A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in preparing shipping documents and related reports and in classifying and rating cargo according to established tariff rates. Responsibilities include:

• Reviews ships' schedules and booking records to plan and schedule work activities.
• Assigns rating activities to workers and reviews ratings to ensure that cargo has been classified in accordance with established tariff rates.
• Verifies codes assigned shippers against bills of lading and assigns codes to new accounts.
• Assigns documentation activities to workers, such as preparing dock receipts, bills of lading, and manifests, and compiling tonnage, demurrage, and storage reports.
• Examines reports and documents for completeness and accuracy and gives instructions to workers regarding corrections.
• Issues bills of lading to shippers upon verification of documents.
• Confers with other supervisory personnel and shippers' representatives to clarify problems and resolve complaints.
• May supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in passenger baggage handling.
• Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.