Dhesigen Reddy

-Oversee end-to-end cargo flow processes, ensuring timely and efficient execution, while meeting customer needs and expectations.
-Collaborate with the Global Shared Services Center (GSC) and countries to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and quality standards.
-Coordinate discharge activities and ensure that no units are loaded unless cleared.
-Manage transshipment bookings and optimize the network to minimize costs, while ensuring customer satisfaction.
-Handle all changes to discharge, load, and transshipment bookings, and execute all inter-terminal transfers.
-Manage husbanding activities, including coordination with third parties, to ensure efficient and cost-effective operations.
-Monitor vessel operations and manage cargo and vessel incidents to ensure safety and customer satisfaction.
-Ensure timely and accurate release of vessels, while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements.
-Drive cost-effectiveness in cargo execution processes and proactively reduce waste.
-Identify and suggest continuous improvement possibilities in ways of working and execute cost reductions through the SmartOPS process within the team.
-Responsible for special cargo operations and ensure customer-centric orientation with good interpersonal skills.
-Attention to details, meeting deadlines, and time management skills are essential.

A Vessel Operator for COSCO SHIPPING Lines is responsible for the daily planning and execution of vessel voyages, including coordinating load and discharge operations, stowage plans, and bunker requirements, while ensuring compliance with regulations and communicating with internal and external stakeholders. They act as a key link between the vessel and the shore, managing cargo flow, vessel movements, and ensuring safe and efficient operations.

Key Responsibilities:

· Voyage Planning:

Daily planning and coordination of voyages, including load and discharge operations and stowage plans.

· Cargo Management:

Checking cargo intakes, itineraries, and other factors impacting the voyage.

· Bunker Management:

Calculating bunker requirements, arranging replenishment, and coordinating with the vessel's command and associated departments.

· Compliance and Regulations:

Ensuring adherence to industry and government regulations for safe vessel operations.

· Communication and Coordination:

Communicating with internal and external stakeholders to address issues related to vessel loading, compliance, and tracking.

· Collaboration:

Collaborating with the vessel's command and other departments to ensure smooth operations.

• Arranging Vessel Services
• Responsibilities: NYK Line Port Captain Car Carrier Division
• Acknowledge vessel appointment and arrival
• Informing the master / principal of local requirements and restrictions via a pre-arrival message
• Making contact with the principals and confirm dates and time of arrival and requirements
• Ensure that the vessel is nominated with the port and ISPS and all other relevant bodies.
• Provide estimate disbursement to client
• Ensure that suppliers are used from the pre-approved list
• Ensure all relevant documentation has been received
• Attending to all relevant husbandry duties
• Ensure smooth coordination of cargo operations
• Synchronising of all stakeholders
• Communication with Principals and Suppliers – NYK LINE Car Carrier and Breakbulk / Bulk Division
• Liaise with principal and service providers
• Ensuring that supplier services are confirmed in writing
• Update all stakeholders timeously on the ETA / ETD progress and any pertinent matters relating to the smooth operation of the vessel
• Financial and administration
• Ensuring that all supplier invoices are received within the prescribed time.
• File to be completed and authorised by Operations Manager
• Calling for all funds on your vessel prior to arrival
• Operator to establish which party is responsible for payment and port costs
• Establish if an agency fee agreement exists for that party
• Ensure fund requests are distributed promptly, accurately and confidentially to the concerned parties only
• Coordinate service requests (CTM, Crew Matters egg. Doctors, transport, etc.)
• Attend daily port meeting and update the port list.
• Update and Maintain SharePoint and other Principals systems.
• ISO Compliance
• Ensure that services offered are accomplished under controlled conditions, in a cost effective and efficient manner in accordance with contract and regulatory requirements
• All necessary ISO documentation must be processed and placed into operational file in the prescribed order
• All files meet ISO regulations without exception

• Arranging Vessel Services
• Responsibilities Niledutch Container Lines and Non Liner Sector
• Acknowledge vessel appointment and arrival
• Informing the master / principal of local requirements and restrictions via a pre-arrival message
• Making contact with the principals and confirm dates and time of arrival and requirements
• Ensure that the vessel is nominated with the port and ISPS and all other relevant bodies.
• Provide estimate disbursement to client
• Ensure that suppliers are used from the pre-approved list
• Ensure all relevant documentation has been received
• Attending to all relevant husbandry duties
• Ensure smooth coordination of cargo operations
• Synchronising of all stakeholders
• Communication with Principals and Suppliers
• Liaise with principal and service providers
• Ensuring that supplier services are confirmed in writing
• Update all stakeholders timeously on the ETA / ETD progress and any pertinent matters relating to the smooth operation of the vessel
• Financial and administration
• Ensuring that all supplier invoices are received within the prescribed time.
• File to be completed and authorised by Operations Manager
• Calling for all funds on your vessel prior to arrival
• Operator to establish which party is responsible for payment and port costs
• Establish if an agency fee agreement exists for that party
• Ensure fund requests are distributed promptly, accurately and confidentially to the concerned parties only
• Coordinate service requests (CTM, Crew Matters e.g. Doctors, transport, etc.)
• Attend daily port meeting and update the port list.
• Update and Maintain SharePoint and other Principals systems.
• ISO Compliance
• Ensure that services offered are accomplished under controlled conditions, in a cost effective and efficient manner in accordance with contract and regulatory requirements
• All necessary ISO documentation must be processed and placed into operational file in the prescribed order
• All files meet ISO regulations without exception

• Responsibilities
• Liaising with Port Authorities for Berthing/Shifting/Sailing
• Arrange Pilotage/Tugs
• Documentation for Customs/Harbour Revenue Services (Inward/Outward)
• Arrange Ships provisions
• Arrange Bunkering
• Repairs if required
• Organise supply/Transport and handling all cargo goods
• Arrange Stevedoring /Tally Services
• Collect Freights
• Attend Pre-plan berthing meetings
• Invoicing/Statements
• Bill of ladings/Manifest/Stowage Plan

• Responsibilities
• Management of 7 staff members
• Manage an Oil store warehouse
• Manage and schedule a site maintenance team that refurbishes diesel pumps and diesel tanks
• Schedule deliveries for Lube to client database
• Managing KZN Oils Transport fuel tankers
• Manage a diesel depot and schedule diesel deliveries via fuel tankers to client database
• Management of an Accounts Department /Call centre / Telesales division
• Restructuring Departmental staff structure and Management Reporting Structures
• Marketing and increasing client database
• Attending site meetings and tender briefings and presentations
• Retrenched

• Responsibilities
• Management and scheduling of fleet of 7 trucks
• Manage and costings on diesel and maintenance

• Client liaising on new business ventures for fuel customers on tenders

• Responsibilities
• Diesel sales (DBN, CPT, JHB)
• Calling on government/state tender board/privatised clients
• Handling fault reporting on site with equipment installed
• Site evaluation meetings with Chevron (Caltex)

• Responsibilities
• Coordinated tanker fuel deliveries via KZN Bunkers barge fuelling
• Scheduled daily deliveries (fuel tankers)
• Fuel ordering and stock levels on diesel
• Management of the Kzn Bunker Barge called the Black Egret

• Responsibilities
• Fuelled SA navy & Indian navy vessels in DBN, CPT, Simons Town
• Coordinated operations of fuelling vessels
• Site evaluation (SA navy Simons Town)
• Health and safety environment studies in Cape Town (SA navy fuel farm)

• Responsibilities
• System check for port locks in accordance to sailing schedule and sashidate
• Email off line ports requesting manifest, bills and chassis list
• Capture off line bills onto starnet and capture online on global ace
• Print arrival notifications and forward to clients
• Create import job folders and hand to import CSC
• Split manifest according to destination and forward a copy to Portnet
• Manifest distribution (NPA/ SAPO/Greystones & customs)
• Compare manifest to the stow plan and the masters discharge summary
• Compile a discharge report for report for port captain on vessel discharge
• Issuing delivery release orders and releasing

• Responsibilities
• Allocation of Portnet (South African port operation) scanners
• Working with shipping manifests, work reports & tally
• Computer maintenance
• Working with Portnet mainframe software for scanner units
• Toyota chassis list capturing
• Data capturing
• Supervision of computer department