Guides
Chartering knowledge for commercial decisions
Practical guidance for cargo owners, commodity traders and manufacturing teams working with fixtures, charter parties and voyage risk.
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How a ship is fixed, step by step
From market-ready enquiry to indications, firm offers, subjects, recap and post-fixture execution.
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Voyage charter or time charter?
How cost, operational control and delay risk are allocated under each structure.
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Time charter explained
Hire, bunkers, performance, off-hire and redelivery under a vessel time charter.
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Laytime and demurrage
When laytime starts, which periods count and how a demurrage calculation is built.
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Worldscale and tanker freight
How flat rates and points work, and how a tanker freight number is actually built.
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Charter party forms and rider clauses
Where GENCON, NYPE, BALTIME, BARECON and specialist forms fit, and how riders amend them.
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Charter party clauses and risk
What the clauses allocate, which documents take priority and what to read first.
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Laycan: laydays and cancelling
What each date controls, how the window is narrowed and what follows if the vessel is late.
Worldwide cargo desk
Bring us the cargo and the route
Cargo, quantity, origin, destination and timing are enough to begin. We will assess the movement and respond within one business day.