A professional who books outbound freight shipments to ensure maximum use of available cargo space on company ships. Respnsibilities include:

• Obtains cargo data from shipper, such as type, tonnage, destination, and shipping date, in order to determine allocation of cargo and fully utilize capacity of each ship.
• Consults booking sheet to ascertain availability of cargo space.
• Informs shipper of ship's name on which cargo is booked, sailing date, and cargo delivery date.
• Records cargo data on booking control sheet, listing tonnage, type of cargo, shipper's name, and cargo destination.
• May be designated according to type of cargo booked as Container-Cargo Clerk; General-Cargo Clerk; Refrigerated-Cargo Clerk.