Voyage Advisor

1. Qualification

• Sailed as 2nd Officer.

• Or bachelors degree in Maritime studies or a related field.

2. Experience

• Shore experience in Voyage Optimization, maritime operations, or a similar role will be an advantage.

• Excellent understanding of weather patterns, oceanography, and maritime regulations.

• Certification in voyage optimization or related areas will be an added advantage.

• Working evenings and night and weekends, holidays on a rotational basis to support a 24/7 operation.

3. Skills

• Good Interpersonal skills

• Collaborative

• Adaptability

• Strong Analytical & problem-solving skills

4. Travel

• Based on the exigency of the Assignment / Project.

5. Roles & Responsibilities

• Assisting the clients in finding the most optimal route (safest and most cost/time/fuel efficient route) with the help of our software to ensure the safety of the vessel, cargo and crew.

• They will respond to client inquires for weather conditions and other information during the voyages and have contact to both offshore and onshore staff.

• They will provide heavy weather guidance to vessels which need it.

• They will provide end of voyage charter reports to clients when needed.

• Address specific vessel and client needs on all aspects of the voyage, from administrative details, data quality and vessel voyage optimization to performance and safety.

• Monitor speed, fuel and position deviations for vessels on active routes and notify relevant parties.

• Monitor and asses the vessels current performance level to ensure the most optimal routing.

• Inform vessels close to hurricanes/typhoons and offer assistance.

• Update routes for vessels with changed performance and notify relevant parties in case of large ETA/cost changes.

• Check world map to see if any vessels are close to bad weather and assist master if necessary. • Make a spot check on the world map to see if any vessels have received strange routing”.

• Will be part of testing and giving feedback on future development of our voyage optimization module.

• Will provide both phone and written support to both our clients and the vessel.