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Following short term courses offered by IIFT are recommended for you:
Certificate Programme in Export Import Management: The Programme aims at upgrading the knowledge of working executives of export enterprises, service agencies and institutions like banks, insurance, chambers of commerce and enhance their operational competence.
Course coverage includes International Marketing Management, Foreign Trade Policy and Customs Procedures, International Trade Logistics, International Trade Operations & Export Import Documentation, Global Business Environment and International Trade Finance & Foreign Exchange Management.
Certificate Programme in Global Trade Logistics and Operations :
The primary objective of the course is to develop among participants a closer appreciation of the critical role which business logistics management plays in today's fiercely competitive global environment. It is widely recognized that through efficient logistics management, corporates are able to leverage their competitive strategies thereby creating value for their customers. The role of logistics has obviously gained preeminence in today's global business. The course is, therefore, designed to lay emphasis on how effective and efficient logistics management in international trade with special reference to the Indian perspective can create time and place value at micro and macro levels. The Course covers Foreign Trade Policy, International Trade Logistics, Trade Finance & Logistics Operations, Transportation Logistics and Maritime Logistics.

After completing your post graduation in shipping and port management, you can find employment opportunities in public and private organisations. Railways and defence departments under the government, shipping corporations, transportation and logistics companies, manufacturing firms, import and export trading agencies and ports all around the Indian coasts and the world recruit port managers.
The working hours in port management can be long and demanding (often around 12 hours a day). Your work may include communicating with officials of different government departments, commercial establishments and the local community, managing operations in the port, overseeing services and activities related to shipping and port and planning the finances.
The career growth in the port managers professional life depends on the tenure and the type of skills you are able to hone over a period of time. After passing with a post-graduate degree while you start as a port manager, with growing experience and hard work, you can move up to the level of port director, who manages more than one port.