Manager Operations

Christopher D. Cusimano

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The below experience has been incurred over the last 35 years while

employed for various marine companies.

. Operations manager in a marine and other transportation environments

that continuously ran 24/7

. Effectively monitoring and tracking of equipment and cargo to

completion of operations

. Collection and issue of documents regarding banking, CBP codes

regarding export and import requirements for A.M.S. & A.E.S. systems

in local and/or foreign ports

. Assure that all parties are properly updated and quickly informed of

any changes in cargo or repair operations and/or additional

requirements for effective operations

. Provided estimated port expenses, negotiated contracts, researched

cargo and port projects or expenses in various ports along the gulf

coast for various principles

. Solely arranged and managed the key elements of vessel cargo or

repairs, logistics and coordination for 40-60 vessels a month

including various tankers, refer and liner ships while dealing with

the training and turnover of new personnel on a daily bases

. Coordinate and communicate with shipping personnel to assure proper

information, procedures and equipment requirements are arranged for

daily and long term operations

. Working with various shippers, receivers, U.S.C.G., Solas, marine

P&L clubs and Class surveyors, salvage maters in compliance of all

cargo and vessel damage, force majeure situations & documentation

issues

. Experience with stevedores and freight forwarders in the movement of

bulk, general/break-bulk, frozen cargos, rail and container

requirements

. Coordination of all cargo & equipment including operational movements to

alternative and/or mobile locations as required

. Responsibility regarding clerking for cargo counts and appropriately

marked cargo to be loaded and discharged from ocean- going vessels,

barges, trucks, containers and rail cars as instructed

. Observing and gaining working knowledge of stowage with various cargo in

barges and vessels regarding securing and dunnage requirements for

brace, lashing and separation of cargo requirements

. Observant to stevedore rigging & equipment requirements for various cargo

operations

. Understanding of vessel and shore equipment and certificate

requirements, stowage plans and stowage factors concerning vessel's

stability and expected time for loading and discharge planning

. Arrange and confirm all C.B.P. documentation & transportation

requirements for ship, barge and various cargo requirements

. Experience with confirming load orders, terminal tariffs and berthing

requirements

. Experience with barge fleets and barge lines for tracking, placement

and shifting of barges

. Experience with vessel & barging logistics regarding lay days,

dispatch and demurrage

. Use of weather networks and radar systems for predictions in cargo

operations

. Arrange and placement of cargo separations, lashing and material

requirements when applicable

. Familiar with vessel, rig, barge, equipment and labor movements as

required in order to avoid any delays in cargo and repair operations

. Coordinate with agents, owners, charterers and any customers in order

to complete cargo and repair operations successfully

. Knowledge of mates receipt, cargo manifest, bill of lading and

clausing issues as per charter party requirements and/or instructions

. Coordination of any/all cargo, additional barge or vessel survey

requirements when applicable.

. Advised masters, shippers, receivers of cargo and safety hazards that

may be incurred during cargo and transit operations

. Experience with stevedores, railroad, trucking and container

requirements, coordinating operational movements as required

. Developed methods to quickly train new employees for job requirements

. Gained working knowledge of Gulf ports from Mobile to Galveston

. Worked with Ceres Gulf Stevedore for 6 months learning warehouse and

safety requirements

. Managed various and numerous ship collisions and groundings including

various other sources of perplexity or vexation situation incurred

. Stevedored ships at various grain elevators in the Mississippi River

. Coordinated marine launch and land transportation for pilot, crew and

vessel operations in anchorages on the Mississippi River

. Retired U.S.C.G. licensed tug captain, launch boat operator, AB

seaman and deckhand

. U.S.C.G. Governor Nichols Traffic Light coordinating vessel traffic

around Algiers Point.

. I gained working knowledge of G.P.S., radar systems and chart

navigation during my studies for my Marine license and used those

skills during coastwise voyages

. Directing warehouse and trucking requirements for cargo operations

. Knowledge of L.M.E. (London Metal Exchange) warehouse rules and

regulation

. Assemble and coordinate the production lines for warehouse stowage &

operations

. Arrange proper documentation for trucking and other modes of

transportation

. Congregate all cargo aspects for receiving and shipping warehouse

cargo

. Inventory experience

. Computer skills - Microsoft Word, Excel basic and intermediate, Outlook

and Live Mail including an OSHA 5410 Cert. and TWIC card.

Employment History

Pacorini Metals Inc.

Night shift Supervisor

Warehouse and Trucking of Metals

3/11/13 - 6/13/13

Coastal Cargo, Inc.

Part time

Vessel and Warehouse Clerk

Global Management, Inc.

1993 - 4/30/2011

Operation Manager

Interocean Steamship Corporation

1991-1993

Operations

North American Terminals

1991

Stevedore

Universal Shipping Agency

1983 - 1991

Operations Manager

Port Ship Service

1980 - 1983

Dispatcher/Launch Operator

Crescent Towing and Salvage

1975 - 1980

Tugboat Captain

Education:

. Marion Abramson High School

. Piney Point Maryland - U.S. Coast Guard License (Firefighting & C.P.R.

certs)

. Association of Ship Brokers and Agent - New York: 1998

. USCG Licenses # 1188667: Master of Towing Vessels Upon Oceans and

Western Rivers

(retired)

. First Class Pilot of Steam or Motor Vessels of Any Gross Tons Upon the

Lower Mississippi River from Mile 87.0 to Mile 234.0 Radar Observer

(Unlimited) & (retired)

. OSHA 5410 Standards for the Maritime Industry cert. ( 30hours)

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