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2. Seafarer's professions and ranks - Wikipedia

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   Seafarer's professions and ranks. Seafaring is a tradition that encompasses a variety of professions and ranks. Each of these roles carries unique responsibilities that are integral to the successful operation of a seafaring vessel. [ 1] A ship's crew can generally be divided into four main categories: the deck department, the engineering ...

3. Freight forwarder - Wikipedia

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   A freight forwarder or forwarding agent is a person or a company who co-ordinates and organizes the movement of shipments on behalf of a shipper (party that arranges an item for shipment) by liaising with carriers (party that transports goods). The carriers may use a variety of shipping modes, including ships, airplanes, trucks, and railroads ...

4. International Standard Classification of Occupations - Wikipedia

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   The International Standard Classification of Occupations ( ISCO) is an International Labour Organization (ILO) classification structure for organizing information on labour and jobs. It is part of the international family of economic and social classifications of the United Nations. [ 1] The current version, known as ISCO-08, was published in ...

5. United Parcel Service - Wikipedia

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   United Parcel Service. United Parcel Service, Inc. ( UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. [ 1] Originally known as the American Messenger Company specializing in telegraphs, UPS has expanded to become a Fortune 500 company [ 6] and one of the world's largest shipping couriers.

6. Maritime transport - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Maritime transport (or ocean transport) or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people ( passengers) or goods ( cargo) via waterways. Freight transport by sea has been widely used throughout recorded history. The advent of aviation has diminished the importance of sea travel for passengers, though it is still popular ...

7. Dockworker - Wikipedia

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   Dockers load bagged cargo onto a barge in Port Sudan, 1960. A dockworker (also called a longshoreman, stevedore, or docker) is a waterfront manual laborer who loads and unloads ships. [ 1] As a result of the intermodal shipping container revolution, the required number of dockworkers declined by over 90% since the 1960s. [ 2]