DRY CARGO CHARTERING
What we offer
- A deep domain knowledge of dry bulk shipping sector
- Focused vessel search placing sustainability focused and safety conscious owners at the top of the pile
- Focus on ships with lower than average CO2 emissions which are likely have been retro-fitted with energy-saving devices (ESDs) including, but not limited to, improved digital applications & technologies; high performance hull paints; engine refits; Mewis ducts with integrated fin systems and rudder bulbs; Carbon Capture and Storage Systems (CCS); air lubrication systems; wind sails, rotor type other others; or simply well-maintained ships with, for example, regular hull scrubbing achieving low emissions ratings; or the use of emerging alternative fuels such as methanol
- Dry bulk chartering brokerage for period charters, time charter trip (TCT), and voyage cargo-based charters, as well as contracts of affreightment (COAs)
- Charter party review and evaluation services for long period charters to assist in revisions of outdated wording that discourages investment in Energy Saving Devices (ESD) and renegotiated shared savings between owners and charterers with the objective of a win/win situation that improves both parties ESG profile.
- Years of negotiation experience in most aspects of commercial shipping coupled with professional mediation training for those tough moments between contracting parties
- 24/7 availability for any operations requirements handled with professional responses at all times
- We have decades of experience dealing with complex front-line operations issues
For Owners
Don’t swim in the same seas as inferior ships: seek out a better market for your ships.
You have reinvested hard earned capital in your ships to retrofit them or you simply have a modern well-managed ship. You have done the right thing to reduce carbon emissions, your ship has superior fuel efficiency, all to make it more attractive in the marketplace. But you find that your ship is simply thrown into the general marketplace mix and with it being leveraged against all the other available out there where owners either haven’t invested in better performing ships and/or simply do not manage the ships as well as you do. It’s time that this changed.
Our value proposition to you.
Let us market your ships to charterers who are looking for your best-in-class ship. Some charterers will pay more for better performing ships. They are looking to raise their corporate profiles to satisfy ESG profiles. If you have the right ship they will come – but they need to know where to look. A natural outcome should be that a segmented marketplace should exist for these two likeminded parties to come together. Take the opportunity to cut to the chase and market you ship in the right place. FUTURESHIPS intends to facilitate that marketplace.
Contact us and show us your high-performing ships.
For Charterers and Commodities Traders
You are a serious player in the current age. You are focused on the road to sustainability and decarbonisation. You are looking for the best performing ships in terms of fuel consumption and lower carbon emissions. You are looking to improve your ESG profile.
Look no further than FUTURESHIPS. Committed to sustainability, we are here to serve you as ship brokers focused solely on the best performing ships, whether that be fixing period charters, vessels on time charter trips, or a cargo voyages.
We do not fix older near end-of-life, or non-performing, or poorly managed ships.
SHIPPING MEDIATION
We offer independent professional mediation services to shipping companies and commodities traders alike. Our services are delivered with impartiality and full integrity.
What is Mediation?
Mediation is a confidential, consensual and without prejudice process that allows participants to explore a full range of potential solutions, often commercial in nature. The mediator acts as a “neutral” employing the use of principled negotiation* based upon reason and objective criteria. Mediation can be held in-person or by video online which is especially useful in saving time and costs for geographically dispersed participants.
*Principled Negotiation was made famous by Fisher and Ury of the Harvard Negotiation Project in their book Getting to Yes, and others.
Our Mediator
With a keen interest in shipping Dispute Resolution, our Founder, Ross Fothergill, is an Accredited Mediator with the London School of Mediation (LSM), and a Qualified Mediator with the International Mediation Institute (IMI); a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; and a Supporting Member of both the Hong Kong Maritime Arbitration Group (HKMAG) and the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA).
