transhipment team leader
united arab shipping company
Total years of experience :33 years, 5 Months
management of all incoming transhipent containers and their 100 % connectivity with less stay @ transit point,
capacity managment
customer service
interaction with load ports for smooth documentation
interaction with discharge ports to notify them for their cargo connection details & meet their demands in case there is any changes required to delay or advanace the shipments
in short i can handle any job in shipping operations & documentation.
2008 - present Head of team
A- Head of Team: (2008 - Present) United Arab Shipping Company Dubai, UAE.
Supervision of Transshipment activities as well as monitoring and managing all laden transshipments ensuring 100% connection, providing reliable & professional services to all origin & destination offices to deliver their cargo safely, timely & efficiently.
Ports in context: Jebel Ali, Dubai, Khor-Fakhan, Sharjah, Fujairah, and Ras al khaimah
Operations (Container Control)
- Coordinate and oversee the activities of transshipment team and effectively communicating the objectives and targets.
- Provide guidance and assistance to the transshipment team for the efficient connectivity between destinations.
- Attend to enquiries escalated by team members and resolve issues professionally.
- Manage the allocated team including resource planning through holiday seasons.
- Establish KPIs to monitor & evaluate transshipment operations efficiency and continuously improve on work processes & systems.
- Develop & maintain SOP and advise all origin & destination offices on transshipment requirements & procedures.
Coordinating TS Discharge & Load Operations for VESSELS
- Compile transshipment discharge details and prepare TS discharge list after execution of COD's & other requirements.
- Coordinate with Port of Loading (POL) to sort out discrepancies between bay-plan details and load confirmation list from POL. Reporting of Over Gauge Cargo discrepancies between bay-plan & the TRUST (Internal System) data. Providing IMCO approval nos. in case they are not available in TRUST (Internal System) . Co-ordination with Middle East Regional Department for fare execution of COD generated out of vessels. Sort out the Dangerous Goods Cargo discrepancy between discharge list & the bay-plan upon notification from port documentation team.
- Co-ordinate with load port for collection of all dangerous goods packing certificates.
- Prepare nomination sheet for T/S containers (Laden) for connection vessels/ feeders and submit for Middle East Regional Department approval for loading on our vessels as well as booking with 3rd party vessels wherever UASC vessels not calling.
- Ensure final nomination updated in TRUST and generate final T/S discharge list
- Update manifest to DPW Jebel Ali system.
- Change of status of T/S containers to local and from local to T/S after co-ordination with D/O section etc.
- Handle T/S HOLD containers ensuring further moves based on instructions from Customer along with MER (Middle East Regional department) approval.
- Generation of line detention & port storage advice for hold containers as well as units held up at Khor-Fakhan port by UASC's VIP customers e.g. Tasnee, Sabic EQ8 etc and send to all concerned including UASC Emirates a/c dept.
- Arrange to provide DGPC's to vessel's supervisors calling at Khor-Fakhan port
- Arrange to provide DGPC's to MER operation when IMCO's are loading on the 3rd party vessels from Khor-Fakhan port.
Customer Service and Assistance
- Attend to customer calls / inquiries with regard to T/S cargo.
- Communicate charges/tariff to the customer liaising with MER for charges/tariff related to T/S cargo storage, port detention, etc. and their approval
- Coordinate with port to hold the containers and plan loading of the same as per customer requirements.
- Attend to customer requests for change of destination, local discharge, etc. and change container status accordingly.
Head of Team - Transshipment with rich knowledge and experience, covering different aspects of Shipping documentation and Operations.
Experience
1991 till present: United Arab Shipping Company Dubai, UAE
Year Position
2002 - 2008 Document Specialist
B- Document Specialist: (2002 - 2008) United Arab Shipping Company Dubai, UAE.
Interaction with load Ports for all required shipping documents, their discrepancies, dangerous goods Packing certificates and updates to concerned both electronically and existing procedures.
1998 - 2002 Operation Auditing Specialist
C- Operation Auditing: (1998 - 2002) United Arab Shipping Company Dubai, UAE.
Auditing of invoices from Ports, Transporters for house deliveries, crew medical Bills.
1991 - 1998 Operation Controller
D- Operation Controller & Delivery Order Section (1991 - 1998) United Arab Shipping Company Dubai, UAE.
Take care of all operational activities, coordination with Partners for smooth Operations, NOC issuance and preparation of all type of reports (VAR, TDR, Activity Reports, etc.)
Bachelor in Science (B.Sc) (Double Mathematics & Physics) University of Punjab Lahore, 1990. On Job Training and Courses Comprehensive computer courses including. MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word etc.) Advanced Excel 2007. ICDL 4.5 July 2006 UASC. Firms