Chartering Services

 

        Here, a professional and knowledgable 2K broker team works on immediate and personal contacts and a constant 24 hour availability, which means quick fixtures for the mutual interest of the owners and the charterers.

 

•         Bareboat charter

•         Voyage charter

•         Time charter

•         Partial / Space charter

 

 

-  The Brokerage Of Cargoes On An Exclusive Or Non-Exclusive Basis

-  The Operation Of Ocean Going And Coastal Vessels On Time Charter Or Voyage Basis

-  Providing Customers With Forward Freight Cover For Single Shipments Or Contracts

-  Providing Sea Freight Feasibility Studies And Spot Freight Indications

-  Managing Integrated Bulk Transport Solutions (Eg Lightering, Ship-Shore Operations,...)

 

These contracts are applicable to all kinds of ships, such as:

 

•         Bulk carriers

•         Multipurpose / Break bulk vessels

•         Rolling cargo ships (Ro/Ro vessels car carriers, PCTC’s)

•         River Ships

•         Tanker vessels

•         Reefer vessels

•         Container vessels (LPG / LNG vessels or product tankers)

•         Fishing boats

•         Off shore-utility

•         Heavy lift vessels

•         Cattle carriers

•         Semi submersible

•         Tugs and barges

 

 

Kind of Cargoes We Carry

 

 

• Heavy-Lift and Project Cargo

• Oil & Gas

• Floating Units – Tugs, Barges, Boats & Yachts

• Port Infrastructure Equipment

• Engineering and Construction

• IMO Cargo

• Breakbulk & Steel Cargo

• Bulk Commodities

• Green Energy

 

 

          Chartering is one of the most important activities of our company. Considering the type of your cargo, its quantity and the places of origin and delivery we will draw up the optimal route and offer our clients the most convenient ports of loading, discharge and transshipment. Our chartering specialists act as exclusive brokers for many ship owners and shipping lines.

 

For any full or part cargo our chartering department is ready to fix vessels of any types, including high seas, short sea and river dry cargo ships, tankers, log carriers, bulkers, multi-purpose vessels and specialized ships.

 

          Our services include negotiations with vessel Owners and operators, drawing up and signing a Charter-party, payments and disbursements as well as monitoring of cargo operations, tracking of cargo, settlement of disputes etc. If the cargo moves via an Ukrainian, Russian. Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Japanese or German port we are ready to provide the full range of services, including port forwarding and vessel agency for any kind of ships.

 

          In the area of chartering, our main goal is to cut our Clients’ costs by working according to the “Owner-Broker-Charterer” scheme, without additional brokers in the process of fixing the tonnage. We are experienced in handling of various kinds of cargoes, charter-parties and types of ships.

 

          2K Chartering desk is well networked to a variety of high quality ship-owners. We can find a solution for your cargo requirement covering anything from a single voyage charter, time charter to a COA contract. The cargo portfolio includes but not limited to recycled metals, timber products, various bulk products, pulp, paper, Heavy lift cargo and many others.

 

          We charter tonnage for routes not usually covered by liner-service companies, and also for items that would normally not be transported as containerized or conventional cargo on a liner vessel.

 

          The vessel type and size will match your needs, anything from a short coastal voyage to a deep-sea journey's. We offer support to our customers during the whole chartering process to ensure a smooth transaction.

 

Spot Voyage, Consecutive Voyage & Time Charters

Spot Market & Freight Enquiry

Cargo & Ship Coverage
Negotiation & Conclusion
Contract Documentation &
Administration
Charter-Party Clause Development

 

 

•         Providing market information to the management through daily/monthly reports.

•         Preparing monthly reports on in/out chartering fixtures concluded by the department.

•         Reviewing performance of the brokers on a periodic basis.

 

 

 

      We constantly focus on meeting customers' transportation requirements and providing Professional  service

 

       in addition, the department has to supervise the disbursement of all funds necessary to run the ships, it has to arrange for freight / hire / demurrage collection from charterers,

 

       While instructions are provided by the Owners, chartering negotiations is an on-going process; among other things daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports are obtained and reviewed by the 2K Chartering Department in order to assess market conditions and identify opportunities. 2K Chartering Department is responsible for screening various employment opportunities for their respective vessels, and receives instructions from the Owners to choose which ones to pursue, negotiate terms and conditions of the contracts under which the vessels are going to be chartered and eventually enter, on behalf of the Owners, into a chartering agreement. The 2K Chartering Department is responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with reputable chartering brokers and various Charterers.

 

       2K chartering departments allow us to realize economies of scale on ocean transportation by taking vessels on either voyage or time charter and by combining products and ports. Significant savings can be achieved by combining these abilities.

 

       2K works closely with clients to understand their unique cargo or vessel requirements and deliver maximum value through a wide range of innovative solutions with help of home made chartering tracking software .

 

       2K having long-term expertise in vessel chartering and brokerage. 2K's chartering personnel focus on safe, efficient, cost effective and timely service solutions in moving everything - for example, large volumes of steel, fertilisers,  grain, coal and project cargoes, such as industrial plant process equipment and pipe shipments for the oil & gas, petrochemical and power generation industry.