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Career Guidance Skills communication, collaboration and creativity S1.2 - liaising and networking S1.2.1 - coordinating activities with others Liaise with port users
Description
Communicate and cooperate with port users such as shipping agents, freight customers and port managers.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 5 occupations
- Optional in 3 occupations
- Total: 8 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 1 (Managers)
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…
- Shipping agentShipping agents represent the ship owner in a foreign port. They make sure customs is cleared in a timely manner so that the cargo doesn't have to stay too…
- Maritime water transport general managerMaritime water transport general managers coordinate the administrative activities that go with the management of vessels in the context of maritime water transport. They prepare v…
- Ship pilot dispatcherShip pilot dispatchers coordinate ships entering or leaving port. They write orders showing name of ship, berth, tugboat company, and time of arrival or departure, and notify the m…
- 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
- Inland water transport general managerInland water transport general managers coordinate the administrative and dispatching activities that occur in the context of inland water transport. They check availability, liais…
- Logistics and distribution managerLogistics and distribution managers take decisions on logistic services, operations and provisions. They take internal and external variables into consideration for effective and s…
- 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 …
Related skills
- Use different communication channels
- Have computer literacy
- Act reliably
- Liaise with colleagues
- Coordinate dock operations
- Match vessels to shipping routes
- Give instructions to staff
- Port regulation
- Types of maritime vessels
- Manage ocean-going oil tankers
- Write work-related reports
- Warehouse operations
Last updated on February 19, 2026
