Small dry cargo ships mainly known as mini bulk carrier are ships of carrying capacity 1800 DWT to 10,000 DWT. These ships are capable of carrying small dry bulk cargo parcels and are extremely significant for regions generating small cargoes regularly.
Mini Bulk Carrier
We are brokers and presently we also are providing mini bulk carrier services within Indian waters as well as neighboring countries on voyage charter for regular cargoes and also on time charter.
The mini bulk carriers available are of 1800 DWT, 2000 DWT, 2500 DWT and 2800 DWT for time charter and also for on voyage charter for regular cargo.
These mbc’s are capable of operating in river channels and coastal waters under management of skilled crew.
For more details on available mini bulk carriers, kindly contact us with your cargo details, laycan and charterers complete particulars.
The market for handling dry bulk cargo and declaring charter freight rates varies and complex. The dry bulk cargo is handled by freight forwarders and the ship brokers arrange cargo ships.
Charterers always looks for vessel size matching their cargo quantity which always to maintain is not possible. Either the charterers have to come up with the option of plus and minus ten percent of the cargo. The most cases show that the charters have increased the cargo to avoid the dead freight.
The low volume cargoes always face delay for getting it clubbed with the suitable cargo for same direction. The charterers either end up with high freight or delay. To avoid such situation, charterers should always plan the shipment with help of ship brokers and freight forwarders in advance. The declaration and sharing information like laycan, parcel size, readiness of cargo, etc with ship brokers and freight forwarders will help them to reduce the delay time and arranging suitable dry bulk cargo ship which will save money and time.
The charterers always checks for freight idea first and try to negotiate the lowest freight for spot opening cargo ships. The shipments booked in advance with shipping directly from Ship brokers or shipping lines provides charterers and ship owners with proper planning and preparation. These contracts of affreightment (COA) are in practiced by major commodity exporters and it includes charter a cargo ship for a short period. The contract is totally separate from charter a vessel for a single voyage.
The COA terms are suitable in marine transport of cargoes like, coal, ores, mineral concentrates, grain, fertilizers, and other dry bulk cargoes. Online ship brokers can help the charterers providing complete details about the availability of cargo ship on short time charter or on COA terms.
More than 3 billion tons of cargo is transported every year through sea routes. The well experienced ship brokers and freight forwarders working alongside ship owners and ship operators / managers are fully skilled to handle all type dry bulk cargo shipments. All market reports can be obtained by consulting with ship brokers and freight forwarders.
Dry Commodities are handled by various offices and some are specialized for a certain dry bulk cargo. For example an office specialized in sulpher or rock phosphate cargo will always look for these cargoes for the cargo vessel available in their list and same is the case with other offices. The freight forwarders can help the charterers who are first time exporting / shipping their cargo. Maximum of the freight forwarding companies, shipping companies, Ship brokers’ offices and shipping agents are located at or nearby sea ports. Charterers can directly get in touch with them and can locate the skilled and professionals with their cargo details and getting the vessel fixed.
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