How to become a shipping clerk
Official title: Shipping clerk
Also called: Cargo planning clerk, Import export administrative assistant, Shipping assistant, Shipping documentation clerk, Shipping freight clerk, Hub Coordinator/Shipping Clerk, Import Export Administrative Assistant/Shipping Assistant, Import export administrative assistant
Shipping clerk controls or participates in the dispatch and receipts of goods and keeps records of shipments. He/she examines the particulars of goods to be dispatched, studies schedules and cost tables and decides on the best method of transportation. He/she provides assistance and liaises with customers, logistics operators and customs to plan, track and clear shipments. He/she provides assistance in preparing export and import documentation and supports the processing of logistics insurance. He/she may check incoming goods against bills of lading, vouchers and other documents, notes damage or deficiencies and arrange delivery.
Main tasks
- Keeping records of operational aspects and coordinating the timing of passenger and freight transport
- Preparing reports for management
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $39,840 a year. The middle half earn $31,200 to $50,616 a year.
- Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Land transport clerk
- Air transport clerk
- Stock records clerk
- Storekeeper
- Material planning clerk
- Production planning clerk
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Questions people ask
How much does a shipping clerk earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $39,840 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $31,200 to $50,616.
Will AI change the work of a shipping clerk?
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026