A world leading shipping and logistics company.
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is a global business engaged in the shipping and logistics sector. Present in 155 countries, MSC facilitates international trade between the world’s major economies, and among emerging markets across all continents.
Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1978, MSC is a privately-owned organization driven by the Aponte family. A world leader in container shipping, MSC has evolved from a one vessel operation into a globally respected business with a fleet of 760 vessels and 180,000 employees.
MSC delivers goods and services to local communities, customers, and international business partners. With access to an integrated global network of road, rail and sea transport resources, the company prides itself on delivering global service with local knowledge.
Through a network of 675 offices, MSC ensures that shippers can talk directly to our representatives, as well as using a variety of e-business solutions for digitalized cargo bookings. Responding to the needs of our customers, MSC is a major driving force behind the evolution of smart containers in our industry, helping to set the standards for digital shipping.
MSC calls at 520 ports on 300 trade routes, carrying some 23 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) annually, via a modern fleet, equipped with the latest green technologies.
Over the years, MSC has diversified its activities to include overland transportation, logistics and a growing portfolio of port terminal investments. Today, our focus remains true to our roots, and we continue to build and retaining long-term trusted partnerships with customers of all size and scale.
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General Area of Responsibility
Ensure optimization of vessels for the overall Network and at the same time minimizing all relevant cost. Monitoring slot utilization of vessel against allocation and capacity.
Specific Areas of Responsibility
- Daily Reports to Liners in Singapore and Geneva HQ
- Daily Bookings
- Ensure the accuracy of agent’s forecast/final loading through system (I-space)
- Monitor allocation/diversion instructions by the respective line managers and ensure agents follow up and update in the system.
- Daily Executive Summary
- Liaise with agency offices (POL) pertaining to market trend- increase/decrease in cargoes projections and report to line managers.
- Daily Diagram
- Summary of vessel utilization for all strings. This will facilitate cargoes diversions from one string to another.
- Review overall network utilization and propose for the necessary diversion plans to optimize each string.
- Liaise with Line Operation during contingency/omission plans.
- Monitoring cargoes connections and instructing transhipment ports (6 main T/S ports: NBO/CWN/HKG/PUS/SIN/TPP) of planned cargoes nominations base on allocation assigned by line managers.
- Planned for cargoes diversions and rollovers by instructing transhipment POLs
- Review possible miss connections and advancement of cargoes basis on the utilization of the vessels.
- Co-ordinate the necessary conversion of Optional to fix and vice versa with pol or the restows of Optional with planner/line ops to achieve maximum vessel utilization.
Other General Duties
- Uploading of bay-plans in CAMS
- Updating iSpace as necessary
Candidate Requirement
- Degree/Diploma holder, preferably in Maritime Transportation or Nautical Studies.
- Minimum 2 years working experience in container shipping industry.
- Independent and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Able to work long hours, on weekends and public holidays when required.
- Good interpersonal, communication and time management skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
- Working knowledge of CASP is essential but not necessary.
- Believe in team-driven culture.
- The ability to speak various languages is also welcome.
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