Gerald Merchant Ikungura

Operations Manager · Logistics, Clearing & Forwarding

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

@geraldikungura

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About

Operations professional with extensive experience in logistics, clearing and forwarding, port operations, and shipping line coordination. Skilled in customs compliance, documentation control, stakeholder management, team leadership, and cargo movement optimization.

Experience

Port and Shipping Line Lead – Head of Operations Department

SUHARA LOGISTICS TANZANIA Ltd.

Aug 2025 – Feb 2026
C & F Consultant

PLUTO HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED

Jan 2025 – Jul 2025
Port/ ICD and Shipping Line Coordinator & Operations Supervisor

SUHARA LOGISTICS TANZANIA Ltd.

2021 – 2024
Port Operations Assistance

TANZANIA INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES (TICTS) & Tanzania Port Authority (TPA – Dar Es Salaam Port)

2018 – 2021

Education

Certificate of Cargo Tallying for International Shipping

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT

Cargo Tallying For International Shipping · 2019 – 2019
Bachelors' Degree in Logistics and Transport Management

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT

Logistics and Transport Management · 2014 – 2017
Diploma in Logistics and Transport Management

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT

2010 – 2013
Certificates: PSSR, EFA, PST, FPFF

DAR ES SALAAM MARITIME INSTITUTE

2013 – 2013
Advanced Certificate in Humanitarian Logistics

KUHNE-STIFTUNG ORGANIZATION

2012 – 2012
Advanced Level Certificate

GREEN ACRES HIGH SCHOOL

Physics, Chemistry, Biology · 2008 – 2010
Certificate in Clearing and Freight Forwarding

BANDARI COLLEGE

2010 – 2010
Certificate of Microcomputer

UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM COMPUTING CENTRE

Microcomputer · 2007 – 2008
Ordinary Level Certificate

NELUKA SECONDARY SCHOOL

2004 – 2007

Skills

<3 months

Logistics Operations Import/Export Team Leadership Cargo Clearance Customs Compliance Documentation Review Operations Management Stakeholder Management Humanitarian Logistics Clearing And Forwarding Shipping Line Coordination

Languages

Native / Bilingual

Swahili Speak · Read · Write

Fluent

English Speak · Read

Courses & certifications

FPFF - Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting · Dar es Salaam Maritime Institute · 2013
PST - Personal Survival Techniques · Dar es Salaam Maritime Institute · 2013
EFA - Elementary First Aid · Dar es Salaam Maritime Institute · 2013
PSSR - Personal Safety & Social Responsibility · Dar es Salaam Maritime Institute · 2013

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