Key Responsibilities
Chartering & Freight Procurement
- Source and evaluate suitable vessels for global bulk commodity shipments.
- Negotiate voyage charters, time charters, COAs, and freight contracts with shipowners and brokers.
- Analyze freight market developments, vessel positioning, and cargo opportunities.
- Review charter party terms, laycan requirements, freight structures, and voyage economics.
- Support traders with freight ideas and market intelligence to enhance trading profitability.
Post-Fixture Operations
- Manage vessel operations from fixture through voyage completion.
- Coordinate loading, discharging, transshipment, and delivery activities.
- Monitor vessel schedules and operational performance.
- Ensure compliance with charter party obligations and contractual requirements.
- Resolve operational issues affecting cargo movement and vessel performance.
Claims, Laytime & Demurrage
- Monitor laytime calculations and voyage performance.
- Review demurrage, despatch, and detention claims.
- Coordinate with counterparties to negotiate and settle freight-related claims.
- Ensure accurate voyage documentation and records management.
Commercial & Freight Strategy
- Develop freight procurement strategies across Handysize, Supramax, Ultramax, and Panamax vessel segments.
- Conduct voyage profitability analysis and freight benchmarking.
- Provide market updates, freight forecasts, and strategic recommendations to trading teams.
- Identify opportunities to improve freight efficiency and reduce transportation costs.
- Drive process improvements through automation, digitalization, and operational excellence initiatives.
Stakeholder Management
- Build relationships with shipowners, operators, brokers, port agents, and logistics partners.
- Work closely with trading, finance, risk, and supply chain teams.
- Support management reporting and performance analysis.
- Mentor and guide junior chartering and operations personnel where required.
Requirements
- Degree in Maritime Studies, Shipping, Logistics, Supply Chain, Business, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 8-12 years of experience in dry bulk chartering, freight trading, vessel operations, or commodity shipping.
- Strong knowledge of dry bulk freight markets, charter party agreements, laytime, demurrage, and voyage economics.
- Experience handling agricultural commodities or commodity trading logistics is highly preferred.
- Familiarity with Handysize, Supramax, Ultramax, and Panamax markets.
- Strong commercial negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced commodity trading environment.
