Table 2: The various seaport services.

Seaport services ship services  It is the companies that intervene to assist the ship during its stopover for example: the pilots, the tugs, the gliders, the consignees or shipping agents who represent in the port the ship-owner or the charterer of the vessel, the fuelling and bunkering companies, the ship repair companies, the container maintenance, the ship waste recovery companies and the shore services for seafarers
goods services They include all the intermediaries whose aim is to assist logistics (physical, informational and financial) of the goods (freight forwarders, the consignees of the goods, the customs brokers, grouping, storage, testing companies sample analysis, surveillance and security).
administrative services They are composed both of the port authority responsible for the management of port installations and equipment and other administrations representing the state (customs, border police, health, social assistance, services fire and security etc.) which will be developed in the part of the main port users as the part of the port logistics chain that ensures the arrival and departure of ships and goods on the port platform.
handling services This is also called “Stevedoring”, which refers to all the loading and unloading of trade ships, in the ports of the handling operation shall be carried out by undertakings which ensure the interface between water and ground, they also carry out reception operations, recognitions and guarding of goods.
terrestrial transport services It is the road, rail, and inland waterway transport companies that
goods on the ground are referred to as pre-routing and of post-routing

Source: own elaboration.