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The job of the port agent has not much changed in recent years but there is increased visibility to the role, Christopher Crookall, chief commercial officer at Inchcape Shipping Services, said to P&H. With there also being a desire for increased cooperation between maritime stakeholders and ship agents, it is only pertinent to catch up with an experienced ship agency such as Inchcape, which can look back at 175 years of handling shipments and cargo for shipowners, managers, and charterers in ports. "Port agency has traditionally not been a transparent business. It has been characterized by mistrust and confusion. The solution, and a major tenet of the company's strategy, is therefore to increase transparency for all stakeholders around the port agency process. We are trying to shine a light on what actually happens in ports by applying technology and a very rigid governance structure to provide transparency around the operational and financial processes," Crookall said. |