Prepared by: Ashan Silva AFNI (UK), CMILT (UK), ACIM (UK), Ex. MSc (Strategic Marketing), Ex. MBA, MBA, Reading for DBA The main role of the ship agent is to represent the interest of ship owners, operators, or charterers when the vessel approach to respective port. Captain is not much aware about the local conditions so, he himself can’t perform all bureaucratic operations alone. Hence, he needs some assistance from a specialized person called local agent who is well familiar to local conditions, rules, regulations, procedures, processes, etc. Such agent should be able to represent said vessel owners, operators, charters, effectively and efficiently since the shipping company doesn’t have its own office in that port. As a result, When the shipping company secured their voyage towards a particular port, they are nominating their agent to that port to ...