Kiev Shipping Ltd
Ship Chartering
Articles on how ship chartering works in practice: vessel selection, freight indications, fixture negotiations and what shapes the final voyage economics.
Articles
Project Cargo, Breakbulk and Dry Bulk Chartering by Kiev Shipping Ltd
How to tell which sector a cargo belongs to, what decides the vessel in dry bulk, breakbulk, project cargo and liquid bulk, and where the detail on each sits.
Freight Indication vs Firm Freight Offer: What Charterers Should Know
What an indication commits and what a firm offer commits, how each is built, why indications move, and what has to be settled before the market can be asked for a price.
Ship Chartering: From Enquiry to Fixture
What happens between "we have a cargo" and "the ship is fixed": the stages of a voyage fixture, who moves at each one and how long each one takes.
Ship Chartering: Why the Freight Rate Is Not Enough
Two offers on the same cargo, followed to the end of the voyage: why the cheaper freight finished USD 64,000 more expensive, and how to compare on landed cost.
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