Licences Officer (Flagstate)

Fleet Management Training Institute Philippines, Inc.

Our 30-year journey rides on the passion of over 27,000 seafarers and 1,000 onshore professionals. Today, we are one of the largest independent third-party ship management companies managing over 650+ diverse types of vessels.

Headquartered in Hong Kong SAR, China, we operate on a global scale having 27 offices in 12 countries. Our client base spans over 100 world-class ship owners, including Fortune 500 companies from China, Greece, India, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Turkey and the USA, among others.

In a shore career at FLEET, you will be working with a team of a highly passionate, self-driven and committed group of people. We aim to be a place where you can achieve your full potential, regardless of your background. We are looking for individuals who are ambitious about making a strong contribution to FLEET’s short and long-term sustainable growth – whether you are dealing directly with clients or working in a role supporting the business, such as technology, legal or communications.

Job Position Summary

• Apply for Flag state endorsements to ensure candidate is authorized to board the vessel with appropriate CRA and follow up to gain full term endorsement for the seafarer.
• Manage entire Malta, Norway and Singapore, Panama, Hongkong, Norway, Cyprus, Barbados, Gibraltar, Liberia, Saudi, Italy, Bahamas, Luxembourg flags with team

Key Roles and Responsibilities

1. Apply equivalent flag state LIC+GMDSS+SSO+Oil+Chemical endorsements for Filipinos and other nationalities such as Vietnamese and Georgian.
2. Update the flag state details on Paris & upload scan copies of same.
3. Liaise with documentation team/branch offices or candidates to ensure complete list of documents are available.
4. Keep communications with consulate & solve the queries through e-mail & update new rules & regulations.
5. Update status of CRA’s and connect full term flag state endorsements before expiry of CRA’s.
6. Keep communication with onboard Master and get the agent full style address with vessel’s ETA/D for connecting mail packet to onboard vessel via DHL courier service.
7. Keep the record of acknowledgement from the onboard Master by e-mail once mail packet received onboard.
8. Coordinate with accounts department: Maintain account statement as per invoice copy & forward to account department to transfer the amount to flag state Consulate.
9. Forward DHL airway bill copy along with Master acknowledgement copy to account department for clear the necessary payment to DHL company.

Relationship

INTERNAL: FPD

EXTERNAL: Flagstate Agents / Authorities

Job Experience, Functional Knowledge and Qualifications

• Graduate of any four year course preferably with 2 years experience in shipping background.
• Preferably holds 3 years experience in specific flag state license department.
  Knowledge of flag license – Panama, Marshall Islands, Liberia, Malta, Luxemburg.

Fleet Management Limited is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by local laws.