This research has explained the competence components of the managers of ports and maritime organization of the country by using a mixed research design (qualitative and quantitative). To collect data in the qualitative step, interviews with experts and in the quantitative step, a questionnaire from the qualitative step the research was used. The statistical population of the research was the directors of the Ports and Shipping Organization of the country. In order to select research samples, research data was collected using the snowball method and based on 20 in-depth interviews with experts related to the subject. Brown and Clark's (2006) theme and pattern analysis method was used to analyze the data in the qualitative step and the content validity ratio index (CVR & CVI) was used in the quantitative step. Findings of theme analysis about the competencies of the country's Ports and Maritime Organization managers in 4 main themes, 1- Specialized competencies, 2- Personality competencies, 3- Executive competencies, 4- Managerial competencies, and 25 sub-themes. have been introduced In the quantitative step, the percentage of the appropriateness of open codes for 15 experts is 0.49%, according to the CVR statistics, all competency themes had good content validity from the experts' point of view. The results of this research showed that the managers of the Ports and Maritime Organization of the country, by accepting the issue that success in today's conditions of the maritime transport industry is the use of existing human resources competencies, should pay attention to the improvement of the four competencies of the present research. And have intellectual and far-sighted thoughts in the conditions of crisis and challenges ahead.
