The HND programme in Port and Shipping Management (PSM) seeks to provide students with the necessary intellectual, practical technical knowhow required to operate effectively within the Shipping Industry. Specifically it is to: Equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the practice of shipping and how it relates to International trade; expose students to the operational issues within the Shipping Industry; produce workers who can perform management functions within the Shipping Industry; train students who will be able to meet up with the challenges faced by the modern Shipping industry.

General skills

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  • Have general knowledge of the national, regional and international social and economic environment;
  • Demonstrate rigor in the organization of work and a capacity for responsiveness and creativity;
  • Have a general knowledge of foreign languages, English in particular;
  • Have the sense of negotiation, commercial relations and sales, as well as after-sales.


Specific Skills
  • Ensure the management of a logistic chain, especially maritime logistic chains;
  • Know a wide range of techniques related to the logistic chain (warehousing, handling, transit, production, transport, etc.);
  • Facilitate and coordinate the exchange between the internal actors of a maritime company;
  • Contribute to the quick resolution of problems between stakeholders of the shipping industry;
  • Manage change and promote solutions necessary for the adhesion of partners;
  • Design adaptable structures, in permanent interaction with the multiple components of the environment;
  • Implement methods that are both flexible and rational, to materialize its action and allow the regulation of flows through the development of a shipping logistics system and efficient information networks;
  • Have knowledge of accounting and financial management as well as management control (more focused on real-time control tools than on accounting methods);
  • Know the tools needed to optimize the quality and safety of physical and information flows;
  • Provide efficient alternatives in the event of disturbances of current flows;
  • To be able to use specific software, to contribute to their choice by the company and to favour their exploitation;
  • Managing a work team.

The following are some of the employment prospects of students completing the programme:
  • Intermediate staff members of the Maritime Administration
  • Import & Export Agents
  • Port Officials/Administrators
  • Shipping Lines/Agency Personnel
  • Maritime Controllers / Brokers
  • Customs Brokers / Customs approved agent;
  • Maritime/Shipping Teachers
  • Marine Insurance Professionals
  • Freight forwarder and logistics provider;
  • Commercial agents
  • Terminal Operators