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Project Cargo Chartering from Asian Ports
Kiev Shipping Ltd provides vessel chartering and maritime brokerage services for project, heavy-lift and oversized cargoes originating from ports in China, South Korea, Japan and other Asian countries.
We work as independent shipbrokers, searching the international freight market for suitable tonnage based on cargo dimensions, weight, lifting requirements, route, laycan, port restrictions and prevailing market conditions.
Our role is commercial and practical: to help cargo owners, traders, exporters, importers and freight forwarders identify suitable vessels, obtain freight indications, negotiate fixture terms and provide commercial voyage follow-up through completion of discharge.
Typical Project Cargoes
Cargoes may include:
- heavy industrial equipment
- construction machinery
- transformers and power-generation equipment
- electric buses and wheeled machinery
- industrial plant components
- steel structures
- oversized units
- heavy-lift units
- machinery and spare parts
- non-containerised industrial cargo
- cargoes requiring special lifting, stowage or securing arrangements
- other project cargoes requiring specialised tonnage or handling arrangements
Vessel Chartering
Project cargo requires careful matching of cargo characteristics with vessel capabilities.
Suitable vessel types may include:
- multipurpose vessels
- heavy-lift vessels
- general cargo vessels
- tweendeckers
- Ro-Ro, Lo-Lo or Ro-Lo vessels, where commercially and technically suitable
- other specialised tonnage available through the international freight market
Vessel selection may depend on:
- cargo dimensions and weight
- lifting requirements
- deck and hold configuration
- hatch dimensions
- permissible deck loads
- cargo stowage and securing requirements
- loading and discharging methods
- port restrictions
- draft limitations
- route and laycan
Typical Trading Areas
Kiev Shipping Ltd handles project cargo enquiries from ports in China, South Korea, Japan and other Asian countries to:
- Northern Europe and the Continent
- the Mediterranean Sea
- the Black Sea
- the Baltic Sea
- the Red Sea
- the Persian Gulf
- other international destinations, subject to vessel availability and prevailing market conditions
Typical loading ports may include Shanghai, Ningbo, Qingdao, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Busan, Ulsan, Yokohama, Kobe and other suitable Asian ports.
Our Work
Kiev Shipping Ltd assists clients with:
- cargo and route reviews
- searches for suitable vessels
- freight indications
- fixture negotiations
- charter-party negotiations and coordination
- laycan coordination
- negotiation of loading and discharging terms
- commercial assessment of vessel offers against cargo and voyage requirements
- commercial voyage follow-up through completion of discharge
- communication among charterers, shipowners and other parties involved in the fixture
Where required, project cargo enquiries may also involve coordinating the exchange of technical information provided by cargo interests, vessel owners, ports, terminals or appointed specialists.
Our Role as Shipbrokers
Kiev Shipping Ltd does not own vessels or provide technical ship management.
We work as independent shipbrokers, searching the international freight market for suitable tonnage based on the requirements of each project cargo enquiry.
Our role focuses on vessel searches, freight negotiations, fixture support, charter-party coordination and commercial voyage follow-up.
Kiev Shipping Ltd does not provide container shipping, courier services or crewing.
Information required for a freight indication
- exact cargo description and specifications
- quantity and tolerance, or number of units
- dimensions and weight of each unit, where applicable
- packing method, where applicable
- loading port
- discharging port
- cargo readiness date or required laycan
- loading and discharging terms and rates
- photographs, technical drawings and packing list, where available
- special handling requirements, dangerous-goods status and berth restrictions, where applicable
For dry bulk cargoes, please also provide the cargo grade and stowage factor.
For project and heavy-lift cargoes, please specify the preferred loading method—Lo-Lo, Ro-Ro or Ro-Lo—and provide all applicable technical and dangerous-goods documentation.
WhatsApp / Viber / Telegram: +380 67 4010506
Direct lines
- Phone / WhatsApp / Viber / Telegram
- +380 67 401 05 06
- Dry bulk, breakbulk and general cargo chartering
- [email protected]
- General enquiries
- [email protected]
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Send Your Project Cargo Enquiry
For a freight indication, please send cargo dimensions, weights, loading and discharging ports, laycan, photos or drawings and any special requirements.