Dry Cargo Charterer - London
Fantastic opportunity to work in a highly experienced chartering division of a well-respected Commodity Trading House. The successful candidate will be responsible for arranging and managing chartering services for traders of various products. Applicants should have a strong commercial sense to provide the best service to the company and its buyers and sellers. There is also potential to grow the department to be a profit centre in its own right.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Chartering of freight requirements for the group
- Management of freight payments and vessel nominations
- Issuing bill of lading, operations, logistics, and the post fixture of Ronly group including settlements of Demurrage/Despatch with owners, shippers, receivers
- Liaising with shippers/receivers and vessels in relation to load/discharge operations and vessel or cargo nomiantions
- Reporting to traders with up to date information regarding current freight, trends and freight forecast, port situation, congestion, delays, obtaining freight indications, evaluating freight requirements
- Management of chartering book where all fixtures are logged and analysed
- Ensuring customer expectations are met in full
- Opportunity to offer services to 3rd parties and generate profits for the chartering department
Requirements
- Excellent chartering knowledge, with a minimum of 5 years' experience with voyage and time charter negotiations and operations
- Well organised with a keen eye for detail
- Excellent knowledge of shipping documentation, charter party terms and freight rate negotiation
- Able to take responsibility and make timely commercial decisions
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to work both in a team and on their own
- Numerate and computer literate to include Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- Flexible and self-motivated operator, prepared to work out of office hours due to the nature of chartering business
Qualifications
- Experience as a broker, owner or charterer in dry bulk shipping. Liquid bulk shipping experience considered but not essential
- Degree qualification is not essential