Port captain
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The barge of the port captain in the port of Hamburg
A port captain is an official who is responsible for ship movements, safety and nautical administration in a large port .
The English-language name is Harbourmaster or Captain of the Port . The associated authority is called the Port Authority .
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Capitainerie in the port of Strasbourg
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Germany
Port captain are called z. B. the heads of the Hamburg Oberhafenamt and the Hanseatic City of Bremen Port Authority . As an official title, the term has been partially abolished.
In smaller ports, the positions of the port captain or port master are classified differently.
In naval bases there is a military port captain.
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Wiktionary: Hafenkapitän - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations