Poseidon Brokerage Services
Send a cargo enquiry

How we work

From enquiry to delivered cargo

A clear operating sequence from cargo brief to delivery, with the client-provider contract and Poseidon's coordination role defined from the start.

Send a cargo enquiry
  1. 01

    You send the enquiry

    Cargo, quantity, load and discharge ports or ranges, laycan and anything unusual about handling. An incomplete enquiry is still worth sending. We will come back with the gaps.

  2. 02

    We screen the counterparty

    Before any commercial work starts we check the company, its jurisdiction and the parties behind it against applicable sanctions lists. Enquiries we cannot take are declined at this point rather than later.

  3. 03

    We build the provider shortlist

    We approach owners, carriers and specialists whose assets, position and operating capability fit the requirement. The market approach is targeted and commercially comparable.

  4. 04

    You receive the options

    We present available capacity, commercial indications, key exclusions and the operational trade-offs between the viable structures.

  5. 05

    We negotiate

    Offers and counters run through us until main terms are agreed. We prepare positions, flag what is standard and what is not, and keep the exchange moving.

  6. 06

    You appoint the provider

    The charter party, contract of carriage or service agreement is concluded directly between you and the selected provider. We coordinate the record of terms and required documentation.

  7. 07

    We coordinate execution

    We coordinate nominations, notices, agents, specialists, documentation and material changes across the movement. During live execution, the coordinating contact is available 24/7.

  8. 08

    You pay the provider directly

    The appointed provider invoices you for the work it performs. Poseidon receives an agreed commission from that provider and does not collect your freight or transport payment.

How the commercial structure works

You contract with the owner, carrier or specialist provider selected for the movement. That provider invoices you directly for freight, transport, handling or its other contracted services.

Poseidon is paid an agreed commission by the appointed provider. We do not receive or hold the money you owe for the physical movement, and we do not add a separate brokerage invoice to the client.

Read the commercial and payment structure

What we ask of you

Accurate cargo data
Weights, dimensions and quantities we can put in front of an owner
A real window
A laycan you intend to keep, or a clear statement that it is indicative
Company information
Enough to complete counterparty screening before work starts
Timely decisions
Indications move. An answer next week is often an answer to a different market

The first 48 hours

This is the shape of a normal enquiry rather than a guarantee. A complex parcel, a thin market or a counterparty that needs enhanced due diligence will take longer, and we say so at the start rather than at the end.

Screening runs before the cargo is shown to anyone. If a counterparty, a vessel or a route fails it, you hear that on the first day rather than after a week of silence.

The market moves inside this window. An indication that was competitive on Monday can be withdrawn by Wednesday, which is why the shortlist arrives with the differences already set out rather than as a pile of raw offers.

How a fixture works, step by step

Hour 0
Enquiry received and acknowledged. Counterparty, route and cargo are screened before anything is circulated
Hours 0 to 4
The cargo is written up as a market-ready enquiry and put to owners, operators and specialist providers with tonnage in position
Hours 4 to 24
Indications return. We normalise them so freight, laytime and risk allocation compare on the same basis, not on headline rate alone
Hours 24 to 48
A shortlist reaches you with the commercial differences stated. On a firm cargo we move to offer, counter and subjects
On appointment
You contract with the selected provider. A named coordinator and a direct 24/7 contact are issued for the movement

Response times

Acknowledgement

Same business day for enquiries received before 16:00 SGT

First reply

Within one business day

Desk hours

06:00 to 20:00 SGT, Mon to Fri

During a fixture

One named coordinator and a direct 24/7 contact, issued to you on appointment

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.

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