Manager Stowage Planning

Manager Stowage Planning

Full Time 14 Nte. , Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile With Professional Experience 4/16/24

About Hapag-Lloyd
With a fleet of modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 2.0 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies. In the Liner Shipping segment, the Company has around 13, employees and offices in countries. Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of 2.9 million TEU – including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers. A total of liner services worldwide ensure fast and reliable connections between more than ports across the world. In the Terminal & Infrastructure segment, Hapag-Lloyd has stakes in 20 terminals in Europe, Latin America, the United States, India, and North Africa. The roughly 2, employees assigned to the Terminal & Infrastructure segment handle terminal-related activities and provide complementary logistics services at selected locations.

Are you ready to be part of our Regional Operations team in Viña del Mar as our next Manager Stowage Planning

Purpose of the Position

The purpose of this position is to manage the Stowage Planning activities. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure efficient and optimized vessel stowage plans, assure the Vessel’s space optimization, and safe loading of ships, on time and within the SOLAS, ISM, and other legal requirements and in the most economical way.

Essential Functions

Create stowage plans ensuring crew vessel and cargo safety parameters are adhered to. Stowage supports optimizing vessels operations during port stay and utilization is maximized. Monitor the vessel capacity in close contact with schedule execution and cargo control.  Follow up on any queries regarding stowage or operations of the vessel. Execute COD requests, providing costs or additional moves involved and impact if any on overall stowage. Provide safe stowage to Hazardous cargo always in accordance with IMDG and HL internal guidelines. Approve/confirm stowage feasibility of safe stowage to special commodities and OOGs. Providing lost slots where applicable. Compare booking status against forecast and check against vessel´s capacity. Monitor the allocation of Lines (allocation control) and the vessel’s total allocation in close contact with product management and partners. Provide and advise the vessel with calculations for stability, trim, shear forces, torsion, bending moment, draft, and air draft. Addresses any queries regarding stowage or operation of the vessel. Circulate the Baplie file according to the distribution list. Good communication, clear and concise in the organization keeping a good vocabulary and level of technical complexity. Stays in close contact with the terminal before and during cargo operation.

Minimun Qualification

University Degree, Merchant Marine Engineer (First Officer or Second Officer), Navy Academy or equivalent. Minimun 3 years of experience in shipping operation, stowage planning. Advanced Level (written and spoken) of English & Spanish language. MS Office applications. Good communication skills. High analytical mindset, and the ability to work systematically under pressure. Previous knowledge/experience on stowage system in the port and at the terminal.

Additional Information

Contract Conditions: permanent contract with local conditions (Chilean law is applicable). Closing Date for applications: May 16th.

Contact person

Francisca Carvajal Coordinator Human Resources Share this job Imprint | Privacy Policy

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