Port Captain

**Company Description
- You’re talented and adaptable. That’s why you’ll fit in.**

As well as discovering, mining and processing many of the essential raw materials that enable, support and enhance modern life, our global business is involved in selling and marketing products - copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore, coal, nickel and diamonds. Through our Marketing Business, we are able to offer innovative solutions to meet our customers’ specific challenges. This includes physical products, logistics and technical support, as well as pricing and financing solutions.

**Job Description
- What you’ll do**

The purpose of the role is to support and assist the Manager - Safety, Sustainability & Technical Operations (Shipping) to provide and bring strong ocean freight technical, procedural and regulatory experience and knowledge to the Shipping Division.

Responsible for providing marine expertise to Anglo American business units in South Africa to ensure the safety of shipping operations & protection of our assets. Responsible for carrying out asset assurance checks on vessels at Saldanha Bay terminals appointed to carry our equity including carrying out incident investigations & providing recommendations, stakeholders engagement in marine-related matters & overall safety of shipping operations.

**KEY TASKS**

**Safety, Health & Environment**
We give our all to eliminating injuries because we value life and are unconditional about safety, health and well-being at work and at home.
- Implementing safety procedures, standards and processes across both company’s chartered fleet of vessels calling ports at Saldanha Bay.
- Carrying out a physical safety inspection on ships upon their arrival, noting the risks and having it addressed effectively during the ship’s port stay.
- Monitor, review port operational practices and engage with relevant port stakeholders to address the operational safety improvement opportunities.
- Extending the company’s safety and crew care initiatives during the visits.
- Undertaking Occupational health and safety, casualty, accident, and pollution incident investigation.

**Performance & Delivery**
- Provide technical backup to the commercial team where required.
- Checking of passage plans to ensure vessel sailing passage is well planned and has all the hazards marked.
- Overseeing towage operations, marine pilotage, berthing and mooring/unmooring operations, port/ship interface and port operations
- Ensuring a smooth and cost-efficient operation of vessels through the ports by minimizing total time in port.
- Identifying and reporting on vessel quality gaps between RightShip vetting levels and actual vessel standards.
- Working directly with ports to ensure the operations are done safely and efficiently
- Identifying opportunities for process improvements, making recommendations, and implementing changes.
- Working with the operations and chartering team to review stowage plans and loading sequences.
- Assist the shipping team in the nomination process of the vessels to the port for acceptance.
- Stay on the vessel during operations for cargo monitoring.

**Compliance**
- Adherence to all Anglo American Group and Marketing policies and procedures, as well as observing proper standards of conduct relating to the role.
- Comply with Anglo American Security and Operating Standards
- Carry out desktop vetting in compliance with Anglo American global vetting policy for all to be chartered vessels

**Sustainability & Social**
- Participating and contributing to various stakeholder engagements and leading where necessary to identify and discuss best practices, covering Port Agencies, Port Authorities, Marine pilots, PSC, Seafarers Centre, and Vessel Owners.
- Engagement with other Business Units to facilitate efficient port operations
- Representing Anglo American shipping with various local company
- Assisting in capturing carbon accounting data for arriving vessels.

**Qualifications**:

- This role requires a moderate to a high level of experience and knowledge in the maritime industry - with a specific and detailed understanding of the technical and operational aspects of ocean freight activities.
- A degree or qualification in maritime-related studies
- Minimum 2 years to Maximum 7 years of experience in a shipping-related operations role
- Desirable - time at sea in an officer or Engineer capacity.
- Strong local maritime and port network
- This individual will be required to board vessels at anchorage or in port regularly
- Highly motivated and ability to self-manage tasks and workloads
- Strong written and verbal communications skills (English)
- Understanding of the global dry bulk shipping industry from technical aspects
- Strong knowledge and understanding of the maritime regulatory environment as it relates to dry bulk shipping and dry bulk cargoes
- A sound understanding of regulatory and cultural aspects of key ports where we discharge and load car