During the Berthing and unberthing operations, Depending on the company chief officer is either at the bridge station or at forward station. It is a better idea to keep chief on the bridge station as he is second in command after the captain, In case of an emergency where the master suddenly becomes incapacitated, The chief could take the command of the situation immediately as he is present on the bridge and he is aware of the situation.
The forward station is the responsibility of the third officer and he takes care of the anchor operations whereas the station aft has a very important responsibility to keep the propeller clear. A third officer is junior-most officer on board and if he knows anchor work that makes sure that other officers also know anchor work as they sometime in their life where a third officer.