person who looks after the interests of a ship while she is in port. His duties include the arranging of pilotage, towage, and a berth for the ship, the signing of bills of lading and the collection of freight. A person or firm who transacts all business in a port on behalf of shipowners or charterers. A permanent representative for a shipping line. Also called shipping agent., a person who acts as an agent of a ship, representing the owner in all the formalities needed while entering port, during customs clearance up to the time of final sailing. He is to arrange with the authorities for the allocation of berthing place to load and/or unload, advise import/export cargo owners, organize loaging/unloading of merchandise, juriidiline või füüsiline isik, kes esindab reederit