Role Overview
Central coordinator between internal teams and external parties (vessel owners, port agents, third-party charterers), overseeing safe and efficient dry bulk cargo movements on chartered tonnage. Responsibilities span vessel employment with external counterparties, voyage record maintenance, cost tracking, and non-demurrage claims handling.
Key Responsibilities
- Gather port restrictions and costs; screen vessels with terminals in support of chartering.
- Advise on hold cleaning procedures and cargo contamination claims.
- Conduct vessel vetting; issue voyage instructions.
- Develop and optimise stowage plans (including multi-grade) and bunker calculations.
- Route vessels efficiently, balancing consumption profiles, weather, and arrival deadlines.
- Manage fleet bunkering and negotiate shipping contracts (agency, towage, mooring, etc.).
- Support trading desk on shipping legal matters; contribute to charter party clause negotiations.
- Maintain IMOS voyage data, oversee P&L, and coordinate system reconciliations.
- Monitor financial outstandings; provide post-voyage cost analysis.
Qualifications & Experience
- 35 years in dry cargo shipping operations.
- Commercial acumen, structured approach, and collaborative mindset.
- Senior navigating officer background combined with shore-based experience is advantageous.
- Exposure to charter party law and voyage/time-charter claims.
- IMOS experience preferred; comfortable with Cape, Panamax, and Supramax vessels.
- Familiarity with charter party forms, FFAs, and freight/bunker risk management.
