Durmuş Ali Deveci

• PhD
• Head of Faculty at Dokuz Eylül University

This study investigates the cognitive levels of tugboat captains, key players during port manoeuvres, which are a crucial part of sea navigation. The objective is to reveal the main neurophysiological findings related to the measurements of the tugboat captains' brain activity during both rest and actual manoeuvring performance and to investigate t...

Marinas are essential for tourism as a customized service, which, in turn, necessitates active customer cooperation. This study investigates the participation behavior of customers in marina service delivery and aims to determine the facilitating factors and consequences of customer participation (CP). A questionnaire survey was performed to evalua...

This study aims to identify the information search behaviour of charterers in selecting shipowners within a business-to-business framework. It focuses on charterers’ information sources and how different factors (individual, organizational, and purchase-related) affect the information search since this construct is a major component of comprehensiv...

Günümüzde, ulaştırma politika alanındaki karar vericilerin karşılaştıkları temel sorun, maliyet, istihdam, gayrisafi milli hasıla, enerji tüketimi ve çevresel sorunlar kapsamında ekonomik, çevresel ve sosyal sürdürülebilirlik sağlayabilmek için bir dizi etkili politika oluşturmaktır. Bu politikalar ile ilgili olarak çoklu taşıma da, özellikle ekono...

İşletmeler son zamanlarda hizmet üretim ve sunum süreçlerine müşterilerini dahil etmekte, onları değer yaratma faaliyetlerinin bir parçası ve işletmenin bir kaynağı olarak görmektedir. Bu noktada, hizmet araştırmalarında birçok çalışma müşteri katılım kavramı üzerinde yoğunlaşmıştır. Marinalar, deniz turizmi alanında faaliyet gösteren önemli hizmet...

The service literature represents that both service failure and service recovery have a strong impact on the business relationships between service providers and their customers. The purposes of this research is two-fold: to explore and analyze the most common service failures and the implemented recovery strategies in third party logistics service...

The main aim of this study is to reveal the role and contribution of Industry 4.0 in the value chain of seaports. It first reviews the literature to identify value chain activities in the port industry. It then explores the Industry 4.0 applications utilised by ports through content analysis of the websites of ten major innovative seaports. Seven m...

Modeling transport choice is one of the most important components of transportation analysis since it determines the parties to be involved, the resources to be used and the impact made on the environment. Many different techniques have been used to analyze choice modelling. As a principle, all choice modelling techniques suppose that goods/service...

There has been significant growth in research on sustainability issues and intermodal transport in freight distribution since the 1990s. However, when it comes to sustainability literature in multimodal transport it seems that there are very few publications. The aim of the study is to analyze the studies that examine sustainability in multimodal t...

Privatization transforms the operations-focused and stakeholder-independent approach of container port management into a competition and market-oriented perspective. This integrates a marketing philosophy with the management of the overall port organization. In this way, ports become more responsive to market demand and create profitable and sustai...

The aim of this study is to explore the different information sources used by charterers within the framework of B2B services and determine their usage by charterers in their decisions. To reach this aim, previous literature regarding B2B and shipping services context was researched. Then a questionnaire developed from the relevant literature and p...

Using social media as a marketing tool has become one of the widely accepted strategic communication activities in the world. Global companies recognize the popularity, high number of users and great advantages that social media platforms offer. Due to its growing rates of e-commerce and internet usage, social media platforms present a good and eff...

Port competition has become fiercer with each passing day due to the developments in hinterland networks, port innovations at ports, port privatization policies and the changing specific service expectations of port users. This competitive environment has led to shifting the hinterland areas from captivity to contestability. The customer focus in d...

Increasing interest on intermodal transport both by the shippers and carriers has led logistics service providers and transport operators to develop new intermodal transport services. When the service literature is analyzed, it is found that there are a few studies on the New Service Development (NSD) of specific service industries. However, it is...

In the new competitive environment of maritime business, a need for evaluating supply chain integration of ports has emerged. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the supply chain integration of three container terminals located in the Aegean Region of Turkey. We have developed a model consisting of four constructs: “relationship with users”, “info...

z Endüstriyel pazarlara hizmet eden limanların, rekabetçi piyasa koşullarında sürekli artan müşteri beklentilerini karşılayabilmek adına, liman hizmet kalitesine önem vermeleri kaçınılmazdır. Dolayısıyla, değişen müşteri taleplerinin karşılanmasında, limanların, hizmet kalitesini oluşturan boyut ve değişkenlerinin belirlenmesi ve değerlendirilmesi...

Purpose. Micro damages take place on the skeletal muscle through exercise. In response to such damages, many substances are secreted. Muscle damage indicators are present in those substances. In this planned study, the levels of creatine kinase (CK), troponin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), muscle damage indicators, and C reactive protein (CRP),...

Öz The vivid increase in the world population pushes companies to attain for resources in a less expensive and rapid manner, which, in turn, increases the importance of maritime transportation, especially, for global resources’ supply. Accordingly, the traditional role of ports in maritime transportation, creating a link between maritime and inlan...

İster üretim ister hizmet sektöründe olsun işletmelerin gelişiminde ve rekabetin sürdürülebilmesinde çalışanların hayati önemi bulunmaktadır. İyi eğitim almış ve alanında deneyimli, uzman ve profesyonel çalışanlar yalnızca işletmeler arasındaki rekabetin değil, aynı zamanda yerel, bölgesel, ulusal ve uluslararası alandaki rekabetin de önemli aktörl...

Intermodal transportation, which combines the advantages of each transport mode and increases the overall efficiency of transport, has been promoted worldwide as well as in Turkey since it is considered as economic, social and environmental friendly transportation service. Increasing interest on intermodal transport both by the shippers and carrier...

Objective: It is a fact that maritime transport is essential for achieving sustainable transport development, and the concept of sustainable development has recently raised great interest in maritime industry. The fundamental role in driving and supporting the sustainability should be pursued by young people, and in Turkey as a developing country,...

Endüstriyel pazarlara hizmet eden limanların, rekabetçi piyasa koşullarında sürekli artan müşteri beklentilerini karşılayabilmek adına, liman hizmet kalitesine önem vermeleri kaçınılmazdır. Dolayısıyla, değişen müşteri taleplerinin karşılanmasında, limanların, hizmet kalitesini oluşturan boyut ve değişkenlerinin belirlenmesi ve değerlendirilmesi ve...

Although the literature about supply chain management has mostly focused on developed economies with highly improved intermodal transport systems, there is a need for the investigation of newly emerging markets such as Turkey in terms of intermodal transport and supply chains. Turkey’s strategic location, increasing international trade, especially...

Dünyada ve Türkiye’de taşımacılık faaliyetlerinde gerçekleşen artışla birlikte trafik sıkışıklığı, trafik kazaları, çevre ve gürültü kirliliği gibi taşımacılık kaynaklı olumsuz etkiler de daha belirgin hale gelmiştir. Bu nedenle daha ekonomik, güvenli, hızlı ve çevre dostu ulaştırma sitemlerine ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır. Bu gereksinimler sonucunda bird...

While adopting a particular teaching/learning method to be practiced at higher education, the overall aim has to be taken into consideration. The prevalent view reveals that the undergraduate, when having completed higher education, is assumed to have been equipped with “general intellectual abilities and perspectives; higher order thinking and hig...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to make an overall research on transport applications and discuss the critical success factors of e-transport applications in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach – Based on literature review on e-government applications, this paper builds on theoretical understanding of critical success factors in e-transport...

Logistics is becoming a necessary factor to be competitive. In logistics systems; diversified products, short order cycle times, shipping in small quantities, high frequency and reliability of deliveries, customer service orientation, low stock level and rapid inventory turnover, timely and accurate information requirements are common features. Bes...

Problem Based Learning (PBL) is a learning method based on the principle of using problems as a starting point for the acquisition and integration of new knowledge. PBL has been successfully applied at a number of disciplines and various academic institutions internationally. Objectives of PBL are to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes of the s...