Gerald Merchant Ikungura

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
  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 and Biology · 2008 – 2010
• Certificate in Clearing and Freight Forwarding
  BANDARI COLLEGE
  2010 – 2010
• Certificate of Microcomputer
  UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM COMPUTING CENTRE
  2007 – 2008
• Ordinary Level Certificate
  NELUKA SECONDARY SCHOOL
  2004 – 2007

Skills

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

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

🗣️ Languages

• Kiswahili · Native
• English · Fluent