A professional who manages operations of municipal harbor department or port authority. Responsibilities include:

• Enforces orders, rules, and regulations, concerning use and control of navigable waters, tidelands, and submerged lands within harbor.
• Authorizes acquisition and maintenance of water craft and erection of facilities for department.
• Directs assignment of berths and wharves to steamship companies.
• Negotiates leases for office space and warehouses.
• Coordinates activities of purchasing, traffic, wharfage, and accounting divisions.
• Analyzes reports of harbor operations to plan and develop future operations, taking into consideration such factors as economic conditions, tariff changes, and commodity movements.
• Prepares and submits reports and recommendations to board or authority.
• Prepares budget and authorizes expenditures within departments.