Career in Port Management

What: Shipping refers to physical process of transporting goods and cargo. In broader sense, shipping can be associated with Logistics, which refers to flow of goods, information and other resources, including energy and people, between the point of origin and the point of consumption.

Thus, shipping and logistics combined include all aspects of transportation, storage and packaging of goods and commodities. Despite the many variables in shipped products and locations, there are only three basic types of shipments: land, air, and sea. Quantum growth in inter-regional and intra-regional trade has made shipping and logistics industries a favoured place for the new generation. With increasing complexity, qualified professionals are required to manage shipping and port industries across the globe.

Sky is the only limit in terms of pay packages of shipping and port managers. In government departments, their pay packages are not so high. However, shipping and port managers’ salaries are very high in private sectors along with other benefits like house rent, medical allowances and retirement benefits.

How: The candidate should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, decision-making ability and a willingness to learn. The ability to work well with all levels of staff, self-motivation, confidence, a high level of numeric ability, and commercial awareness are all very important. With increasing importance of international trade, the need for skilled individuals to manage ports has increased. Services of shipping and port management professionals are required by both government agencies and private sectors. The minimum qualification for MBA (Shipping & Port) is a Bachelor Degree in Engineering/Technology. However some institutes even allows science and management graduates.

Where: Shipping and Port Managers can find suitable employment opportunities in government departments like Railways and Defence. PSUs like Shipping Corporation and other agencies in the field of logistics and shipping are favoured place for shipping managers.

However, working with private logistics and shipping companies are the best option available to shipping and port managers. These professional also can work with private packer and movers and transporters. Heavy industries dealing with high volume of inflow and outflow of goods and commodities also require logistics managers to ensure smooth and in-time supply. Besides, opportunities are also available with organizations specializing in cargo handling. Shipping and port managers also can work with International shipping majors.

Institutions:

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
• Academy of Maritime Education & Training (AMET), Kanathur
• National Institute of Port Management, Chennai;
• National Institute of Shipping Management, Mumbai;
• Narottam Morarjee Institute of Shipping, Mumbai;
• Indian Institute of Logistics, Chennai;
• Institute of Management, Mumbai
• Institute of Rail Transport, New Delhi
• University of Petroleum and Energy studies, Dehradun.