Description
Marine logistics involves overseeing the movement of goods by sea. Besides navigation and engineering, all the other operations related to ports/terminals and actual maritime transportation come under marine logistics. It includes scheduling, marketing of space, booking of cargo, safe transportation of cargo from one point to another, loading and unloading, supervision and liaison with customers.This sector has the maximum scope of employment from entry level to management levels. It varies from managing ships to managing the ports, to marketing of many related services
Requirement
There are two streams in marine logistics: nautical science and engineering. Admission to maritime training institutes is through a test after Class 12 (only for science students). For nautical science, do a three-year BSc programme and for marine engineering, a four-year BTech. After graduation, join as apprentice and appear in different levels of competency exams after requisite sailing experience. A graduate may get into marine logistics after doing a related MBA programme from a reputable institute.
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Job Prospects
At entry level a candidate with a professional degree can earn anything between ? 3.5 lakh to ? 5 lakh per annum. After acquiring work experience of six to eight years, he/she can get around ?10 lakh to ?12 lakh per annum. At senior level, a person with experience of 20 years, can get anything around ? 45 lakh to ? 60 lakh per annum
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