tasks and activities at a glance
freight or shipping agents travelers, the international language known as a ship broker, are generally as representative of a shipping company in the sale of shipping space, loads, and moorings mandated or other interests of the company.
Ship Agents / inside but often specialize on specific tasks. They focus, for example, as a commercial or freight agent in the procurement of freight contracts, some of them also accept the conclusion of purchase contracts for ships. In the function as so-called Klarierungsagent in tramp shipping, they take on the other hand, functions as a sales representative. The activities include, for example, then the handling of port costs on behalf of the owner, dealing with the formalities and departure of a ship causing the coordination of the loading or unloading, as well as retrieving or delivering up of cargo on the recipients. are in the area of liner shipping, it parallels similar: there, too take ship brokers / internal duties, as agent, that is, they accomplish clearance business, acquisition charge and reservations for the commissioning owner.
