Dispatcher - Rail/ETT

Maersk Line NetherlandsBV; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Good work‑life balance – up to 3 days/

Growth and development opportunities

Job summary

Maersk in Rotterdam is seeking an Inland Operations Agent to coordinate and optimize inland transports, including transhipments, crossdock and coldstore activities. You will connect containers between Rotterdam terminals and barges, coordinating with truck and rail planners to minimize dwell time and ensure smooth transfers.

In this role you will participate in daily calls with stakeholders, focus on on‑time delivery, and support onboarding of new business while maintaining a flexible mindset to

Qualifications

• Experience in planning transports across barge/truck/rail.
• Understanding of Customs processes and macro optimization is a plus.
• Knowledge of data insights and reporting tools is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Transhipments between Rotterdam deepsea terminals to barges and other assets.
• Plan Offdocking from APMT Rotterdam to Inland Terminals to balance yard density.
• Manage Crossdock/Coldstore truck delivery with just‑in‑time scheduling.
• Join daily/weekly calls with stakeholders to align on execution and priorities.
• Assist onboarding of new business and proactively address challenges.

Skills

Planning

Multimodal transport

Stakeholder coordination

Customer mindset

Tools

PowerBI

Job description

Inland Operations Agent METT Maersk ETT team is responsible for planning and coordinating transports within the Rotterdam Port Area related to Transhipments and Crossdock/Coldstore. In this role you will be able to make an impact in our new Gemini network, as well as contribute to our Integrator Strategy.

What you will be doing

On Transhipments, you will take care of connecting containers between Rotterdam deepsea terminals. Mainly on a Maersk chartered barge and 3rd party barges, but also you coordinate with truck and rail planners to use those assets as well. You will aim to minimize dwell time at terminals and prevent downfall to mainline vessel by good coordination with involved stakeholders.

Also you will plan and execute on Offdocking from APMT Rotterdam to Inland Terminals in order to keep the yard density at APMT Rotterdam below critical levels.

On Crossdock/Coldstore, you will take care of just-in-time truck delivery of containers from all Rotterdam deepsea terminals to and from these new facilities. You will mainly be using 12hr truck shifts, and with good and efficient planning maximize transports executed in these shifts. Furthermore, shifts offer flexibility to make amendments during the day when you need to prioritize urgent containers that fell out of a happy flow. You will join daily and/or weekly calls to align with stakeholders on execution. You will prepare on successfully onboarding new business and timely spot and anticipate on challenges.

Who are we looking for

A pro-active team player with a Customer mindset who enjoys being in control of planning. Knowledge of optimizing transports across modalities barge / truck / rail. A person thinking in options and opportunities rather than restrictions. Understanding of Customs processes, Macro’s and/or PowerBI is an advantage.

What do we offer

Being part of a fun and engaged Team in a department with approx. 45 Inland colleagues. A spider-in-the-web function with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

• Good work-life balance with the option to work maximum 3 days per week from home
• Growth and development opportunities

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking.

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A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customer's supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 100,000 people. With simple end-to-end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement and a superior end-to-end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere - all over the world.

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