Port Operations Officer

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

•    Monitors CMA and partner vessel allocations for regional vessel services through the review of export bookings and projected empty repositions to ensure maximum utilization
•    Interface with Customer Service and Central Intermodal to track-trace export shipments within the vessel closing process to maximize the export lifting. 
•    Produce / issue vessel load orders and distribute to stevedores and terminal operators. 
•    Provide timely and accurate export lift projections, PML stowage requirements, and arrival / sail reports to tonnage centers and vessel planners. 
•    Works closely with Asst Marine Mgr on the coordinated movement of all specialized equipment (Flat racks, Open tops, Tanks, Refrigerated, and Hazardous units) and all needed terminal arrangements. 
•    Coordinates required marine surveys on all export flat rack cargo to ensure cargo is safe for ocean transport through local National Cargo Bureau inspectors. Coordinates all necessary cargo deficiencies / corrections with Customer Service before cargo is released to the vessel. 
•    Compose and issue the Vessel Dangerous Cargo Manifest for export shipments. Compiles and forwards needed import documents for discharging hazardous cargo to local terminal operators. 
•    Compose and issue the Vessel Temperature Control Manifest for temperature controlled export shipments. Shares temperature-related information on import reefer cargo with stevedores / terminal operators to ensure reefer procedures are followed 
•    Compile and issue vessel operations related reports and advise all concerned parties of vessel arrival and departure times. 
•    Collect export Bill of Lading documents for CMA CGM and all partners for all cargo destine d for China. Make copies and coordinate delivery to boarding agency for US Customs clearance prior to vessel departure. 
•    Monitor equipment levels at terminal and inland locations and instruct facility operators to achieve the most efficient equipment utilization. Locations include ocean terminal, cy/depots, and shipper pools 
•    Advise correspondent operating groups of equipment status at all locations and coordinate efforts to correct surplus/deficit situations 
•    Issue field orders to facility operators for mounting/grounding/swapping/segregation of equipment as is required. Follow up to ensure timely completion. 
•    Generate and control all "holds" at facilities for equipment as required. 
 

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