Wei Jie Kam
Maritime Studies
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Summary
Graduated in 2017 with a BSc in Maritime Studies, I have been working as a stowage planner at Maersk.
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Work Experience
Senior Stowage Coordinator Jun 2017 - Present
Maersk Singapore Pte Ltd Singapore• Plans and sends stowage plans for vessels, ranging from 4000 to 20000 TEUs, in the Asia-Latin America, Asia-Europe and Transpacific trade
• Communicates closely and negotiates with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure high utilisation of vessels and customer service, while minimising operational costs and port time
• Involves in the administration and execution of Maersk Accelerated product to ensure customers’ containers are stowed correctly on both Maersk’s and partner’s vessels
• Participates in various internal and cross-functional projects such as Joint Stowage Collaboration and Auto-Slot to drive efficiency and improve quality of work
• Mentors and trains new trainees in the department
Education
Bachelor Of Science (Trading) Aug 2013 - May 2017
Nanyang Technological University SingaporeOther Skills
Q&A with Wei Jie Kam
What is a Stowage Planner?
Stowage planner, in the liner industry, is a person that plans containers onto the vessel. There are many considerations from the nature of cargo, crane split, port restrictions, vessel restrictions. Based on these set of criteria, we create the most optimal stows for the ports in a rotation.
Stowage planning is like doing a puzzle, piecing the pieces one by one to create a picture (literally!). However, one big difference is that there is no one correct answer. All stows are different and can be improved.
On a daily basis, i also interact with internal and external stakeholders from all over the world. It is a truly a challenging and global career.
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What is the next big thing in the maritime industry?
The IMO2020, which will take effect from 1st Jan, is a huge game-changer for the whole industry, All companies are scrambling to find the most optimal set of strategies to counter the enormous increase in bunker prices. As mentioned by many industry experts, executing the wrong strategies will make and break a company.
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What looks to be the future of maritime industry?
Digitialisation and data analysis are the next big thing in the maritime industry.
The maritime industry is still very old-school and manual, so there are plenty of opportunities for IT to shape and change the industry. Blockchain, smart monitoring, autonomous vessels are buzzwords that you will keep reading from reports.
Currently, I am also upgrading myself in IT tools for data mining and analysis. Besides being comfortable with Microsoft Excel and Power BI, I will be learning SQL and R Programming in the near future.
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