Jorge Ferreira

Competence to command any yacht with no restriction in terms of length or engine power with coast distance limit restrictions. - worldwide recognized. All navigation, maneuver, radio, ship equipment and certificates matters were completed with distinction - Recognized by the Portuguese Ministry of the Sea.

-Vessel and Port operations Management; -Call management - Budget Vs Operations; -Port Call & Season Budget; -Team & commercial Management; -Full Turn-a-round Supervision; -Cargo Loading/Discharge supervision; -Relations with local authorities as Immigration, -Customs, Port, Health, Government; -Profit margin development; -Berth bookings management and allocations; -Port & Equipment development resources; -Law analysis and argumentation; -Port traffic / Conflict management -Data analysis; -Vendors nomination; -Shore crew immigration/formalities/medical/assistance;

Main activities: - Ship´s Pre-arrival clearance with all authorities - Crew changes / crew repatriation - All port operations /pier arrangements - O.P.L calls - Berth booking - Customs, Immigration, & Sanitation clearance arrangements - Bunkering and Provisions arrangements - Medical disembarkation assistance - Completion of the Proforma / final ships D/A - Full Port agency services 365/7/24

Customs assistant at Customs main office at Madeira Island in the POSEIMA department and International cargo clearance department. Worked also with the clearance procedures at the Ships dispatch department.

Madeira Island is recognized as the "Best Destination Insular Europe" by the World Travel Awards year after year. At the Tourism department, worked in the logistics area in order reach Madeira Island tourism goals, with local events, organizing the media support in close cooperation with our international partners.

Assistant at the local Secretary of Transports from the Madeira Government. In this position, worked with local authorities in the certification of transports, including ships, sailing yacht, and others. Worked also at the fines department from various sectors.

Worked at the terminal with the fishing vessels. Was responsible for the operation at the pier, ship cargo clearance, governmental taxes, and pre-arrival arrangements.

Negotiation, corporate management, and risk analysis

The main goal if this course by the University of New Mexico is to help companies to improve their relationship with customers, on developing innovation, customer retention, productivity, and growth. Also to create the correct balance between Cost - Result - Repetition rate - Benefit. We develop skills about how to draw a map in order to renovate and re-build the organization, after a profit break. With diploma

The course is divided into two parts. In the end, we had a better understand about the impact of the cultural differences on the business and how at the different countries we should investment. The model of the business are always changing from the classical to the new ones. I believe that with the orientations from the theories of Smith, Richard and Heckscher-Ohlin, we can develop a model of business that starts in a region and expand business to an correct area, with the analysis of the four key factors: The new local firm characteristics + Local Market resources + Local supplies and complementary industries + Local market demand + logistics arrangements that for me is the most important key to develop a business. The two levels of the course were completed with distinction With diploma

The course is almost 100% dedicated to the way to take the correct decisions during a process of strategy and organize our department. In the end, I understood that the key factor during the strategic process during the acquisition of capital, investments is analyse the key factor - Risk but for this we must now the model of the business, the way we can think in another step keeping a firm eye in our competitors. Also, one of the objectives of this course is to actionable a plan to scale your department or organization into a correct way With Diploma

The operations will be always related to logistics arrangements, a good team, and with a good owner support. At this course, we developed our organizational skills, knowing how to deal with time pressure, how to organize two or more functions at the same time, and how to distribute tasks to the correct team members according to their individual skills. Operations requires eight key factors: Control + Requirements + Balance between Input/Output + Resources + Strategy + Planning + Observing. We also had during the course an approach to the risk decisions. With diploma

Degree in the areas of operation and organization of events in the most varied sectors, involving operational and legal issues. Main objectives / purposes of the course are to develop operational and strategic management skills. The degree also includes Administration, Journalism, & accessory for communication between companies, operational management, and marketing.