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Organization

A company workspace in PortzApp that contains its members, profile, permissions, requests, jobs and settings. Within PortzApp, the term describes part of the platform’s account, directory, request, job or collaboration workflow.

What the term means

  • An organization is the company-level account, as distinct from the individual accounts inside it.
  • It is the party that transacts. People act on its behalf, not in their own right.
  • Profiles, requests, and jobs belong to the organization, not to the person who created them.

Organization is a term used in maritime business and operations.

A company workspace in PortzApp that contains its members, profile, permissions, requests, jobs and settings.

Within PortzApp, the term describes part of the platform’s account, directory, request, job or collaboration workflow. The exact meaning may vary with the contract, jurisdiction, port practice or workflow in which it is used.

Organization compared with nearby terms

Term
What it refers to
Company
The legal business as it exists in the world.
Organization
That company’s workspace on the platform.
Member
An individual person acting within the organization.
Company profile
The part of the organization published to the Directory.
Organizations in PortzApp

The company-level workspace

In PortzApp an organization holds a company’s details, its team, its requests and jobs, and its billing. It is also the unit that gets verified and listed in the Directory.

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FAQ

FAQ

The most common questions we get about Organization.

What does Organization mean?
A company workspace in PortzApp that contains its members, profile, permissions, requests, jobs and settings.
What is the difference between an organization and a company?
The company is the legal business. The organization is that company’s workspace on the platform.
What is the difference between an organization and a company profile?
The organization is the whole workspace. The company profile is the part of it published to the Directory.
Does work belong to the organization or to the person who did it?
The organization. Requests, jobs, and their history stay with it as individual members come and go.