Shipping & Ports Management (HND)

1. The objective of the training
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.

2. The Skills sought
Generic skills 
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);

Entry Qualifications

General Certificate of Education (GCE): Advanced level or Baccalaureate.

B.Sc. in Shipping & Ports Management

This course will offer you a comprehensive and integrated overview of Shipping & Ports Management. It will give you the specific skills required by managers in the maritime business and so prepare you for a brilliant career in Shipping.

The Bachelor in Shipping Management will teach you how to analyse the structures and institutions of Shipping, and how to manage and organise sea transport as well as all other aspects of Shipping. You will develop critical analytical skills and learn how to apply them in real life through the examination of real-life case studies.

By the end of the course, you will have a variety of career options, from working in the import and export business to ship management, freight forwarding, logistics, port management, trade and ship finance, and maritime regulation.

The programme is structured for HND graduates in the field of shipping, transportation, logistics, Customs operations etc

NB: The degree is awarded by the University of Bamenda