well-educated.

Many studies highlight the reasons/problems, which cause young people not to choose a seafaring career or

leaving the career for land based jobs. The solution to the stated problem requires a concerted radical

approach by all corners of the maritime industry. The shipping industry needs to be an Industry of Choice

(IOC) for the younger generation and shipping related companies recognised as Employers of Choice

(EOC) in order to attract and keep the young generation in the worldwide shipping family (Cahoon and

Haugstetter, 2008, sited in Kaptanoglu, 2009). The study also clearly stated that young groups like instant

social networking through online web platforms, job flexibility, fast-tracking of their careers and mentoring

approach in their working environment instead of the old “authoritarian school” of thinking that prevails in

the shipping industry.

Turkey today needs to rely on its own strength and develop world-class shipping business specialist,

maritime lawyers, ship designers of the future with good knowledge of materials, telematics, ergonomics

and knowing that ships have a long life and will need several times to go through transformation. There is a

need for maritime scientists and technologists, and some as leaders in the transportation fields who will

meet the challenges of the present and the future.

The unemployment figure for Turkey when the project started in 2004 was reported to be 9.1% and, within

this figure, for those with a university degree this rises to 12.6% (Urkmez, 2005). The figures have been

similar or worse since then. There are currently acknowledged shortages for merchant navy officers,

maritime business professionals and marine scientists and technologists (Ziarati, 2003). The tonnage for

world maritime trade (OECD, 2004) was:

• 2001 Year 755.600.000 DWT

• Sept. 2005 883. 900.000 DWT (%18)

• Orders 231.000.000 DWT

• 2010 1.100.000.000 DWT

• Forecast 2015 1.400.000.000 DWT

The officer shortages are in line with BIMCO/ISF trends (2010), for instance, the additional number

(estimated shortages) of merchant navy officers needed worldwide is 27000 according to BIMCO/ISF (ibid)

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with possible shortages reaching 46000 officers. Urkmez (2005) relying purely on the number of ship

orders and scrap (recycled) numbers estimated the shortage of officer to be around 100000 and those by the

Turkish fleet around 5000 by the year 2010. Urkmez (ibid) shortage figures are a great deal closer to

Drewry Consultation shortage figure of 83000 for officers as quoted by the President of IMO, Mr

Mitropoulus, in 2009. Turkey has a massive surplus of ratings and a shortage of officers, particularly

Marine Engineers (OECD, 2003, 2005 and 2012). This means that the manpower resources in this sector

needs to be corrected by producing more officers and giving opportunities to some Ratings with the

potential to receive additional education and training and become officers.

3. Innovative Nature of the project

Part 1 – Setting the scene

It is pertinent to note that IMO has passed the responsibility for delivery and assessment of Merchant Navy

education and training to member countries and does not take part, in any shape or form, in the inspection,

evaluation or delivery of these programmes (Ziarati, 2003). It is argued that IMO cannot work alone. The

EU, governments, and related industries should show the same determination to implement these standards.

The majority of accidents at sea and ports are reported to be mainly due to either disregard for rules or

inadequate training or their assessment (ibid). In fact the EU has helped by establishing EMSA (European

Maritime Safety Agency) which has commenced monitoring the IMO’s standards for training and

certification of merchant navy personnel (STCW).

The review of the paragraphs above clearly points to opportunities for establishing a maritime university in

Turkey. It was agreed that the university must set its goals, establish where it wants to be in short, medium

and long term and to formulate a mission to get there while at the same time continuously seeking

excellence in what it does. The term university is derived from the word universe. The vision which was

foreseen in developing and maintaining Piri Reis University has been a global one. To this end, the

programmes developed should be relevant to the needs of not only Turkey but global needs and

requirements. They must be classed as excellent in quality, that is, they should be fit for their purpose, and

the fitness must not be assessed by just the organisation itself but by its peers and competitors. Such

acclaims can only be achieved through seeking accreditation from the internationally recognised

professional and/or chartered institutions.

Shipping is global and hence the vision of the maritime university should be global. A university cannot

claim excellence by saying so but by entering the premier league and winning prestigious projects and

awards. It needs to publish good papers and have a strategy to safeguard the interest of its stakeholders,

viz., students, staff, customers of its qualifications (companies employing its graduates and parents who pay

the fees), social partners including ship owners, ship operators, shipping associations and shipping unions

by offering them the privilege of being seen as equal by world players. It must endeavour to offer

maximum opportunities to its students and be sensitive to the requirements of its industry locally. To

achieve this, it needs to develop dual programmes with well-known universities and share experiences with

them and also share its expertise in research and education to seek funding from external sources with its

selected partners. Staff development must be real and, seen to be important and visible. The staff must be

encouraged to work with industry and participate in scholarly activities. Cooperation with leading maritime

universities and staff and student exchanges should be promoted through seeking funds from external

sources particularly through the EU’s Leonardo and ERASMUS programmes. A review of where funds are

available should be undertaken and opportunities identified.

The new university has to decide if it will be focusing on developing young people for life or for work.

Recent research has shown that it is feasible to develop graduates by concentrating on principles of

knowledge and exposing them to vocational skills and develop technicians by focusing on vocational skills

and exposing them to the principles of a given subject (EUROTECNET, 1995). The University has taken

account of the IMO’s comprehensive review of STCW (2010) and the EU’s Maritime Transport Strategy

(2009) to ensure its strategy is in line with international and EU requirements. Many universities in Turkey

and indeed elsewhere have a dual purpose by having both graduate and technician programmes hence the

reason for rapid prototyping of examples of dual systems existing from models in the EU and Turkey. The

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duel system in turkey is undergoing a major overhaul and the trend is indicative of encouraging graduate

education for ship officers with strict adherence to STCW 2010 requirements.

Part 2 – Implementing the Strategy

To establish the university, a partnship was created between the Chamber of Shipping and a research centre,

Centre for Factories of the Future (C4FF) in the UK. The partnership which is referred to as MarEdu

(Maritime Education partnership) was established to identify, develop and implement solutions to

deficiencies in standards of maritime, skill shortages in Turkey, and in European and wider international

maritime community (Ziarati, 2006, 2007, 2013 and www.maredu.co.uk). It was given the task of

developing a strategic roadmap to integrate education, research and knowledge being developed, in order to

ensure the development of adequate skills in Turkey and in Europe and, the adequate and timely connection

between research and innovation. Based on the identified strategic priorities, the network has developed a

model for the creation of collaborative partnerships (www.marifuture.org) in the waterborne sector taking

advantage of specific innovation opportunities (EU and national funding) involving many business

enterprises, universities and research centres and making the optimal use of national and European funding

instruments.

The MariFuture network has now identified several challenges as described in its website (see plans in

www.marifuture.org). The next challenge is to develop a cooperation programme to consolidate the work

of the MariFuture by inviting many of the partners to work on the projects identified in the future map

presented in section 9 of this project report. As summarised in the website the network has been active in:

• Developing tools and services – Good examples of the tools developed are given at

www.egmdss.com or www.martel.pro.

• Identifying key competences - Examples of recent work can be found at www.maredu.co.uk,

www.surpass.pro, www.ebdig.eu, www.maider.pro. There have been many reports and papers

published by TUDEV in learnt maritime societies such as IMLA (International Maritime Lecturers

Association), IMEC (International Maritime English Conference), IAMU (International

Association of Maritime Universities) and so forth (Appendix 1).

• Formulating the strategic agenda and roadmap regarding innovation and education – See section 9

of the project report.

• Developing a grass-root model for the creation of collaborative partnerships by taking advantage of

innovation opportunities and external funding – See www.marifuture.org.

The formation of the new University was possible by establishing a maritime institution first and then

developing an effective partnership with a well-respected organisation in the UK (MarEdu through

MarTEL, SURPASS, Maider partnerships and so forth). These partnerships were used effectively to set up

collaborative arrangements with well-known awarding (BTEC (Business and Technology Education

Council)/Edexcel and several universities and colleges in the EU), accrediting (IMarEST and several other

institutions) and licensing authorities (MCA and several others) and working closely with international and

European bodies such as IMO, EMSA, IMLA, IMEC, IAMU and so forth. The success has led to further

successes through the development of first-class proposals for funding from the EU through education and

training as well as research and development programmes.

4. TUDEV transformation into Piri Reis University

Uniqueness - There is no university in Turkey which primarily focuses on marine and maritime subject

areas or that, for instance, has both Marine Engineering and Navigation Engineering at degree and non-

degree levels, or focuses on the one hand, on marine sciences and on the other hand, on maritime business

subjects. There is no university in Turkey with students who have the opportunity to be a member of a

professional institution with power to award professional qualifications such as Chartered Engineer (CEng).

There is no university in Turkey where students would also be able to get a Certificate of Competency from

a major licensing authority such as Maritime Coastguard Agency (UK). There is no university in Turkey

that can award Marine and Navigation technician diplomas (and degrees through an agreed partnership

pathway) of other universities in Europe and worldwide. The Navigation Engineering Programme at

TUDEV is the only programme of its kind in the world accredited by an institution with a Royal Charter

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(IMarEST). It is pertinent to note that more than 75% of the 305 students of the new University opted for a

place at the University through their first three choices at the University Entrance Examination which

places the University definitely at first place among all Foundation Universities in Turkey which is a

success criterion by the Higher Education council of Turkey (YÖK). This clearly means that the Chamber

of Shipping has created a new University which has a potential to establish itself as the University of

Choice (UoC) for young people who wish to become merchant navy officers. It is pertinent to mention that

the Chamber is providing grants to over 50% of the existing students of the university in order to encourage

MET education in Turkey and in the World. To represent the views of cadets in Turkey and worldwide at

IMO STW 2012 event in Manila, where historic changes to STCW were announced, Piri Reis, TUDEV and

Turkish cadets association Congress organised an international event which took place in May 2010

attracting 572 guests from 5 continents, 42 countries and 70 Universities. The university now has over 1200

students and plan to expand this number to 6000 in the next five years.

Innovation - The new university is one of the two main bodies coordinating the work of the MariFuture

(www.marifuture.org) which the European Maritime Education, Research and Innovation Platform. The

platform was formed on the success of MarEdu and takes advantage of the synergy between academic

excellence and vocational practice. The graduate programmes focus on academic excellence with exposure

to vocational and professional practice. The technician programmes focus is on vocational excellence with

exposure to academic depth. The BRAEEMS and LEEDS recently accredited the Piri Reis University’s

newly designed campus as the very first GREEN, environmentally friendly university campus in Turkey.

The campus is inline with the IMO’s motto of ‘clean seas’ and is destined to become a Centre of Maritime

Excellence in Europe and in the world. The University has now established a formidable Engineering and

Business faculties with well-known national and international academics. The Engineering Faculty recently

established an industry-academic centre to support industry and commerce. The Business Faculty has

established well developed programmes and is in the process of underpinning them with a series of major

research projects. The number of students in these two faculties is expected to grow rapidly. The

University also established its own Vocational School offering a range of two-year programmes with the

option of some of the school students being able to progress on to the third and final years of the

appropriate degree programmes and some taking the option of studying in partner universities outside

Turkey. The School also offers its own Higher National Diploma which is accredited by one of the most

respected the largest awarding board, BTEC/Edexcel. The graduates from these programmes can enter into

the final year honours degree in programmes in universities such as Plymouth and De Montfort. The

Continuing Education Centre runs a number of programmes and short courses for industry and its recent

application to seek EU funding has been successful in stage 1. If the application receives approval in stage

2, it will commence a series of novel programmes in Yacht crew training including hospitality training.

Respect - The programmes have been developed through an international partnership composed of well-

known marine and nautical academic and training institutions in Europe as well as several international

awarding, accrediting and licensing bodies. The programmes are being further developed through a newly

funded EU prestigious Leonardo Pilot project known as UnitMET which is a follow on from the EU funded

‘Safety on Sea (SOS) Project led by Turkey (Ziarati, 2006, 2007. Many of the programmes as well as the

new university certifications would have double recognition from major awarding bodies including several

European universities and colleges such as Glasgow College of Nautical Studies/Strathclyde University

(Scotland), Tromso (Norway), Plymouth and De Montfort Universities South Tyneside College,

Northumbria University (UK) and internationally bodies such as BTEC. An agreement or a memorandum

of understanding (MoU) with many of these universities has already been signed and the Piri Reis

University has or is in the process of signing MoU’s with some 25 leading MET institutions worldwide.

For instance, the Marine Engineering degree programme is based on Southampton University’s programme

(UK) as well as the programme with the same title offered by Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in

Turkey. The Navigation programme is based on the IMO syllabuses and is in line with Plymouth

University’s programme (Nautical Science) and again also similar to that offered by ITU. Both

programmes are, also in line with Tromso University (Norway) programme, and approved by many

universities worldwide (through BTEC/Edexcel). The students who also take the necessary ancillary

courses and satisfy the sea service requirements would also be given the opportunity to become a Deck or

Engineer Officer. Both programmes are underpinned by several EU funded projects and a number of

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MSc/MPhil/PhD programmes. Details of these are given at the following website addresses,

www.maredu.co.uk and www.c4ff.co.uk.

The Programmes at the University will also be accredited and will enjoy the same status as TUDEV’s once

there has been an output from the University. The list of current programmes is given on the TUDEV and

the University’s websites www.maredu.co.uk and (www.pirireis.edu.tr). As stated earlier all TUDEV

programmes have been developed by investigating the programmes offered by major maritime universities

or colleges worldwide. The intention is not to re-invent the wheel but to gather the very best of what is

offered elsewhere. The programmes are designed to produce future marine engineer designers, scientists,

technologists and leaders of industry, in response to the anticipated shortages for these highly regarded

graduates. Many of the TUDEV and the Continuing Education programmes (non-degree/diploma) are

primarily vocational in nature with opportunities for students to encounter academic depth and use the

various pathways created for them to progress onto higher qualifications.

The new Campus opened in 2013 in Tuzla Istanbul – www.pirireis.edu.tr

5. The Impact on Turkish Chamber of Shipping and its Business Community - Measurable Outcomes

The impact has been substantial. During its formation phase of the TUDEV some 1300 officers were

trained. The cadets who enrolled after 2004 were given the opportunity for dual qualifications, diplomas

and/or licenses, jointly from UK colleges and universities and the respective licensing authorities. Over

200 have obtained their UK HNDs to date, all using the Merchant Navy Training Board sea training

portfolios and some obtained or are obtaining their National Vocational Qualification (NVQs) or Scottish

Vocational Qualification (SVQs) and several have been given the UK MCA’s Notice of Eligibility (NoE)

for the UK’s Certificate of Competency (CoC). Last year one of the cadets was awarded MCA’s CoC and

was given an Officer of Watch certificate by MCA, a certificate which is recognised by many countries

worldwide. Some 20 cadets concluded their Post-HND at Glasgow College of Nautical Studies (through

the EU funded TRAIN 4Cs Project) and 7 Cadets enrolled onto the final year of the Plymouth University’s

BSc (Hons) in Nautical Science (Merchant Shipping) and 4 so far have received their Honours degrees and

three are expected to conclude their studies this year.

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The focus of the project has been primarily on staff development through seeking support from the EU to

develop consortia for joint programme and resource developments either to underpin or to support a given

programme and/or its delivery. The staff development programmes so far have involved over 185 visits to

other partner centres and attendance at major maritime conferences and scholarly events - See EU final

projects report (copies available if requested). There are some 10 PhD programmes so far and several new

ones are being formulated with companies and universities in Turkey and in the EU. Through joint staff

development programmes, as part of the EU funded projects, the education and training needs of industry

are being addressed in real terms – Please note the recent and current EU funded projects in section 9.

The shortages to some extent have been overcome by recruiting over 250 cadets each year in the past few

years. Considering that the total number of cadets by all other maritime institutions in Turkey was 220 in

2005, recruiting some 250 cadets in 2005 alone was a major undertaking. Many of the cadets now work on

Turkish owned and foreign flags and, some on American, British, Italian and other well respected flags. All

graduates are employed with average salaries above those given to high level officials and to top graduates

from other universities in Turkey. Considering the graduate unemployment in Turkey in the last few years

has been over 12%, the Chamber’s achievement should be considered commendable. TUDEV’s new and

first University, Piri Reis, has already been active in addressing the officer shortages in Turkey by staging a

project to train non-merchant navy graduates from 8 MET institutions and centres in Turkey who could take

additional training and become Officers of Watch. The project is ongoing and has made a financial

contribution in excess of 1 .1 Million Euros to the University in its first year of being introduced.

The publications of research work and recent TUDEV successes in the EU funded projects have led to

many maritime companies becoming involved; for instance, the new MRM (Marine Resource

Management) course which is the replacement of Bridge Team/Resource Management Course (mandatory

as from January 2012) was delivered in Turkey through the EU funded SURPASS project

(www.surpass.pro) and some 12 companies and representatives from maritime institutions attended the

course. The course was delivered by a maritime university partner (Satakunta, Finland) on behalf of the

Swedish P and I Club in October 2010. This is part of the staff development programme for personnel in

maritime academia and industry, a programme which so far has delivered well over 50 short training

courses. The pathways for up-grading a qualification, up-dating a given skill and receiving qualifications

recognised worldwide have now all been proven and validated. Turkey is now in the White Flag and the

negotiations/discussions with organisations such as Rightship are bearing fruit helping to up-grade the

Turkish flag in the near future to those enjoyed by leading flags internationally.

Piri Reis University today is a major centre of European maritime education and, training research and

development, with one of the largest number of EU funded projects. Piri Reis University works with

leading maritime projects with many centres and organisations throughout Europe helping to remedy

deficiencies and developing new solutions. All programmes are ECTS rated and students with HNDs have

the right to enrol on the final year of relevant programmes in EU Universities and several major countries in

the world. Written agreements exist with several universities in the UK. Piri Reis University has already

been very active and has been advising the Ministry of Transport, Under-secretariat for Maritime Affairs

(UMA), Ministry of Education, Higher Education Council (YÖK), Inter-universities Council and other

universities starting new MET disciplines. The University assisted UMA in devising a number of Laws and

directives. The University is currently supporting UMA with a funded EU project worth 2.1 million EUR.

This project is allocated to UMA to carry out postgraduate studies for graduates with a maritime

background. The University through its ERASMUS Charter (extended) intends to commence staff and

student exchanges with other maritime institutions as has been the case with EU funded Leonardo TRAIN

4Cs projects.

6. Recent/Current Projects – 2005-2010: - A Formidable Record Achievement

Section 9 summarises all the projects. Each completed project has a final report which has some 150 pages,

reporting on its development and achievements of its aims and realisation of its deliverables. It would not

be possible to list all the deliverables but if a copy of the reports on the outcomes for the completed projects

is requested these will be sent. It is suffice to say that all completed projects have been given high grades

and the products developed have received commendations from the EU and other organisations partially

funding the projects. The success has led to several new funded projects. Summaries of recent and current

EU funded projects are incorporated in MariFuture Map in Section 9.

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New EU projects – 2010-2013 - There are several new projects (See Section 9). These and the existing

ones are real projects all secured through hard work against tough competition. The MarEdu partners are

willing to continue their good work and have proposed several proposals within the newly formed

MariFuture platform to realise the inrended Future map. The network is expected to be involved in a

countinuous programme of research.

7. Relevance to/in the Target Category

The project is unconventional in that there are not that many chambers that decide on developing their own

university and doing it by applying unconventional techniques of setting up a small business to develop the

foundation components of a university and seeking funds through competitive bidding at national,

European and international areas. The project report could have been presented under the ‘Corporate

Responsibility Project’ as it has created new business to provided training and technical development

opportunities for its members and organisations in its sector. It could have also been submitted as an

‘International Project’ as it has been based on several consortia working on real projects, the chances of

success in getting approval for a project from the EU is often between 5 and 10 % hence the need to prepare

high quality proposals and partnerships. It is pleasing to note that many of the projects include partners

from all over the world with significant involvement of neighbouring Greece, Bulgaria, and with leading

Maritime universities such as IMO World Maritime University, Satakunta of Finland, Szczecin of Poland,

Strathclyde and Plymouth universities of the UK and so forth.

8. Portability of the Project

There is no reason as to why the project as a whole or each element of it cannot be replicated by any other

chamber in the world. Formation of MarEdu (www.maredu.co.uk) can be replicated with ease and similar

programmes and products could be developed by other chambers or their member organisations. In any

case a copy of the project CDs containing the outcome of the completed projects would be sent to members

of the WCC and their respective chambers for review and use. Several papers published recently by IMLA

on TUDEV’s MET models (Demirel and Mehta, 2009 and Albayrak and Ziarati, 2010 and Ziarati, 2010)

elucidate the transportability of the strategy and the components of the main elements of TUDEV approach.

9. Valorisation (Dissemination and Exploitation)

The papers, articles displayed in various project websites are a clear indication of the success of the

valorisation policy and plans developed within the project – see for instance www.martel.pro,

www.surpass.pro and so forth. The launch of the GMDSS e-learning platform (www.egmdss/com) has had

an important impact Europe-wide; this is because the platform is now being adopted or adapted for

application in several EU funded projects. The MarTEL e-assessment platform has created a great deal of

interest and the outcome of several other funded projects have led to major multi-million Euro projects in

several countries in Europe (see for instance the funded research projects presented in TUDEV/Piri Reis

Univesity’s partner’s website www.c4ff.co.uk . There are also two prestigious funded projects with several

UK based companies co-funded by Technology Strategy Board of the UK Government. The valorisation

included the future plans/maps. These maps were launched as part of MarEdu formation

(www.maredu.co.uk) in 2005:

MariFuture Map – Previous State

ILO Contractual

Arrangements B

STCW

C

Automation

D

Maritime English

E

Avoiding Accidents

F

E-Learning

G

Manning Vs. Automation Vs. Safety H

IMO Safety Issues

A

2005 Previous State

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A- Accidents and incidents due to human factors are increasing (Ziarati, 2006, 2007)

Accidents and incidents due automation failures are on the increase (IMO/MSC, MCA, 2006)

B- Manning on-board vessel Vs. concerns (ILO, 2008)

Actions taken by MariFuture partners 2005-2010:

C- Identification of STCW deficiencies and development of complete programmes for Marine

Engineering Officers and Deck Officers recognised worldwide and developed in collaborations

with leading national and European awarding accrediting and licensing authorities (for details

refer to www.maredu.co.uk and www.c4ff.co.uk). The projects developed:

- EU funded SOS programmes (2005-07), TR/05/B/P/PP/178 001, 2005, Value 350000 €.

- EU funded TRAIN 4Cs I and II (2008-2010), TR/06/A/F/PL1-132, 2006, Value 1150000 and

85000 € respectively.

D- Review of accidents and incidents at sea due to automation failures - industry continues to

express concerns about engine stops (SAS, 2010) and development of an e-learning course in

automation (www.surpass.pro). Project developed:

EU funded SURPASS (2009-10), 2009-1-TR1-LEO05-08652, 2009, Value 281000 €.

E- Concerns about communications failures (IMO (MSC, MCA, 2006, Ziarati, 2006) and

development of standards for maritime English (www.martel.pro). Project developed:

- EU funded MarTEL (2007-09), UK/07/LLP-LdV/TOI-049, 2007, Value 410000 €.

F- IMO and industry’s concerns (Ziarati, 2007) about emergency situations - development of an e-

learning course in emergency situations (www.maider.pro). Project developed:

- EU funded Mai’der (2009-11), 2009-1-NL1-LEO05-01624, 2009, Value 395000 €:

G- To develop e-platforms for e-learning and EGMDSS certification (www.egmdss.com) .

Projects developed:

- EU funded EGMDSS e-learning platform, SI/06/B/F/PP-176006, 2006, Value 395000 €:

- EU funded EGMDSS-VET e-learning platform, 142173-LLP-1-2008-1-SI, Value 390000 €.

Also the EU funded Leonardo EBDIG Project, UK/09/LLP-LdV/TOI-163_262, 2009, Value 400000 €.

This project was developed to create the EU first platform for Small craft design with emphasis on

sustainability, ergonomics and telmatics with a the intention of transferring knowledge and skills from other

sectors particulalry auto industries. For more details please refer to www.ebdig.eu.

Recently concluded EU Funded Projects:

SAIL AHEAD - To provide opportunities for captains to find job onshore. Value 385000 EUR.

CAPTAINS - To develop novel content and tools for Maritime English – www.captains.pro. Value 390000

EUR.

MarTEL Plus – To develop Maritime Standards for Ratings, www.martel.pro. Value 400000 EUR.

UniMET - To build on the success of SOS and TRAIN 4Cs Projects to reduce variability in MET, Value

400000 www.unimet.pro (Under construction).

Newly approved EU funded projects

SeaTALK – developing a Maritime English programme in line with IMO 3.17 model course and EU’s

Common European Framework – Value over 550,000 EUR

SOS – To find the main causes of stress at sea with view to remedy them or managed them more effectively

– Value over 500,000 EUR

METROM – to improve the security in ports – Value over 600,000

MARINE – to learn about cultural differences and bring European countries closer together – Value over

550,000

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EBDIG-WFSV – To develop the future designers of yacht and windfarm support vessels.

MariFuture Map - Current State

MariFuture Map - Future State 2013-2017

NB: Project ACTS, SeaTALK, Metrom, Marine and SOS have already been approved by the EU.

Marifuture 2020

Based on the success of the first MariFuture roadmap and discussion with members of the MariFuture

platform as well as senior colleagues in the EU Director Generals a new roadmap was prepared. The latest

MariFuture Roadmap is published at Marifuture platform www.marifuture.org February 2014 article. The

roadmap also appears in the Turkish Maritime Journal, March 2014 article. All now project proposals in

the new roadmap are in line with the latest IMO requirements and EU directives and initiatives.

Conclusions

1. 1. The strategic plan for establishment of University was achieved with over 30 refereed papers and

articles.

2. The Existing and Current State Maps were implemented in full and with commendation by EU. The

roadmap of 2013-17 has now been transformed to a new roadmap taking recent IMO and EU directives into

account.

3. The Future roadmap for 2020 has now been prepared and is being implemented with new proposals

under EU’s Erasmus + and Horizon programmes – see www.marifuture.pro

4. To achieve the future roadmap (2020) new proposals are being prepared and some 15 MOUs have been

signed with major maritime MET providers and maritime organisations.

MARIFUTURE 1 2 3 4

Ship Efficiency EBDIG-WFSV and

LeanShip 2013-2017

AA

Reducing Collision at Sea

Project ACTS 2013-2015

X

STCW Revision Implementation

2012-15 Project SeaTALK

Y

Port Security and operations

Projects Metron and IdealPort

2013-2017 Z

Making seafaring more attractive

Projects SOS and Marİne

2013-2017 BB

Mar ENG I

I

MarTEL J

Mar ENG II

N

MarTEL + (2010-13)

U

CAPTAINS (2010-13)

T

Sail Ahead (2010-13) S

SOS K

TRAIN 4C I L

E-GMDSS I (SRC)

M

SURPASS O

MAIDER P

TRAIN 4CS

II Q

E-GMDSS I (LRC)

R

UniMET (2011-13)

W

2009/10 Current

Cu

rren

t

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5. The strategic plan to develop one of the most sophisticated IT systems in the word with support from

IBM, the virtual infrastructure at Piri Reis together with most advanced ship simulator systems and safety

facilities have made the university one of the most advanced maritime centre in the world.

Appendix 1 – List of papers published on the Route in Establishing Piri Reis University 2005-2013

NB: Please note that there many scholars at the University which have published many academic papers some published in

cited journals. A list of these is available and will be forwarded if requested. The publications below are the list of sponsored

papers and articles through various EU and external funded research and education programmes.

Sponsored Publications

Recently Published or Accepted Papers

ICMR 2013

Design and Development of An Emulated Human Cognition Using Novel 3D Neural

Networks

Reza Ziarati, Basak Akdemir, Martin Ziarati, Erdem Bilgili

KES 2013

Design of an Innovation Platform for Manufacturing SMEs

Ziarati, R, Professor Dr, Piri Reis University, rziarati@pirireis.edu.tr; Ziarati, M, Dr, Centre for

Factories of the Future, martin.ziarati@c4ff.co.uk¸ and Sing, L, Project Officer, Centre for

Factories of the Future, lakhvir.sing@c4ff.co.uk.

ICMR 2013

Development of A Neural Network Mathematical Model For Demand Forecasting In

Fluctuating Markets

Reza Ziarati, Basak Akdemir, Erdem Bilgili, Martin Ziarati and Lakhvir Singh

IMLA 2013

Removing Barriers to Mobility of Seafarers

Ziarati, M, Dr, Centre for Factories of the Future, martin.ziarati@c4ff.co.uk¸Ziarati, R, Professor

Dr, Piri Reis University, rziarati@pirireis.edu.tr and Acar, U, Officer, Centre for Factories of the

Future, ugurcan.acar@c4ff.co.uk

IMLA 2013

What is Wrong? A review of National, European and International Efforts in Improving the

Standard and Quality of Maritime Education and Training

Ziarati, R, Professor Dr, Piri Reis University, rziarati@pirireis.edu.tr; Ziarati, M, Dr, Centre for

Factories of the Future, martin.ziarati@c4ff.co.uk¸ and Acar, U, Officer, Centre for Factories of

the Future, ugurcan.acar@c4ff.co.uk

IMLA 2013

Looking into the Future - Development of an Integrated Ship Management System Ensuring

Efficient Propulsion and Minimum Emissions of Pollutants

Ziarati, R, Professor Dr, Piri Reis University, rziarati@pirireis.edu.tr; Ziarati, M, Dr, Centre for

Factories of the Future, martin.ziarati@c4ff.co.uk¸ and Singh, L, Project Officer, Centre for

Factories of the Future, lakhvir.sing@c4ff.co.uk.

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SESIMBRA 2013

The Use of Agile Practices and Semantic Enhanced SOA to Accelerate Innovation In

Manufacturing SMES

Aitor Elorriaga, Manuel García, Pedro García, Silvia López, Ljubisa Urosevic, Oliver Kotte ,

Phillip Reimer , Reza Ziarati, Martin Ziarati, Lakhvir Singh, Clara Llamas, Pardeep Maheswaree

TQM 2013

Business Process Improvement by Advanced Innovation Process Management in SME

Ljubiša Urošević, Philip Reimer, Oliver Kotte, Norman Guelcü, Aitor Elorriaga, Silvia Lopez,

Reza Ziarati, Martin Ziarati, Lakhvir Singh

KES 2013

Design and Development of Central Knowledge Repository for Innovation Platforms

Reza Ziarati, Martin Ziarati, Lakhvir Singh, Business Intelligence Division, Centre for factories of the

Future, United Kingdom , Faculty of Engineering, Piri Reis University, Turkey

IAMU 2013

Ideal Ship – Proposal to develop the next generation of ship command structures

Professor Dr Reza Ziarati (PRU, TR), Dr Martin Ziarati (C4Ff, UK) and Captain Heikki Koivisto

(SUAS, FI)

TMCE 2014

Developing Intelligent Platforms for Ship Building

Urkmez, S., Ziarati, R. and Biligili, E.

Other Scholarly Activities

PhD Thesis – DMU 2013

Sustaining Competitive Advantage of Family Businesses Through Co-Operative Decision

Making

Sadan Kaptanoglu Supervised by Professor D Stockton (DMU) and Professor Dr R Ziarati (PRU)

Professorship Review 2013

Determination of Ship’s Safe Navlane in the Navigational Information System Capt. Dr Janusz Uriasz, Technologii Morskich Akademia Morska w Szczecinie

Szczecin – University of Szczecin – Reviewer Professor Dr R Ziarati (PRU)

Book Review

Contemporary Maritime English for Deck Officers

Chen Zheng, Review of Professor Dr R Ziarati (PRU)

PhD Review

Analysis of the Evolving Maritime Safety Culture to Determine How It Is Impacting on

Maritime Education and Training

Gerard O’Keeffe, Ireland Maritime Academy, Reviewer Professor Dr R Ziarati

Ongoing PhD Supervision

Activity Based Costing For Small And Medium Sized Ship Building Enterprises Using

Neural Networks

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Sualp Omer Urkmez Supervised by Professor D Stockton (DMU) and Professor Dr R Ziarati

(PRU)

Design and Development of A Management System for Marine Diesel

Serper Ozkaynak supervised by Professor Stephen Benjamin (Coventry Univesity) and Professor

Ziarati (PRU)

Papers

Akdemir, B., Ziarati, R., Bilgili, E., Ziarati, M., Forecasting Application by Using Three Dimensional

Cellular Neural Network, Proceedings of TMCE 2012, May 7–11, 2012, Karlsruhe, Germany, Edited by

I. Horváth, A. Albers, M. Behrendt and Z. Rusák, Organizing Committee of TMCE 2012, ISBN.

Ziarati. R, Ziarati, M., Review of Accidents and Incidents at Sea due to Communication Mistakes and

Linguistic Errors, EU Maritime Day, IMPACT Seminar, Gothenburg, May 2012.

Demirel, E. & Ziarati, R., 2012. Combining Vocational and Academic Requirements in the Maritime

Education and Training. International Maritime Lecturers Association. West-Terschelling: IMLA20. 1-5

July 2012

Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M. & Acar, U., 2012. Harmonising Maritime Education and Training at Sea and

Ashore. International Maritime Lecturers Association. West-Terschelling: IMLA20. 1-5 July 2012

Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M. & Acar, U., 2012. IMPACT: Integrated Maritime Platform for Innovative

Training Products. International Maritime Lecturers Association. West-Terschelling: IMLA20. 1-5 July

2012

Ziarati, M., Yi, J., Ziarati, R., Sernikli, S. & Sihmantepe, A., 2012. Validation of the MarTEL Test: The

Importance of Validity of the Test and the Procedure for Validation in MarTEL. International Maritime

English Lecturers Association. Myanmar: IMEC24. 1-4 October 2012

Toncheva, S., Zlateva, D. & Ziarati, M., 2012. The importance of developing test specification in the

process of the Enhanced Oral Test design. International Maritime English Lecturers Association.

Myanmar: IMEC24. 1-4 October 2012

Ziarati, M., Tsekeridou, S., Malinowsk, E. & Kallergi, J., 2012. The Novelty of CAPTAINS: The

Communicative Learning Approach of Maritime English and its Facilitation by Technology. International

Maritime English Lecturers Association. Myanmar: IMEC24. 1-4 October 2012

Heikki, K., Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M. & Acar, U., 2012. Expanding Frontiers – Challenges and

Opportunuties in Maritime Education and Training. 13th General Assembly if IAMU. Canada. 15-17

October 2012

Ziarati, R.,Technological Challenges Facing the Maritime Sector, Technology Transfer in the Maritime

Sector – Toward the Future , Centre for Maritime Technology Transfer, Poland, 4-5 October 2012

Presented by Demirel E. on behalf of Ziarati R.

Ziarati, R. & Ziarati, M., 2012. Piecemeal Approach to Development of STCW and the Consequences –

A Case for Comprehensive Review of the Current Maritime Education and Training Standards. RINA

Seminar: Education and Training. Southampton: 1-15 November 2012

Albayrak, T. & Ziarati, R., 2012. Encouraging Research in Maritime Education & Training. Journal of

Maritime Transport and Engineering. 2012

Articles

Ziarati, R., 2012. MariFuture new EU funded projects. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly,

January, pp.30

Ziarati, R., 2012. A Report on UniMET Conference in London. Turkish Shipping World Magazine

Monthly, February, pp.36

Ziarati, R., 2012. IMPACT project commences. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly, March, pp.44

Ziarati, R., 2012. Gençlere Denizcilik Mesleğini Cazip Kılmak. Turkish Shipping World Magazine

Monthly, April, pp.54

Ziarati, R., 2012. Attracting Young People into the Seafaring Position. Turkish Shipping World Magazine

Monthly, May, pp.34

Ziarati, R., 2012. Cross Training. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly, June, pp.60

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Ziarati, R., 2012. Harmonising Maritime Education and Training. Turkish Shipping World Magazine

Monthly, July, pp.38

Ziarati, R., 2012. TRECVET - Transnational Recognition of European Certification in Vocational

Education and Training. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly, August, pp.42

Ziarati, R., 2012. Establishment of Turkish Maritime Centre of Excellence. Turkish Shipping World

Magazine Monthly, September, pp.36

Ziarati, R., 2012. Combining Vocational and Academic Requirements in the Maritime Education and

Training. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly, October, pp.30

Ziarati, R., 2012. Combining Vocational and Academic Requirements in the Maritime Education and

Training. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly, November, pp.48

Ziarati, R., 2012. Combining Vocational and Academic Requirements in the Maritime Education and

Training. Turkish Shipping World Professor Dr. Reza Ziarati Papers published in 2011

Papers

Ziarati, R and Sayakci, A., “European Boat Design Innovation Platform – Learning from the Automotive

Industry, International conference in Marine Design, EBDIG Conference, RINA, September, 2011

Ziarati, R., MariFuture Initiatives - Transforming the Maritime Education and Training, Maritime

Transport Brokerage Event, Framework 7, UK Government Department for Business, Innovation and

Skills, Ship Builders and Repairers Association, September 2011 London

Ziarati, R and Ziarati, M., U. Acar., “Innovation in MET for New Career and Mobility Opportunities”,

IMLA 19, Croatia, 2011

Ziarati, R and Ziarati, M., U. Acar., “Developing Scenarios based on real emergency situations”, IMLA

19, Croatia, 2011

Ziarati, R and Ziarati, M., Koivisto, H., “SURPASS – A response to the Increasing Automation Failures

at Sea and in Ports”, IMLA 19, Croatia, 2011

Ziarati, R., Demirel, E., Ziarati,M., Lihary,H., “International Cooperation for Maritime Education and

Training”, IMLA 19, Croatia, 2011

Ziarati, R and Ziarati, M., Bigland, O., U. Acar., “Communication and Training Applied in Nautical

Studies”, IMEC 23, Romania, 2011

Lahiry, H., Ziarati, R and Ziarati, M., “Piloting the MarTEL Standards”, IMEC 23, Romania, 2011

Ziarati, R., Ship Automation Failure Management System (S²FMS), Naval Systems Seminar, Ankara,

2011.

Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M., Measuring the Cost-Efficiency of Predictive Technologies in Shipping

6th Maritime Communications, and Technology Summit, London, 6th October 2011

Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M., Acar, U., An Investigation into Colregs and Their Applications at Sea, Bridge

2011, SAMK Conference, Rauma, Finland, June 2011.

Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M., Recent Changes to IMO STCW – Opportunity to revise MET Programmes,

Bridge 2011, SAMK Conference, Rauma, Finland, June 2011.

Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M., EU funded Maider Project – Opportunity to revise MET Programmes, Bridge

2011, SAMK Conference, Rauma, Finland, June 2011.

Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M., Creating Career Opportunities for Seafarers Ashore, Bridge 2011, SAMK

Conference, Rauma, Finland, June 2011.

Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M., EU funded SURPASS Project, Bridge 2011, SAMK Conference, Rauma, Finland,

June 2011.

Articles

Ziarati, R., Lahiry, H., Innovation in GMDSS Training. To be Published by Seaways in April 2011.

Ziarati, R., 2011. Excellence for Maritime Education. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly,

January, pp. 30

Ziarati, R., 2011. MarTEL Plus Project Summary. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly, February,

pp. 40

Ziarati, R., 2011. Looking into the Future - New Initiatives by the European Commission. Turkish

Shipping World Magazine Monthly, March, pp. 54

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Ziarati, R., 2011. Innovation in GMDSS Training. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly, April, pp.

40

Ziarati, R., 2011. A New Project from TUDEV. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly, May, pp. 66

Ziarati, R., 2011. Learning from Accidents. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly, June, pp. 54

Ziarati, R., 2011. Establishment of Center of Excellence. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly, July,

pp. 50

Ziarati, R., 2011. Turkey is taking the Lead I. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly, August, pp. 56

Ziarati, R., 2011. Turkey is taking the Lead II. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly, September, pp.

52

Ziarati, R., 2011. MariFuture changes the Maritime Education. Turkish Shipping World Magazine

Monthly, October, pp. 54

Ziarati, R., 2011. MariFuture changes the Maritime Education II. Turkish Shipping World Magazine

Monthly, November, pp. 46

Ziarati, R., 2011. MariFuture Activities at TUDEV. Turkish Shipping World Magazine Monthly,

December, pp. 42

2005-2010

Ziarati, R. and Ziarati M., ‘Surpass - Short Course Programme in Automated Systems in Shipping’,

International Conference on Human Performance at Sea, HPAS 2010, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 16th-18th

June 2010

Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M. and Turan, O., ‘M’aider: Maritime Aids’ Development for Emergency

Responses’, International Conference on Human Performance at Sea, HPAS 2010, Glasgow, Scotland, UK,

16th-18th June 2010

Ziarati, R. and McCartan, S., ‘European Boat Design Innovation’

International Conference on Human Performance at Sea, HPAS 2010, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 16th-18th

June 2010

Albayrak, T. and Ziarati, R., ‘Training: Onboard and Simulation Based Familiarisation and Skill

Enhancement to Improve the Performance of Seagoing Crew’, International Conference on Human

Performance at Sea, HPAS 2010, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 16th-18th June 2010

Ziarati, R., Demirel, E. and Albayrak, T., ‘Innovation in Maritime Education and Training’, IMLA 2010,

China

Ziarati, R., Demirel, ‘Cadets Views on Undergoing Maritime Education and Training in English’, China,

IMLA 2010

Ziarati, R., Demirel, E. and Albayrak, T., ‘Research in Maritime English: Measuring Students’

Competence and Performance (Application of MarTEL)’, IMEC, 2010, Egypt

Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M, ‘External Evaluation of MarTELStandards’, IMEC 2010, Egypt.

Reza Ziarati, Erdem Bilgili, Design and Developpnebt of a Replica Brain using novel 3D Neural

Networks, 2011 – Being reviewed for publication by Professor Zadeh (USA).

Kaptanoglu, S., Ziarati, R., and Albayrak, T., ‘Women in Maritime Businesses’, IMLA 09 – IMWC,

Izmir, Turkey, 2009

Albayrak, T., Ziarati, R., Evaluation, Assessment, And Testing In Maritime English: Measuring Students’

Competence And Performance - Martel-Maritime Test Of English Language, IMEC 21 (2009), Poland,

2009.

Demirel, E., and Mehta, R., (Report on the work of Reza Ziarati), ‘Developing an Effective Maritime

Education and Training System- TUDEV Experiment’, IMLA 2009, Istanbul 2009

S. Ozkaynak, R. Ziarati, E. Bilgili, Design and development of a diesel engine computer simulation

program, IMAM 2009. Istanbul, 2009

Urkmez, U., Ziarati, R., Bilgili, E., Ziarati, M. and Stockton, D., ‘Design and Development of Ships

Using an Expert System Applying a Novel Multi-layered Neural Network’, IMLA 2009, Istanbul, 2009.

Albayrak, T. and Ziarati, R., ‘Encouraging Research in Training Institutions, IMLA 2009

Ghana, 2009

Ahmet Mert, Sarper Ozlaynak, Reza Ziarati, Suleyman Ozkaynak, Haluk Kucuk, ‘Design and

Development of a Computer Controlled Marine Diesel Engine Facility for Maritime Engineering Research

and Training’, IMLA 2009, Ghana, 2009

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Ozkaynak, S., Ziarati, Z., Bilgili, E., Design and development of a diesel engine computer, simulation

program, 13th Congress of Intl. Maritime Assoc. of Mediterranean, IMAM 2009, İstanbul, Turkey, 12-15

Oct. 2009

Serhan Sernikli, reviewed by Reza Ziarati, ‘Fusion of Content and Skill in MarTEL Standards’, IMEC

21, 2009, Poland, October 2009

Ziarati R., Ziarati, M.and Calbas R., ‘Developing standards for Maritime English’, Bridge 09, Rauma,

Finland, 2009

Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M., and Calbas, B., ‘Improving Safety at Sea and Ports by Developing Standards for

Maritime English II’, IMAM 9, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009

Ziarati, R., Koivisto, K., and Uriasz, Y., ‘Development of Standards for Maritime English – The EU

Leonardo MarTEL Project’, IAMU 2009 Assembly, Russia, September 2009

Ziarati, R., Ziarati, M., Calbaş, B., Moussly, L., ‘Improving Safety at Sea and Ports by Developing

Standards for Maritime English I’, IMLA 2008, Izmir, 2008

Akdemir, B., Bilgili, R. Ziarati, M. and Stockton, D., ‘Supply and Demand in Shipping Market Using

Intelligent Neural Networks’, IMLA 2008, Izmir, 2008

Urkmez, S., Bilgili, E., Ziarati, R. and Stockton, D., ‘Application of Novel Artificial Intelligent

Techniques in Shipbuilding Using Activity Based Costing and Neural Networks’, IMLA 2008, Izmir, 2008

Kaptanoglu, S., Ziarati, R., Stockton, D. and Albayrak, T., ‘Developing Competitive Advantage

through Cooperative Decision Making In Shipping Family Businesses’, IMLA 2008, Izmir, 2008.

Kamil Sag, O., Ziarati, R.,Özkaynak, S., and Yıldırımalp, M., ‘An Innovative MET Model in Global

Higher Education-Piri Reis Maritime University’ -Turkey, IMLA 2008, Izmir, 2008

Albayrak, T. and Ziarati, R., ‘Methodologies and Technologies In MET’, IMLA 2008, Izmir, 2008

Demirel E., (Reporting on the Work of Reza Ziarati), ‘New Approaches in Design and Delivery of

Nautical Sciences Programmes -SOS Navigation Engineering’, IMLA 2008, Izmir, 2008

Ziarati, R.; Ziarati, M., Review of Accidents with and on Board of Vessels with Automated Systems – A

Way Forward, AES07, Sponsored by Engineering and Physical Science Research Council in the UK

(EPSRC), Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET, Previously IEE), Institute of Mechanical

Engineers (IMechE), IMarEST, 2007.

Yucel Akdemir, B.; Ziarati, R.; Stockton, D., ‘Application of forecasting in Shipping Industry,

International Conference in Manufacturing Research’ 2007, Leicester, UK, published by InderSciences

Publishers, ISBN No:978-0-9556714

Kaptanoglu, S.; Ziarati, R.; Stockton, D., ‘Sustaining Competitive Advantage Through Cooperative

Decision Making In Shipping Industry’, International Conference in Manufacturing Research 2007,

Leicester, UK, published by InderSciences Publishers, ISBN No:978-0-9556714

Urkmez, S., Ziarati, R.; Stockton, D., ‘Activity Based Costing For Maritime Enterprises’, International

Conference in Manufacturing Research 2007, Leicester, UK, published by InderSciences Publishers, ISBN

No:978-0-9556714

Kaptanoglu, S.; Ziarati, R.; Kamil Sag, S.’ ‘Turkish Chamber of Shipping Response to EU Maritime

Policy Green Paper, June 2007.

Ziarati, R., ‘Report to IMarEST on IMO MSC 82’, for consideration by TAC, 2007

Ziarati, R., “Safety At Sea – Applying Pareto Analysis”, Proceedings of World Maritime Technology

Conference (WMTC 06), Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, 2006.

Please refer to MariFuture and see details of the published papers and articles.