KIRANKUMAR KATARA
Mundra
Summary
With over 19+ years of experience in the container terminal, import/export, logistics, customs, risk management, shipping, CFS, and empty depot industries, this competent and result-oriented professional possesses excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to inspire and motivate colleagues. A customer-oriented and motivated team player with a strong desire to deliver outstanding results and increase company revenue.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant General Manager
Mundra International Container Terminal (MICT)
10.2023 - Current
- Preparing and managing implementation of planning strategy for the Terminal
- Plan and coordinate shifts in accordance with the terminal’s requirements
- Monitor the ship working operations to ensure targets and deadlines are met
- Liaise with planning and operations staff to ensure effective ship working programs are set and met
- In conjunction with the HOD-Operations, determine the daily operational requirements and priorities and ensure their achievements
- Maintain and enhance relationships and goodwill with external/internal customers and vendors
- Liaise with outside agencies like customs, Indian Navy, Steamer Agent
- Association and CHA Association for smooth operation of the Terminal
- Coordinating for Vessel Berth Planning in such a manner that the same is achieved in optimum time
- Provide optimal solution to achieve cost and productivity standards
- Continually review, identify and introduce improved operating procedures and systems
- Provide regular process control checks and initiate and support performance improvement activities
- Ensure that data quality used in the planning systems always is of the highest integrity and maintained in a timely fashion
- Create and report 'Key performance indicators' (i.e., weekly, monthly, yearly terminal productivity)
- Identify unsafe processes and suggest solutions for improving work conditions related to Safety, Health and Environment
- Ensure correct and safe working practices in the terminal
- Single point of contact for TOS for the terminal operations
- Setting KPIs for the planning team and ensuring the same is met by driving team
Shift Manager
Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal Pvt Ltd (PSA Singapore Group)
02.2023 - 09.2023
- Ensure that all operations at the yard, gate or vessel are executed in accordance to priorities set by the planning team and escalate where changes may be required
- Communicates vessel operation sequence and stevedoring requirements to subordinates
- Executes the planned yard sequence and advises planners on information required
- Ensure the optimum utilisation of all equipment employed during the designated shift period by monitoring equipment work queues and allocating equipment and personnel where required to achieve maximum productivity
- Supervise the Yard and Vessel and Gate Supervisors & indirectly the gangs and ensures that each gang is organized, that each person knows what to do and when to do it for the vessel discharge and load operations according to plan in order to achieve the highest possible crane productivity
- Acts as a focal point for any stevedoring issues and ensure that the load and discharge updation is performed accurately and timely
- Instructs subordinates in safe working practices and maintains a watch over terminal area for unsafe working practices
- Identifies and solves problems and issues within his competence on a daily basis that may arise with an assigned vessel to improve an untroubled operation
- Monitor continuous operations at shift changeover times and rest break changeovers
- Reports problems and issues to the Execution Manager, when necessary especially issues of complexity or great impact on the operation
- Ensures highest levels of productivity, while adhering to high quality and safety standards
- Coordinates the container discharge and load operations, yard operations, and berth schedules to ensure maximum productivity and the efficient use of labour and equipment
- Constantly contribute to improve work processes, methods & improve operational efficiency of operations personnel
Planning Manager and Berthing Coordinator
Kandla International Container Terminal Pvt Ltd (J M BAXI Group)
04.2018 - 01.2023
- Own and manage all berth planning activities in Hub Operations Centre (HOC) including berth planning, productivity calculations, allocation of terminal resources, system updates etc
- Drive network stability by applying continuous improvement always aiming at stable schedule reliability and Terminal productivity
- Execute shortest possible port stays by Negotiating and convincing internal and external stakeholders to maximize the terminal resources to achieve the fastest possible operation for all vessel calls under scope
- Coordinate with Agents, Lines and Port Authority to track all vessel arrivals and finalize the berthing plans
- Manage, motivate and instruct all Planning Team members
- Structure tasks and goals, establish efficient courses of action, set priorities, organize information and efficiently execute daily tasks with considerations to high productivity and efficient utilization of equipment and labor resource
- Responsible for all aspects of ship planning, yard planning & crane/equipment allocations etc in close liaison with the Terminal management
- Ensure data is received into the system and managed efficiently and that information is disseminated to all relevant parties in a timely manner
- Establishes, and continuously reviews SOPs for the smooth operation of the team and Ensures all record keeping is followed as per SOP set to the team
- Establish and maintain team training initiatives focusing on continuous improvement of stowage planning efficiency
- Establish best practices and appropriate KPI’s for the stowage planning team
- Maintain and monitor all relevant systems to terminal operations and ports, ensuring all systems are updated correctly to reflect all relative updates
- Cooperate with all operational and commercial stakeholders in emergencies and contingencies
Senior Executive - Vessel Planner
Kandla International Container Terminal Pvt Ltd
01.2017 - 04.2018
- Responsible for providing vessel and shipping agents with information about vessel load and discharge progresses
- Maintain ownership of the vessels under your control and assist if planning disturbances occur during vessel calls
- Ensure efficient and highly productive planning with due consideration to the vessel stability and safety under load and discharge
- Prepares and communicates vessel load plans and vessel work plans
- Keeps the quay-operation and vessel administration systems updated
- Controls the execution of the vessel operation plan
- Preparation and execution of vessel discharge and load sequence to support, achieve & sustain productivity targets per quay crane operation
- Manage and control the execution of the vessel operation plan, ensuring that the vessel file is closed within two hrs of the completion of vessel operations
- Filing and housekeeping of planning related papers in accordance with standard operating procedures
- Also maintain that all vessels receive paper work in a timely manner
- Meet vessel on arrival, to finalise and provide all loading documents, and quay crane working sequence
- Ensure that all vessels receive final departure paper work in a timely manner
- Understand vessel stability and safety under discharge and load criteria and whether intended discharge and load plan meets those criteria
- Ensure delays/breakdowns are updated in the shift change report and notified to execution team
Executive - Vessel Planner
Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal Pvt.Ltd
03.2014 - 01.2017
- Look after - Vessel Operations, Gate Operations, ICD Movement
- Receiving Vessel profile from vessel operator and update in the system
- Ensure the receipt of BAPLIE file, MOVINS, Stowage instruction & discharge/load advance list prior vessel arrivals
- Process the MOVINS in system, check the errors & clear with consultant of VOA
- Ensure there is no crane clash, overstows and minimum booming of cranes while sequencing
- Plan for maximum twin lift operation on vessels to improve & increase productivity & faster turnaround of vessels
- Timely and accurate pre loading and after loading plan submission to vessel
- Maximum utilization of Quay Cranes
- Minimum unproductive moves in yard
- Error Free and timely planning (for vessel in sync with instructions from central planner) and execution so that no claims arise out of planning ship/yard errors
- Acceptance of additional units
- Ship planning considering ship stability factor
- Any Special cargo (Reefer, Haz,OOG containers) Cargo planning in yard and on vessel
- Effectively plan ship to avoid Qc's & Rtg clashing
- No delay in operation due to planning
- Participate in close team work with the yard planners to ensure an effective overall terminal planning is maintained to high standards internally and externally
Officer-Documentation and ICD Operation
Adani Mundra Container Terminal Pvt.Ltd.
06.2007 - 02.2014
- Heading the Cargo Control Department (Documentation, Rail and Gate):
- Overseeing all the activities related to Documentation, ICD, and Gate Operations
- Export-Import, Customs, Logistics, & all other operations with our team & Customer
- Structure tasks and goals to establish efficient course of action, set priorities and organize information
- Ensure safe working conditions at Operations area
- Maintain and enhance relations with internal/external customers
- Process definition & implementation: EDI and Process Automation, NAVIS, Sparcs, Ship Editor and also work with ATOS
- Monitor day to day to activity of Vessel, Documentation, ICD and Gate Operation
- Ensured the servicing of customer needs in all areas- Ship, Rail and Road transport
Education
Diploma - Electrical
Tolani Institute of Management Studies
01.2006
10th - undefined
01.2001
Skills
- Good Knowledge Of Logistics
- Operations
- Performance Based Logistics
- Warehousing
- Transportation Management
- Planning
- Proficient In Navis N4
- Navis Sparcs
- ATOS
Certification
INTERNAL AUDITOR
Languages
English
Gujarati
Hindi
Sociallinks
https://in.linkedin.com/in/kirankumar-katara-204ab416
Timeline
Assistant General Manager
Mundra International Container Terminal (MICT)
10.2023 - Current
Shift Manager
Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal Pvt Ltd (PSA Singapore Group)
02.2023 - 09.2023
Planning Manager and Berthing Coordinator
Kandla International Container Terminal Pvt Ltd (J M BAXI Group)
04.2018 - 01.2023
Senior Executive - Vessel Planner
Kandla International Container Terminal Pvt Ltd
01.2017 - 04.2018
Executive - Vessel Planner
Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal Pvt.Ltd
03.2014 - 01.2017
Officer-Documentation and ICD Operation
Adani Mundra Container Terminal Pvt.Ltd.
06.2007 - 02.2014
10th - undefined
INTERNAL AUDITOR
Diploma - Electrical
Tolani Institute of Management Studies
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