A professional who coordinates movement of freight by barge or lighter to provide most efficient service to shippers consistent with available equipment and facilities. Responsibilities include:

• Determines number and kind of barges and lighters needed to transport cargo.
• Coordinates movement of vessels to ensure most efficient service.
• Assigns barges and lighters to individual haulage jobs and issues orders to tugboat captains.
• Compiles or directs activities of workers engaged in compilation of periodic reports on freight tonnage transported and cost of operations.