For charterers

Both sides of the fixture.

We charter the ship in against your cargo and stay the counterparty on both sides. Your stem gets the ship that fits it, not the ship that is nearest in someone's fleet.

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Who we fix for

Trading houses, industrial groups and resource companies moving bulk into India, China and Southeast Asia. Since January 2024 that has meant 254 fixtures, 50,000 to 95,000 DWT, for iron ore, coal, steel products, grain, bauxite, fertilizers and minerals. Typical stems run from [CONFIRM] t on a Supramax to [CONFIRM] t on a Post-Panamax. No client is named on this site.

Segment and stem table

SegmentDWT bandTypical cargoesTypical stems
Supramax50K to 60Kcoal, fertilizers, minerals, steel products[CONFIRM] t
Ultramax60K to 66Kcoal, grain, bauxite, minerals[CONFIRM] t
Panamax66K to 80Kcoal, grain, iron ore[CONFIRM] t
Kamsarmax80K to 86Kcoal, iron ore, bauxite[CONFIRM] t
Post-Panamax86K to 95Kcoal, iron ore[CONFIRM] t

Fixtures by band since January 2024: Supramax 67, Ultramax 32, Panamax 75, Kamsarmax 70, Post-Panamax 10. Typical cargoes and stem sizes per band [CONFIRM with the chartering desk].

Cargoes and lanes

Iron ore · Coal · Steel products · Grain · Bauxite · Fertilizers · Minerals

Seven cargoes across 254 fixtures since January 2024, loading in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Pacific for discharge into India, China and Southeast Asia. Load areas: [CONFIRM]. Indian discharge ranges, west coast and east coast: [CONFIRM]. The representative fixture on the home page, 80,000 t of coal from Taboneo to Mundra on a Kamsarmax, is one shape of it. Send the stem, the ports and the laycan; the desk prices it.

Contract types

Voyage charter
One stem, one voyage, freight per tonne, laytime and demurrage as the CP states.
Time charter, trip or period
The ship on hire to you for a trip or a stated period, operated by our desk.
Contract of affreightment
A program of liftings against one set of terms, priced once.
Period cover
Forward tonnage held against your program. [CONFIRM typical period lengths]
A gearless bulk carrier alongside a discharge berth as a grab lifts coal from an open hold
IllustrationKamsarmax · discharging coal

Priced. Papered. Performed.

Pre-fixture
Owner, manager and vessel vetted and sanctions-screened before the recap is firm. [CONFIRM vetting tool]
Fixture
Main terms agreed, recap exchanged, charter party on a BIMCO-standard form with rider clauses.
Operations
Our own desk, [CONFIRM] GST and [CONFIRM] IST, with a named operator for the voyage. Agents appointed, bunkers stemmed, laytime tracked at both ends, position and ETA reported to you daily. [CONFIRM cadence]
Documentation
Notices of readiness, statements of fact and bills of lading checked and passed as the voyage runs.
Post-fixture
Freight and laytime invoiced on discharge; claims handled by the desk that ran the voyage.

Proof

254 fixtures since January 2024: 37 in 2024, 82 in 2025, 135 in 2026 to 26 October. 46 owners and 40 broker firms have fixed with us more than once. [CONFIRM] Figures as at 26 October 2026.

The desk

Supramax and Ultramax
[CONFIRM name] · [CONFIRM direct line]
Panamax, Kamsarmax and Post-Panamax
[CONFIRM name] · [CONFIRM direct line]
Hours
[CONFIRM] GST · [CONFIRM] IST
Cargo enquiries
dry@aequorshipping.com

What to send: cargo and quantity, load and discharge ports, laycan, freight ideas.

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