Ship Planner

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. in Hong Kong seeks a Stowage Planning Specialist to design safe, seaworthy container vessel stowage plans and optimize vessel utilization.

Responsibilities include round‑trip planning across regions, ensuring compliance with safety, stability and dangerous goods segregation, driving key objectives like Trim Optimization and Slot Utilization, and following up with terminals and vessel command for smooth execution.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree (any discipline)
• Experience in Stowage Planning, Terminal Planning, Seafaring, or Marine Operations is an advantage
• Fresh graduates or candidates with 1–3 years of non‑maritime work experience are welcome
• Familiarity with stowage planning systems and tools is a plus
• Good command of written and spoken English

Responsibilities

• Designing safe, seaworthy, and operationally efficient stowage plans for container vessels
• Advocating and executing round‑trip stowage planning across regions
• Ensuring full compliance with safety, stability, stress, and dangerous goods segregation requirements
• Optimizing vessel utilization to achieve maximum intake with minimum operational cost
• Driving key planning objectives including Trim Optimization, Crane Split, Shiftings, Master Planning, and Slot Utilization
• Following up closely with terminals and vessel command to ensure smooth execution of stowage plans
• Proactively identifying and addressing operational risks or constraints that may impact vessel operations
• Working collaboratively with internal stakeholders such as Marine, Terminal Operations, Network, Deployment, and Regional teams
• Maintaining accurate system updates, records, and documentation
• Contributing to the establishment, review, and continuous improvement of Global Planning SOPs

Skills

Stowage planning

Terminal operations

Maritime operations

English communication

Education

Diploma or Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Stowage planning software

Job description

• Designing safe, seaworthy, and operationally efficient stowage plans for container vessels
• Advocating and executing round‑trip stowage planning across regions
• Ensuring full compliance with safety, stability, stress, and dangerous goods segregation requirements
• Optimizing vessel utilization to achieve maximum intake with minimum operational cost
• Driving key planning objectives including Trim Optimization, Crane Split, Shiftings, Master Planning, and Slot Utilization
• Following up closely with terminals and vessel command to ensure smooth execution of stowage plans
• Proactively identifying and addressing operational risks or constraints that may impact vessel operations
• Working collaboratively with internal stakeholders such as Marine, Terminal Operations, Network, Deployment, and Regional teams
• Maintaining accurate system updates, records, and documentation
• Contributing to the establishment, review, and continuous improvement of Global Planning SOPs

• Designing safe, seaworthy, and operationally efficient stowage plans for container vessels
• Advocating and executing round‑trip stowage planning across regions
• Ensuring full compliance with safety, stability, stress, and dangerous goods segregation requirements
• Optimizing vessel utilization to achieve maximum intake with minimum operational cost
• Driving key planning objectives including Trim Optimization, Crane Split, Shiftings, Master Planning, and Slot Utilization
• Following up closely with terminals and vessel command to ensure smooth execution of stowage plans
• Proactively identifying and addressing operational risks or constraints that may impact vessel operations
• Working collaboratively with internal stakeholders such as Marine, Terminal Operations, Network, Deployment, and Regional teams
• Maintaining accurate system updates, records, and documentation
• Contributing to the establishment, review, and continuous improvement of Global Planning SOPs

Requirements:

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree (any discipline)
• Experience in Stowage Planning, Terminal Planning, Seafaring, or Marine Operations is an advantage
• Fresh graduates or candidates with 1–3 years of non‑maritime work experience are welcome
• Familiarity with stowage planning systems and tools is a plus
• Good command of written and spoken English