Description
Knowledge of the most important commodities in maritime transportation, i.e. oil, grain, ore, coal and fertilisers, and their characteristics and subdivisions.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 2 occupations
- Total: 4 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 4 (Clerical support workers)
Essential for
- Water traffic coordinatorWater traffic coordinator manage the movements of a vessel in ports and waterways. They ensure the efficient deployment of vessels of a shipping company. Other titles The foll…
- Port coordinatorPort coordinators manage operations of traffic division for port authorities. They enforce rules and regulations, such as the berthing of ships, handling and storing of cargo, and …
Optional for
- ShipbrokerShipbrokers act as intermediaries between buyers and sellers of ships, cargospace on ships and charter ships for the transfer of cargo. They inform clients on the shipping market m…
- Stevedore superintendentStevedore superintendents supervise and monitor the freight handling and longshore labor in a dockyard to maximise productivity. They manage the loading and unloading of cargo and …
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Last updated on February 18, 2026