Maritime Bunker-Supply Recovery Leader

The mandate

Vessels missed sailing windows after bunker barges arrived late or delivered quantities disputed against terminal and ship measurements. New segregated grades increased tank, line and barge constraints, while schedules treated nominated volume as physically ready. Claims accumulated without common custody evidence. The regional operating chief departed after two customers suspended ports. The interim assumes physical-supply authority while masters, terminals, port authorities and qualified fuel specialists retain their decisions.

The appointment starts within two weeks and runs nine months through winter disruption, two fleet peaks and a permanent search beginning in month three. The first twenty days secure nominated vessel windows, reconcile terminal and barge stocks, and preserve disputed samples and records. Months two through six rebuild nomination, inventory, barge, berth, custody and exception control. The final phase proves seven ports through weather, barge-loss and concurrent-grade scenarios before successor handover.

Handover is complete when the permanent leader has chaired eight supply-control reviews, twelve weeks of deliveries reconcile nomination through signed receipt, quantity disputes carry complete evidence, segregated product has attributable tank and line custody, and every port can recover from loss of its primary barge. The successor inherits port archetypes, asset and crew constraints, customer commitments, supplier dependencies, dispute cohorts, quality interfaces and a ninety-day operating plan.

The interim may allocate controlled inventory and barges, resequence deliveries with customer agreement, suspend uncertain custody, redirect approved supply, lease temporary capacity within budget and reject unsupported completion. Vessel master decisions, fuel quality release, regulatory interpretation, terminal command, claim settlement, permanent appointments, new terminal commitments or expenditure above EUR7 million requires authorised specialists, customers, executives or committee approval. Marine and terminal safety stops remain absolute.

Commodity trading, fuel formulation, environmental claim assurance, vessel voyage planning and long-term terminal investment are outside scope. Recovery cannot improve on-time delivery by moving the nominated window after delay, resolve quantity through unsupported averages, commingle segregated grades or pressure masters to sign incomplete documents. The remit is dependable physical supply, custody and recovery evidence at existing ports, followed by transfer to permanent leadership.

Why this seat is open

Commercial nominations, terminal stock, barge schedules and vessel windows were each managed, but no owner controlled the complete delivery promise. Customer suspension and unresolved claims converted the gap into an executive crisis. The supplier needs a marine operator who can make live asset trade-offs while protecting masters, fuel specialists and port authorities.

What you will own

• Reconcile nomination, terminal stock, tank and line, barge load, sailing, vessel connection, delivery, measurement, sample and signed receipt.
• Decide controlled inventory, barge, crew and port-window allocation within delegation against vessel and customer consequence.
• Reset grade segregation, readiness, delay communication, measurement and exception clocks across terminals and port teams.
• Establish evidence packs for custody, quantity, seals, meters, sampling, statements of fact and unresolved master protest.
• Close customer suspensions through sampled delivery journeys, physical observation and attributable corrective actions.
• Exercise weather closure, barge breakdown, berth loss, grade contamination concern and simultaneous vessel demand.
• Induct the permanent leader and transfer port constraints, customer cures, disputes and open asset decisions.

Candidate qualifications

• Has held executive physical bunker, marine terminal or comparable ship-delivery logistics responsibility across multiple ports.
• Can evidence recovery of vessel service after nomination, inventory, barge and custody measures had diverged.
• Understands bunker nominations, terminal tanks, segregation, barges, vessel windows, quantity evidence, samples and claims interfaces.
• Has allocated scarce marine assets while preserving master, port, terminal, safety and fuel-quality authority.
• Can distinguish nominated volume, terminal-ready stock, barge-loaded quantity, delivered fuel and accepted receipt.
• Has handed a recovered multi-port physical-supply network to permanent leadership after degraded-mode exercises.

Non-negotiables

• Can start onsite in Athens within two weeks and rotate weekly across seven Mediterranean ports.
• Will not direct vessel masters, release fuel quality, determine regulation, settle claims or override marine safety.
• Brings direct physical bunker-supply authority; marine fuel trading or shipping procurement alone is insufficient.
• Will preserve delays, shortages, protests, sample gaps, segregated holds and unsigned receipts in every service view.

1. 49 words maximum. Which bunker-delivery timestamp most seriously overstated vessel-window performance?
2. 49 words maximum. How did you reconcile a quantity dispute without pressuring the master or surveyor?
3. 49 words maximum. Confirm your Athens start date and largest multi-port physical-supply perimeter.