Section Head - Port

UltraTech Cement; Gandhidham; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

UltraTech Cement in Gandhidham/Bhavnagar region seeks an experienced Logistics Liaison to coordinate port-related activities, vessel loading, and cargo movement. You will work with stevedores, inspection agencies and transporters to ensure timely loading and discharge while maintaining quality records.

Role requires coordinating with ports for documentation, freight details and storage, along with ensuring safety and compliance across cargo handling processes.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating with stevedores, port authorities and inspection agencies.
• Ability to monitor receipts against contracts and ensure timely loading.
• Knowledge of vessel nomination, discharge, and cargo movement processes.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordination with stevedore for customs clearance if needed.
• Daily report capturing quality lifted by each unit.
• Capture import prices of competitors.
• Handle port-related issues like storage, contamination, moisture, etc.
• Engage with inspection agencies for quality analysis.
• Monitor receipts based on contract.
• Coordinate for vessel nomination and freight information.
• Daily meetings with transporters for loading to avoid shortage and storage charges.
• Discuss port issues with plants and address port-related issues.
• Coordinate with port for payment, documentation and DD collection.
• Coordinate with the port for rake placement and rail siding coordination.
• Maintain inspection reports during discharge and lifting of cargoes.
• Track vessel-wise lifting and balance on dry-to-dry basis.
• Coordinate vessel-to-vessel reconciliation within 15 days.
• Ensure 100% cargo evacuation from plot before dry-to-dry reconciliation.
• Fresh cargo to be stored on separate plot.
• Minimise dead freight in rail movement and fuel shortages in road/rail transport.
• Ensure wagons are correctly loaded and containers sealed.
• Check GPS deployment as per contract.
• Monitor and report fuel stocks at port and identify excess/shortages.
• Ensure no contamination during storage and dust suppression via water spraying.

Skills

Coordination

Logistics

Port operations

Shipping coordination

GPS Tracking

Tools

GPS Tracking

Inspection agency

Job description

• a. Co-ordination with stevedore for custom clearance of the vessel if need be.
• b. Daily report to be generated capturing quality lifted by each unit.
• c. Capture import prices of competitors
• d. Handle port related issues like storage, contamination, moisture etc.

Liaison (ports, stevedores, shipping lines, inspection agencies, transporters, sealing agencies, security and CPC)

• a. Engage with Inspection agency for quality analysis
• b. Monitoring the receipts based on contract
• c. Co-ordination for vessel nomination
• d. Vessel freight related information
• e. Daily meeting with Transporters for proper Loading of material to avoid/ reduce transit shortage, and lifting of cargo on timely basis to avoid the storage charges.
• f. Day to day discussion with plants & addressing their specific issues with port, if any.
• g. Co-ordination with the Port related to payment, documentation, collection of DDs and indent placement and planning etc.
• h. Co-ordination with the Port for rake placement.
• i. Timely interacting of coal by Port for rake loading and co-ordinate with railway siding persons

Vessel to Vessel reconciliation

• a. Maintain inspection reports during discharge of cargoes.
• b. Maintain inspection reports during lifting of cargoes.
• c. Keep track of vessel wise lifting and balance on dry-to-dry basis.
• d. Coordinate with units and prepare vessel to vessel reconciliation within 15days for lifting of full cargo from port.
• e. Efforts to be made that 100% cargo is evacuated from the plot before Dry-to-Dry reconciliation,
• f. Fresh cargo to be stored on separate plot.

• a. Minimise dead freight in rail movement
• b. Minimise fuel shortages in road & rail movement
• c. Ensure that all corners of wagon are filled properly.
• d. Ensure trucks are loaded appropriately
• e Insurance survey in
  • a. Ensure fuel movement from ports to plants on FIFO basis
  • b. Identify excess and shortages and timely reporting.
  • c. Ensure that seals are placed on trucks appropriately.
  • d. In case of complain of high moisture, ensure that vehicles are detained at port so that water drain out to the extent possible
  • e. Deviations informed by units at discharge point should be communicated with other units lifting from same pile, to verify if similar problems are observed at other units and also be more vigilant during sampling process.
  • i. Check if GPS is deployed in trucks asper contract.

Monitoring of Cargo

• a. Monitor and report fuel stocks at port
• b. Identify excess or shortages in piles.
• c. Ensure that no contamination happens during storage
• d. Monitoring water spraying by ports is only for dust suppression and taking necessary actions in case of excessive spraying.

Storage of Cargo

• a. Coordinating with port for shifting of cargo at designated place allotted by Port authority within stipulated time frame.
• b. Ensuring single plot for each vessel.
• c. It is to be ensured that plot should be clean and should not contain any other material (Low GCV material).
• d. To ensure material like Iron ore etc. should not be mixed with Fuel.
• e. Conveying to CPC about port space congestions if any.
• f. Plot to be checked on regular interval and ensuring proper stacking, chalk marking and tarpaulin covering to avoid any contamination of foreign material.

Discharge of Cargo

• a. Keeping track of the vessel from load port till discharge of the vessel and keeping all stakeholders in loop regarding vessel status at various stages
• b. Coordinating with port for timely discharge of cargo
• c. Ensuring presence of third-party agency during discharge for quantity and quality assessment.
• d. Witness discharge of Shipment and ensure that entire material is shifted to allocated plot

Insurance Survey

• a. co-ordinating with insurance surveyor
• b. co -ordinating with inspection agency for cargo measurement and claim settlement in case of loss of cargo