Years Experience Operations

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Mr. B PRABHAKARAN

An Experienced Shipping Operations Professional Seeking A Senior Shipping Operations Management Position.

Creative, Enthusiastic And Popular Team Player With 13 Years Experience In Shipping Operations that include;

team management / vessel operations / familiar with seaport automation systems / well-versed with dubai MDT (mobile data terminal) and dubaitrade systems / space allocation, booking, reservation functions / co-ordination with shippers, freight forwarders, transporters, port authorities / freight handling and storage duties / invoice development / container control / loading of export containers / special cargo tracking / import and export documentation / dispatch operations / weekly forecasts / statistics computation / voyage computations / preparation of inventory reports and weekly forecasts

WORK EXPERIENCE

June 2001 – present SSS LLC, Dubai, UAE

SHIPPING CO-ORDINATOR - EXPORTS

Currently working for SSS who are the appointed agents of HANJIN SHIPPING & SENATOR LINES

Primary functions involved;

vessel operations & co-ordination functions (ie. space allocation/booking/reservations)co-ordination with shippers, freight forwarders, transporters and port authoritiescontainer movement and co-ordination to and fro from the port/ vesselco-coordinating and arranging for sending container releasesin charge of loading export containers, relevant correspondence & statisticsco-ordination with equipment control and responsible for weekly forecastsissuing service orders for the transportation movement of export boxesarranging documentation for export declaration/ cross stuffing and IPT movementPIC for reefer containers movement in feeder vessels and main vessels for upper gulf,special cargo tracking & relevant documentationfinal loading advice to container destination ports of reeferscoordination with hanjin lines delivery order counter in Dubai ports & customs issuing delivery orders through the seaport automation systemupdating of all movements in the hanjin online system (NIS - new information system – the global online platform of hanjin line)PIC for online bookings of hanging shipping through GT NEXUS portal, which is the leading online booking website among the shipping / logistics industrycoordinated and managed a team of junior staff and assumed total responsibility

In addition to above, has a good working knowledge of Dubaitrade - An innovative portal, that combines all electronic services provided by Dubai Ports, Customs and Free zone Corporation. DubaiTrade.ae consolidates all the services of myDPA, eMirsal, e-ATA, myJAFZA & DMCC sites within a single Bi-Lingual (Arabic-English) experience portal that is services driven for all PCFC customers. This e-hub is certain to become an indispensable tool for the trade and transportation industry. Users will have 24X7 secure access to all services with a single log on.

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Nov 1996 – Jun 2001 DUBAI PORTS AUTHORITY (Port Rashid) Container Terminal Freight Station

OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE

Job functions included;

all sorts of freight and cargo handling and storage dutiesmaking preparations of cargo for export and local deliverieshandling of multi-port rework containerstally of the cargo, delivering the same to the consigneesinspection of export vehicles with or with out personal effectschecking and reporting of damage and dangerous (IMCO) cargo.issuing gate-passes for cargo and preparing ledgers,taking weekly and monthly inventory reports and weekly reading of equipmentreceiving cargo and various other cargo operationscharge of cargo documents (bill of entry, export declaration, manifest & related documentation)application of Dubai ports authority in-house systemapplication of Dubai Customs Seaport Automation Systems (electronic delivery orders)familiar with Dubaitrade - the online portal that combines all electronic services provided by Dubai Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation..

SPECIAL TRAINING

Worked with Dubai Port Authorities MDT (Mobile Data Terminal) oriented experimentation cargo receiving and storage programme. Received special training with the newly introduced MDT which utilized the Wireless Data Transmission format. This system is still very popular and the DPA plans to implement this system so as to have a paperless office . All operations on this mode are directly transferred into the central mainframe computer, and any container from the Dubai Ports authority would have immediate access to any data, pertaining to its cargo at any time

COMPUTER SKILLS

Familiar with all types of Windows O/S and MS Office Application Software (that include MSWord, Excel, FrontPage, PowerPoint ). Also familiar with Adobe Photoshop, MGI Photo suite and Adobe Acrobat. Net Savvy and can use Internet Explorer and other browsers. Familiar with HTML & web design. Currently undergoing MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) from Smartforce, USA through EducateU, E-learning University.

PERSONAL INFO AND INTERESTSBorn on 24th April, 1974, with a height and weight of 179cms and 75 kilosMarried - wife employed as Asst. Accountant with a private firm in DubaiIndian national on employment visa and having own residence in DubaiFluent in English, Hindi, Malayalam & a bit of conversational Urdu and ArabicInterests include Dxing, reading, photography, sports & telecommunicationsOfficial Monitor for ORF Austria & Radio Netherlands In Dubai

EDUCATIONBachelor of Economics – (1994) - University Of Calicut (India)Diploma In Computer Applications

REFERENCES

References will be provided on request.

B PRABHAKARAN

P.O. Box. 12345, Dubai, UAE

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