Chartering

The market for tanker chartering is filled with risks; making timely service, global coverage, strong relationships and canny broking and negotiating skills vital for business success.Our hard-working period chartering team will find the best deals and negotiate the best terms while still leaving everyone feeling well represented. We react rapidly to your needs, we get the details right and we keep you informed.

We have the essential foundation of relationships with owners and charterers and we know how important confidentiality is guarding any sensitive data you entrust with us.

Having a team of dedicated period brokers around the globe, we pride ourselves on holding the very latest information and market guidance for the chartering of bulk carriers for long-term periods of one-year duration up to twenty years.Working closely alongside operators, industrial end-users, trading companies as well as ship-owners of course – we have built up a second-to-none service within the sphere of tonnage procurement. Such business is extremely sensitive to market changes and technological advancements, and counter-party risk is at the heart of any long-term relationship.The bulk market is highly volatile – and we recognise the need to have highly skilled market brokers who are specialised in all ship sizes, specific trade lanes as well as geographic areas. Our market brokers work globally from our offices in Dubai, Istambul, Amsterdam making sure that we can provide a swift and efficient service regardless of where our customers conduct their business.

Through our relationships with cargo clients and industrial end-users, we are able to effectively make the match between the cargo and the ship. By having direct links with a vast majority of the major bulk shipping players around the world, we are able to provide a truly global coverage.

We pride ourselves on having a complete overview of the entire global fleet of chemical and other special tankers in almost all size segments.Trading in these markets is demanding and requires efficiency, a high level of drive, strong networks, diplomatic skills and the ability to lead hard ball negotiations that benefit all parties and facilitate the best deals available for our clients.

It also requires up-to-date knowledge on market movements in any geographical area, as well as the technical understanding to locate the right tonnage and/or charter in time and at the right price.

Our dedicated brokers have all these qualities in abundance, along with an eagerness to share knowledge and a strong will to succeed.

Our Operations Team handles all matters between Owners and Charteres after a vessel has been fixed.Cargo handling, port activities, pilotage, towage, wharfage, dockage, canal transits, conveying of cargoes, cargo handling arrangements, loading and discharging of vessels, are some of the actions supervised by the operations department. It is exactly this operational involvement that keeps us so closely abreast and in touch with current market conditions – vitally important in maintaining a competitive edge.

Our Operations Team receives instructions from the Owners to choose which ones to pursue, negotiate terms and conditions of the contracts under which the vessels are going to be chartered and eventually enter, on behalf of the Owners, into a chartering agreement. Our Operations team will assist you establishing and maintaining relationships with reputable chartering brokers and various Charterers.