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Career in Port Management

Port Management

Managing ports today is a highly complex business and depends on the combination of material handling, road transport, storage, safeship operations, health and safety. The core modules of port management are designed to train aspiring managers in the essential management skills required today for meeting the challenges of the ever-growing sea freight market. Large ports need to deal with a number of disparate activities like the movement, loading and unloading of ships, containers and other cargo, customs activities as well as human resources. Anchorage, channels, lighters, tugs, berths, the warehouse and other storage spaces have to be allocated.The efficient management of a port involves managing these activities and resources, managing the flow of money between the agents providing and using these resources and updating all management-related information. You could look at the following courses. The ones in management will gear you for managerial positions in shipping companies, agency houses, clearing and forwarding firms, export/import houses and major private and public port authorities world-wide.Institute of Rail Transport, Room 17, Rail Bhavan, Raisina Road, New Delhi 110001 Courses: diploma in port development and management (two-year correspondence), diploma in multi-modal transport (containerisation) and logistics management. These may be useful for those in the service sector (private and government). The ministry of railways recognises this course as an additional qualification for recruitment to the post of ASM and traffic/commercial apprentice.IIT, Kharagpur (www.iitkgp.ernet.in/pgdmom) Course: postgraduate diploma in maritime operation and management.Indian Maritime University (IMU), Chennai Courses:• EMBA in maritime management (one-year)• MBA in port and shipping management (two years)• MBA in international transportation and logistics management (two years)• MBA in shipping offshore and finance (oneyear)• certificate in maritime management for mariners• Academy of Maritime Education and Training (AMET), Kanathur-603112 Course: MBA shipping and port management (two-year, FT)• MBA in shipping and logistics management (in collaboration with BIT, Ranchi).• Alagappa University, Academy of Maritime Education and Training (off-campus centre), Saligram, Chennai 93. Course: MS shipping and port management (two-year). Eligibilty: Bachelor’s degree (50% aggregate) or Master’s with 1st division. Selection: written exam, interview.• National Institute of Port Management, Chennai 600119 (www.nipm.tn.nic.in) offers training for port and shipping personnel in South Asia.• National Institute of Shipping Management, Mumbai – 400001. Courses: higher diploma in shipping management (one-year). diploma in shipping (sixmonths).• Narottam Morarjee Institute of Shipping, 76 Jolly Maker, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021 (www.nmis.net). Course: shipping management (two-year FT/PT).