Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Shipping and chartering manager
Recognised by ordinance of 22 July 2004 (BGBl I p. 1874)

Duration of traineeship

3 years
Training takes place in one of the following areas:
· liner trades or
· tramp trades.
The venues for training are company and part-time vocational school (Berufsschule).

Field of activity

Shipping and chartering managers organise the transport of goods of all kinds by sea. They work in companies operating scheduled liner trades or tramp trades or in ship brokerages. Shipping and chartering managers maintain international contacts with customers, suppliers, ship's personnel and all the other service providers in the maritime transport and port industries.

Occupational skills

Shipping and chartering managers take care of all tasks associated with equipping, operating and deploying ocean-going vessels.

Shipping and chartering managers

· analyse transport and cargo markets,
· develop market-oriented offers,
· plan and take care of the transport of goods by sea,
· calculate costs and determine results,
· organise clearance and dispatch of ocean-going vessels,
· handle ship and cargo-related documents,
· handle damage and insurance cases,
· execute business transactions in English.

Shipping and chartering managers in liner trades

· inform customers on schedules and freight rates,
· book break bulk cargoes and containers,
· make arrangements for intermodal transport of containers,
· organise the pre- and post-carriage of goods and containers.

Shipping and chartering managers in tramp trades

· procure cargoes for ocean-going vessels and ocean-going vessels for cargoes,
· arrange and conclude voyage and time charter contracts,
· plan the transport of project shipments.

Last modified on: December 12, 2006