Bahri
Voyage Manager I
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 10/10/2026
Job overview
Date posted
26/08/2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
10/10/2026
Job description
In this role you will support the safe and cost-efficient ship operation for Bahri Chemicals vessels, analyzing operations and taking initiative to improve vessel performance and ensure best practices. You will support the Voyage Management team with voyage progress and KPIs of assigned vessels, supporting voyage orders, vessel scheduling, and all vessel documentation. You are responsible for liaising with masters and agents on demurrage claims, processing day-to-day operational duties, and taking initiative to improve performance. Your responsibilities include supporting timely scheduling and accurate berth information for departure and arrival, and supporting chartering personnel, ship managers, vessel management, and Port Agents with information from the Voyage Management team. You will proactively monitor assigned vessels' vetting status, ensuring vessel compliance with voyage orders and charter party obligations, and updating systems with accurate operational information such as port timings, cargo nominations, and cargo loaded. You are responsible for supporting the development and maintenance of good customer relations with agents and service providers. In this role you will effectively support the team to meet daily requirements and deadlines by addressing queries, resolving day-to-day work-related issues, and providing technical on-the-job training, advising functional teams on your area of specialization.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Support the Voyage Management team with the voyage progress and KPIs of assigned vessels to ensure safe and cost-efficient ship operations
- Support with voyage orders, vessel scheduling, and all vessel documentation
- Liaise with masters and agents on demurrage claims and process day-to-day operational duties
- Take initiative to improve performance and ensure best practices
- Support timely scheduling and accurate berth information for departure and arrival
- Support chartering personnel, ship managers, vessel management, and Port Agents with information from the Voyage Management team
- Proactively monitor assigned vessels' vetting status
- Ensure vessel compliance with voyage orders and charter party obligations
- Update system with accurate operational information including port timings, cargo nominations, and cargo loaded
- Support the development and maintenance of good customer relations with service providers
- Effectively support the team to meet daily requirements and deadlines by addressing queries and resolving work-related issues
- Provide technical on-the-job training and advise functional teams on area of specialization
- Lead multidisciplinary projects or initiatives
Experience & skills
- Hold a Technical Diploma, Diploma in Transportation, Logistics, Maritime Studies, or a commercially related shipping subject, or equivalent, reflecting the operational and commercial knowledge needed to support voyage management functions
- Bring a minimum of 8 years of experience in chartering or relevant areas such as commercial shipping in chemical tankers, showing the depth of maritime commercial experience expected at this level
- Demonstrate practical familiarity with voyage order processing and vessel scheduling, since the role requires direct support of these functions on a day-to-day basis
- Show experience or working knowledge of demurrage claims handling, given the role's responsibility for liaising with masters and agents on these matters
- Demonstrate an understanding of vessel vetting processes and charter party obligations, reflecting the compliance monitoring duties central to this position
- Show familiarity with maritime documentation systems and the ability to maintain accurate operational records covering port timings, cargo nominations, and cargo loaded
- Demonstrate experience working within a chemical tanker or similar commercial shipping segment, given the specific vessel type referenced in the role
- Show the ability to liaise professionally with masters, agents, ship managers, and port agents, since the role sits at the intersection of multiple operational stakeholders
- Demonstrate a proactive, improvement-oriented mindset, consistent with the role's emphasis on taking initiative to improve vessel performance and ensure best practices
- Show the ability to support and train colleagues on operational matters, given the role's expectation of providing technical on-the-job training and advising functional teams within the individual's area of specialization