Demurrage Manager

Integra; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Integra Petrochemicals Pte Ltd, based in Singapore, is seeking a Demurrage Manager. The role reports to the Global Head of Chartering in Singapore.

Responsibilities include technical demurrage calculations, claim management, and risk assessment across global gas and liquids shipments. The candidate should have 5–7 years of relevant experience in chemicals/liquids and possess strong knowledge of shipping practice, laytime, and charter-parties.

Qualifications

• Experience in demurrage management for chemicals/liquids
• Strong understanding of laytime calculations and charter-parties
• Excellent verbal and written communication with global teams
• Interest in leveraging AI-enabled systems to improve reporting and workflows

Responsibilities

• Perform laytime calculations for global marine shipments and follow up on claims to resolution.
• Analyze charter-parties and voyage documents to accurately calculate demurrage for vessel shipments.
• Prioritize and negotiate recoveries, manage demurrage portfolio end-to-end.
• Review contracts to highlight demurrage risks and liaise with internal/external stakeholders.
• Develop and implement demurrage tools for visibility of claims, timebars, exposures, and recoveries.

Skills

Demurrage management

Shipping & laytime

stakeholder coordination

AI-enabled systems

Job description

Integra is a leading petrochemical trading group with a unique combination of global reach, fast and effective communication, technical skills, market knowledge and an absolute commitment to customer and supplier partnerships. See more at: www.integra-global.com

Integra Petrochemicals Pte Ltd, based in Singapore is looking for a Demurrage Manager

This role reports to the Global Head of Chartering based in Singapore.

Job Profile – Your Tasks

Technical Demurrage, Laytime Calculations and Demurrage Management

• Performing laytime calculations within time-bars for all marine shipments globally on gas and liquids cargoes, following up on all claims to earliest resolution.
• Analyze charter-parties and voyage documents, clarify events with agents, brokers, owners, suppliers and receivers in order to accurately calculate demurrages for vessel shipments company-wide.
• Actively prioritize claims, ensuring timely submissions, negotiations and recoveries.
• Reviewing sale/purchase contracts and charter-parties to highlight demurrage risks.
• Manage demurrage portfolio from claim inception through negotiation, invoicing and settlement.
• Liaise with different departments internally on commercial strategy, settlement of claims, invoicing etc.
• Develop relationships with external counterparties to make resolution of calculations a smooth process.
• Collate relevant correspondences for claims that need to be turned over for legal recovery.

Systems, Reporting & Business Support

• Drive the development and implementation of suitable demurrage calculation and management tools to keep pace with a large claims workload, maintaining complete visibility of outstanding claims, timebars, exposures, recoveries and liabilities across trades and providing report analysis on completed/in progress claims.
• Record demurrage/claims data and ensure it comply with electronic filing processes including the company’s internal ERM system.
• Produce weekly/ad hoc reports and distribute demurrage metrics.
• Drive continuous improvements in reporting, workflows, automation and internal demurrage processes.

Requirement

• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience within chemicals/liquids (gas experience is a plus) either with a charterer, shipbroker or a shipowner
• Demonstrated experience in managing a substantial portfolio of demurrage claims, encompassing the end-to-end claims process
• Advanced knowledge of shipping practice and laytime, including in depth pro-rata calculation.
• Excellent understanding of charter-parties and Incoterms.
• Dynamic, pro-active and commercially minded. Comfortable communicating with traders, charterers, owners, brokers, agents and finance teams worldwide.
• Curious about emerging technologies and enthusiastic about leveraging AI-enabled systems to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and improve reporting
• Able to work independently while coordinating with numerous internal and external stakeholders across different timezones in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to collaborate effectively with a global team.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written) – company language is English. Knowledge of other languages is an advantage.