Home
Organisations in ports
- Role of ports
- Who runs a port?
- Types of ships
- Types of ships continued
- Safety and the environment
- Role of stevedores
- Quarantine
- Customs and immigration
- Harbour Master
- Fire and emergencies
- Port security
- Tug boats
- Harbour pilots
- Mooring and lines people
- Bunker barge
- Ship's agent
- Ship's chandler
Port facilities
The marine environment
The port's local community
Curriculum materials
Glossary
Links
Acknowledgements 1
Ausmepa Home
Ship’s agent
The ship’s agent is the ship owner’s or ship operator’s representative in a port.
The ship’s agent deals with everything between the ship and the port and the authorities ashore.
The ship’s agent also brings mail onboard to the ship’s crew and looks after other paperwork.
