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Non-vessel operating common carrier

Code 3324.3

Non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCC) are consolidators in ocean trades who will buy space from a carrier and sub-sell it to smaller ship­pers. They issue bills of lading, publish tariffs and otherwise conducts themselves as ocean common carriers.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • match vessels to shipping routes
  • international tariffs
  • cartography
  • principles of cargo stowage
  • types of packaging used in industrial shipments

Skills and competences

  • analyse shipping rates
  • apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations
  • set import export strategies
  • ensure compliance with shipment regulations
  • manage import export licenses
  • manage freight payment methods
  • use maritime English
  • keep up-to-date to current customs regulations
  • weigh shipments
  • prepare bills of lading
  • make bids in forward auctions
  • book cargo
  • control trade commercial documentation
  • oversee cargo storage requirements

Transversal competences

  • coordinate export transportation activities
  • coordinate import transportation activities
  • handle shipment paperwork
  • plan transport operations
  • prepare freight shipment reports

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences