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Ronald Arkorful

Ronald Arkorful

Tema

Summary

With over 12 years of experience at Meridian Port Services Ltd, Tema Port, I am well-qualified for available related positions. I have held various roles, including Vessel Yard Foreman, Gate Exceptional Clerk, Yard Dispatcher, and currently, Yard Planner. My extensive experience in the port environment, combined with my time acting as Yard Supervisor since 2016, has equipped me with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in related roles.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Yard Planner

Meridian Port Services
Tema
09.2024 - Current
  • Controlling and planning the complete yard process in order to achieve maximum productivity and efficiency
  • Create and maintain the yard setup and planning to accommodate an average of 22 to 25 crane lifts per hour and maximum utilization of yard equipment
  • Allocate yard ranges for exports per vessel / voyage before the gates opening
  • Monitor that the equipment are available in the right location at the yard
  • Reduce redundant moves to less than 5% of the total movement
  • Check and support an accurate and efficient information flow on the terminal related to all activities
  • Prepare the Daily Yard Work Plans related to discharges, receiving exports, housekeeping etc...
  • Maintain daily reports on the yard utilization
  • Weekly reporting of long standing containers ( Full and Empty ) to the lines
  • Close monitoring of the discharge ensuring that all the units discharged have been updated
  • Constant monitoring of the yard and arranging the house keeping as required
  • Yard inventory done to verify accuracy as and when there are no vessel in port
  • Checking for the hanging containers in the yard ( both imports / exports and empties)
  • Monitor the import blocks and compress the yard basis to reduce scattered containers and create space
  • Report all issues not described in the SOP to your supervisor in writing immediately.

Yard Dispatcher

Meridian Port Services Ltd
Tema
11.2015 - 08.2024
  • Create and maintain yard allocations to support terminals set productivity target.
  • Ensure yard operations are running to meet required KPI and productivity.
  • Ensure high yard inventory and integrity.
  • Cooperate with the yard strategist to setup an effective yard strategy.
  • Control yard allocated space.
  • Monitor and control yard allocations to ensure it meets the strategy requirements.
  • Prepare workflow instructions related to housekeeping, and corrections.
  • Deployment of container handling equipment to execute yard activities.
  • Track and monitor special units’ segregation and movement in yard.
  • Lively monitor all yard movements to ensure plans are executed without congestion and delays.
  • Even distribution of workload amongst container handling equipment’s (CHE)
  • Anticipate future yard activities and plan.
  • Achieve and maintain all terminal KPIs.
  • Monitor delivery and discharge activities to achieve set truck turnaround time.
  • Monitor stacking by container handling equipment to prevent bad stacking.

Gate Exceptional Clerk

Meridian Port Services Ltd
Tema
10.2013 - 10.2015
  • Gate in export containers with the use of NAVIS EXPRESS
  • Gate in export containers either by a booking number or by an assigned transaction number.
  • Recording container seal numbers to ensure safe transport of its content.
  • To check the status of the export container (full or empty)
  • Assigned location to the trucks to drop the export container in the yard.
  • Use NAVIS SPARCS to obtain yard locations for export containers.
  • Gate out import containers using NAVIS SPARCS
  • Query the containers to check their release status before performing a transaction.

Vessel Yard Foreman

Meridian Port Services Ltd
Tema
08.2012 - 09.2013
  • Responsible for loading export containers in the right quantity and to the right discharge ports onto the vessel.
  • Also ensure the coordination between the yard and quayside.
  • Always ensuring efficient flow of terminal trucks between the yard and the quayside to enhance loading and discharging operations.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Ports And Shipping Administration

Regional Maritime University
Accra, Ghana
06-2012

High School Diploma -

Opoku Ware Senior High School
Kumasi, Ghana
06-2007

Skills

TBA Online Academy 2022

Navis N4 online training on expect decking, prime route, and global pooling parameters and metrics

Workshops and courses

10/08/2021

B University - Online

IT Security Path

Emails

Phishing

Social engineering

01/04/2021

B University - Online

Global Anti-Bribery

27/04/2021

B University - Online

Companies, human rights, and duty of care

12/05/2018

Meridian Port Services

IT Security Awareness Program

Personal Details

Date of Birth:   28TH SEPTEMBER 1987

LANGUAGES:  ENGLISH (FLUENT), TWI & FANTE (NATIVE)

Hometown:      APAM, CENTRAL REGION

Place of Birth:  APAM, CENTRAL REGION

Marital Status:       MARRIED

References

Patrick Blay

Assistant Planning Manager – MPS

0540124986

Nicholas Kotei

Operations Shift Manager - MPS

0244336224

John Mensah

Assistant Manager – Gate operations (MPS)

0244336241

Sefakor Nkulenu

Yard Strategist - MPS

0243621065

Timeline

Yard Planner

Meridian Port Services
09.2024 - Current

Yard Dispatcher

Meridian Port Services Ltd
11.2015 - 08.2024

Gate Exceptional Clerk

Meridian Port Services Ltd
10.2013 - 10.2015

Vessel Yard Foreman

Meridian Port Services Ltd
08.2012 - 09.2013

Bachelor of Science - Ports And Shipping Administration

Regional Maritime University

High School Diploma -

Opoku Ware Senior High School

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