Quick overview
Job description
We're looking for a Chartering Manager to fix and employ Panamax vessels at a new, data driven dry bulk operator. You'll be on a real operator's desk: chartering in ships, fixing cargoes and driving P&L, while using AI to speed up the work and see the market more clearly than a traditional desk.
What you'll do
- Produce sharp, accurate voyage estimates and stay close to the P&L on every fixture
- Charter in and employ Panamax tonnage on voyage, time-charter, period and COA terms, and fix cargoes against the book
- Negotiate fixtures through to conclusion, including charter party terms, and hand them cleanly to operations
- Position and employ vessels to maximise earnings, working closely with operations through the voyage
- Build and maintain relationships with owners, charterers and brokers, and develop new cargo and tonnage
- Follow freight markets, supply and demand and cargo flows, and turn that into clear commercial views the team can act on
- Work with our AI engineers to speed up estimates, analysis and workflow, and to gain an edge
- At least 2 years' experience in chartering on a Panamax desk
- Very analytical and data-driven
- Passionate about using AI in the real world to speed up workflows and gain an edge
- Strong on voyage estimates, charter party negotiation and Panamax dry bulk trades
- Comfortable building and holding relationships with owners, charterers and brokers
- Commercially minded, decisive and at ease in a fast-moving market
- Familiarity with FFAs and how they sit against the physical book is a plus, but not a requirement
- Tangible impact: your fixtures will directly drive when and where we move our vessels, with real P&L attached
- Be an early employee at an innovative startup, working directly with the founders
- Help build the shipping company of the future, with AI at its core
- A chance to use your chartering experience on an AI-native desk, not a traditional one
- Competitive compensation in line with market rates
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