The document outlines the career history of an individual working in the shipping and logistics industry from 1975 to 2011. It describes their roles and responsibilities at various companies in Mozambique, Portugal, and elsewhere in Africa, including working as a shipping agent, logistics manager, commodity trader, and chartering manager. Their most recent role from 1998 to 2011 was as a business facilitator and "in-house broker" helping Portuguese industries purchase goods on FOB/CIF terms using their industry knowledge and contacts.

1. 1975 to 76• Freight Services & Manica Moçambique, Ltd - apprentice as shipping agent –Beginning of a career in the shipping side as Ship ports agent attending crew and all relevant daily requirements while in port –Maputo (ex-Lourenço Marques-Mozambique)<br />76/81• Rennies Shipping Ltd -Shipping Agent- Full duty of a Shipping agent .Securing port operations , i.e – loading and discharging. Also in AFRICA <br />81/83• Navecor, Navegação e Comércio Reunidos S.A.R.L.- Shipping agent- In Portugal at the port of Lisbon, shipping agent with similar responsibilities as above . <br />83/86• Companhia Continental de Cereais Contiluso S.A.R.L- execution & logístic- Executions department at Continental Grain Lisbon office attending to PL 480 tenders and preparing for the liberalization of the Portuguese grain feeds market. <br />86/86• Cargofrete -Agência de Navegação e Comércio- Assumed responsibilities as share holder of a Portuguese shipping and chartering company. <br />86/90• Conagra International(Portugal)- Logistic , commodity Trader- I ´helped to start CONAGRA Lisbon office upon the full liberalization of the Portuguese market on imports of grains and feeds from third countries. <br />90/90• Intermerc.Comércio Exportação e Importação Lda- Logístic, commodity Trader- On the liberalization of the import and exports in Portugal ,several groups such as NUTRIVEST , a well know Portuguese food trading company invited me to embrace a project of SUNSEED imports for their crashing plant from France a department that I succeed to establish. <br />91/95• Unifac, S.A- chartering manager- A group of major compound feeders, such as VALOURO, RAPORAL, VERESSIMO ..etc decide to create a buying house(Trading).My responsibilities on the project were the full FOB executions , that included the chartering of vessel´s from various origins ,i.e –Gulf USA , Duluth Great Lakes on the deep sea and the short sea the European Atlantic.<br />95/98• Maritim - (Portugal) Comércio & Navegação, Lda- chartering manager- A German Flag Owner decided to enter on COA with the Portuguese market, so I accepted to embrace a project that not only was enthusiastic but gave me a opportunity to close a circle on my CV, that was working for a ownership management.<br />98/2011 – Due to financial problems the German MARITIM owner being forced to close operations, declaring bankruptcy iI decide then to put at use my knowledge and contacts and become a business FACILITATOR,” in-house broker” offering to the Portuguese industry the capabilities of seeking FOB /CIF purchases with the full backing of a professional.<br />