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Shipping agent

Other names

ships agent, owners charterers agent, liner agent, shipping representative, shipping proxy, ship representative, cargo agent, water clerk, port agent, ship local representative, boarding clerk

Logistics, warehouses and delivery

They speak for a ship's owner in a foreign port, get cargo past customs fast, and check that papers and insurance are right.

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    Act for the ship owner in a foreign port.

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    Make sure customs clearance is done quickly.

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    Help the cargo leave the port without long delays.

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Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

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National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

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Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

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Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
agent maritime/agente maritime
español
consignatario/consignataria
العربية
وكيل الشحن / وكيلة الشحن
português
Agente de navegação
Deutsch
Seehafenspediteur/Seehafenspediteurin
italiano
agente marittimo raccomandatario/agente marittima raccomandataria

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