Shipping Aviation vessel chartering team can find the precise vessel, in the exact position, at the correct time to help you get your cargo to its final destination. In order to do this successfully and cost-efficiently, chartering knowledge and constant information gathering are required. Our global staff of vessel brokers, and the relationships we have built over the decades we have been in business, allow us to deliver unsurpassed vessel chartering service. The first step to fulfill a successful charter, is to understand our clients’ needs. We take the time necessary to learn your goals in order to find the best solution. We then look for the most cost-effective freight rate available and negotiate each client’s preferred terms and conditions. Our highly trained vessel chartering team and global relationships give us exclusive access to negotiate freight in the global market.

The international dry cargo and tanker markets are immense and served by numerous ships of several types and various sizes. Some of the ships follow standard designs and can carry a variety of cargoes while others are more specialized and able to carry particular commodities which the standard vessels cannot. Since we have seen such a big variety of vessels in the OpenSea marketplace and since the vessel designs change rapidly from time to time, we decided to present a brief updated guide of the several types and sizes we may see around the world marketplace.

These vessels carry dry( grains, fertilizers, phosphates and ores) or wet ( chemicals, orange juice, refined petroleum products) bulk cargo. Dry bulk cargo types are classified in IMSBC book.

There are also bulk carriers which can also function as tankers; such vessels are called Ore Bulk Oil ( OBO) carriers and can carry liquid cargo in wing tanks or dry bulk cargo in centre holds.

Some ships do away with the cranes and derricks but depend on the equipment available at shore to load/discharge cargo and these are known as gearless carriers. Obviously the utility of such a ship is greatly dependent on the equipment available at shore, so they may not be able to go at all the ports which do not have such facilities and depend on the ships equipment for loading/unloading of cargo.

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RORO is short for “roll on, roll off”. This simply refers to the method by which vehicles and machinery are loaded onto large ocean shipping vessels for transport overseas. This can sometimes be a cheaper method of moving vehicles internationally. And if the vehicle you are shipping is too big to physically fit in a container, you will have to ship this via RORO.

RORO is very similar to a car ferry. Thousands of vehicles are lined up at the docks, usually with the keys left in the ignition for a number of days prior to departure. Dock workers will then drive your vehicle onto the ship and strap it down to make it ready for sailing. This applies to all types of vehicles, including cars, trucks, construction vehicles, tractors, trailers, mobile homes, RV’s, backhoes, bulldozers, and many other types of oversized cargo.

Roll-on, roll-off ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels. This is in contrast to lift-on, lift-off (LOLO) vessels, which use a crane to load and unload cargo. RORO vessels have built-in ramps that allow the cargo to be efficiently loaded and unloaded when in port.