Ocean Freight Coordinator
Position: Ocean Freight Coordinator
Location: Southampton
Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:30
Salary: Up to £38,000
The ideal candidate will need out-of-gauge, break bulk and project cargo experience within sea freight or shipping industry. A background working with a shipping agency, shipping line or vessel operation would be the perfect candidate, where you will be responsible for coordinating end-to-end shipments and overseeing the transportation of goods via marine vessels.
Your key responsibilities as an Ocean Freight Coordinator:
- Dealing with OOG, Breakbulk/Project Cargo shipments, planning and logistics.
- End-to-end Export operations
- Cross-trade experience is highly desirable
- Quotations, negotiating, pricing
- Manage all financial aspects of shipments, including costings, booking and coordination of yacht transportation (shipping, cradling, insurance, wrapping, customs, and surveying)
- Vessel charter operations (liaising with ship owners, shipbrokers, internal and overseas P&M offices, port agents)
- Shipping documentation (eg Bills of Lading, cargo manifest, Mate receipt, LOI)
- Demurrage calculations ( based on our voyage charter party)
- Liaise with the client to gain technical details
- Send communications to clients and keep updated regularly
- Update clients with load/discharge sequences even when out of hours
- Monitor cost accuracy from subcontractors / check port costs, and try to maximise our profit by reducing our costs
- Work to resolve operational issues when required
- Communicate operational matters with loadmaster teams
- Ensure compliance with regulations and trade compliance laws
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Paying up to £38,000
- Company pension
- Trade shows
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