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Shipping
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Shipping Brokers are often the unsung
heroes of the modern Shipping Industry |
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Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd., As
Brokers have direct contact with ship
owners and cargo interests; we do work
very closely with many associated
brokers in fixing cargoes and vessels.
To receive our most recent vessel
position list, please send an *email
message to us referencing "vessels" and
we will place you our list to receive
position list on a regular basis. Please
also put our E Mails to receive your
vessel positions.
To receive a copy of our cargo list -
please send an *email message to us
referencing "cargo" and we will place
you on our list to receive updates of
available cargoes. Please also put our E
Mails to send updates on available
cargoes
*(In order for us to respond to your
request, please include your Company
name and location with phone & email
contacts) |
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Ships |
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Shaan Marine
Services Pvt. Ltd., As Brokers
understands the fundamental
differences between dry bulk
cargo ships, general purpose
ships, liners (container, break
bulk and RoRo) and tankers.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the differences in
the types of ships employed in
dry cargo trades including
Capesize, Panamax and Handy size
bulk carriers, General Purpose
(Tramps), Container, Ro/Ro,
Ore/Bulk/Oil and Ore/Oil
carriers, short sea and coastal
traders.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the basic
dimensions, design and
construction details including
decks, holds, hatches, derricks,
winches, cranes and specialised
cargo handling gear.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the terminology of
measuring ships including
dimensions, actual tonnages –
deadweight (dwat & dwcc),
displacement (total & light),
pseudo tonnages – NT & GT,
capacities – bale & grain cubic,
TEUs.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands what
information is contained in
Capacity, General Arrangement
and Stowage Plans.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the central
importance of ship
classification, the importance
of charterers’ inspections and
questionnaires. |
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Cargoes and trade routes |
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Shaan Marine
Services Pvt. Ltd., As Brokers
thoroughly understands the
nature, characteristics, hazards
and stowage requirements of the
four main dry commodities: Coal,
Ore, Grain and Fertilizers.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
different sub-divisions within
these categories and the trade
routes that apply.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
nature and characteristics, main
places of origin and appropriate
trade routes of other important
cargoes.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
stowage factors of goods and is
aware of the importance of
proper packing, angle of repose,
ventilation and prevention of
stowage hazards.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the use
of alternative routes, the
existence of seasonal variations
and their impact on markets. |
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Freight markets |
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Shaan Marine
Services Pvt. Ltd., As Brokers
thoroughly understands the role
of the different market
practitioners: Charterers,
Ship-owners, and Operators.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers Understands the
structure of the international
dry cargo chartering market and
the relative importance of the
major market centres.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the role of the
Broker and its relationship to
the Principals as an Agent
(Owner’s Broker, Charterer’s
Agent, exclusive Broker,
competitive Broker, and
intermediate Broker).
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
advantages and disadvantages of
different methods of
communications.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
structure and content of market
reports and market indices.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the nature and
impact of external factors
affecting the market including
natural catastrophes,
environmental, aid programmes,
political crises. Be aware of
the effect that merchants’
trading terms (INCOTERMS) may
have on the shipping contract
and the impact of documentary
credits, especially on
documentation.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
rationale of joint ventures and
shipping pools and be aware of
how these operate.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the impact of
e-commerce on market practice,
its advantages and disadvantages
and is aware of the main
alternative electronic solutions
available to Brokers. |
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Contracts |
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Shaan Marine
Services Pvt. Ltd., As Brokers
thoroughly understands the basic
format and purpose and content
of those main clauses common to
all charter party forms.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the differences
between the structure and
purpose of voyage charters and
time charters.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
reasons for the use of standard
forms of voyage and time charter
parties and their suitability to
different trades including a
working knowledge of the content
of commonly used standard forms
including: voyage charters (Gencon,
Norgrain, Amwelsh) and time
charters (Baltime, NYPE).
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
reason for charter party
interpretation rules and be
aware of the contents of Voylay
Rules 1993 and FONASBA Time
Charter Interpretation Code
2000.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the importance and
proper use of additional clauses
and addenda and is able to draft
simple specimen clauses.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
individual rights,
responsibilities and liabilities
of owners, charterers and
brokers which arise under the
charter party.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the use
of consecutive voyage contracts
and contracts of affreightment
and is aware of the particular
terminology required. |
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Bill
of Lading |
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Shaan Marine
Services Pvt. Ltd., As Brokers
thoroughly understands the role
of the Bill of Lading in charter
parties and in particular the
liabilities of the Ship-owner to
the Bill of Lading holder.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
relationship to Mate’s Receipts
and potential problems arising
from the demand for clean Bills
of Lading and is aware of
cargoes that pose particular
problems in this context,
including steel and grain.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the requirements
regarding delivery of cargo
against Bills of Lading.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
problems arising from the
non-production of originals at
discharge ports and practical
solutions.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
particular problems for Owners
arising from Bills of Lading
under time charters and the
potential special problems of
freight prepaid Bills of Lading. |
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Chartering market practice |
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Shaan Marine
Services Pvt. Ltd., As Brokers
thoroughly understands the
procedure of negotiations
including cargo circulars,
indications, and firm offers.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands all the
customary abbreviations used
during negotiation.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
process of offer, rejection and
new offer (counter offer,
accept/except) and acceptance.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the details to be
included in offers for both
voyage and time charters and be
able to draft a firm offer.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands what
’subjects’ are, be able to
identify some common examples of
subjects and explain how they
are lifted.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands at which
point the ship and cargo are
’fully fixed’.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the role
of the post fixture department
and be able to identify and
explain its functions.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the legal, tactical
and ethical requirements of the
market and the avoidance of
conflicts between them. |
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Financial elements of charter
parties |
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Shaan Marine
Services Pvt. Ltd., As Brokers
thoroughly understands the
various ways in which freight
(rates per tonne or lump sum)
and hire calculations (rate per
day or per dwt/month) are made
and the time when payment is
due.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands that reasons for and
calculation of additional
payments due under charter
parties, and the appropriate
clauses for Voyage Charters
(deadweight, demurrage/despatch,
damages for detention and
freight taxes) and Time Charters
(payment for bunkers, ballast
bonuses).
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
importance of clauses in time
charters relating to late hire
payment and the remedies
available to the Owner.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
importance in time charters of
performance claims and the
nature of off-hire events.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
arrangements for and relevant
clauses regarding delivery,
final voyage and re-delivery.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands how commissions and
brokerage are calculated and who
is responsible for payment.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the use
of freight market derivates as a
hedging tool and is aware of the
operation of the derivates
market. |
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Laytime |
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Shaan Marine
Services Pvt. Ltd., As Brokers
thoroughly understands the
importance of the clarity of
notice of readiness clauses and
be able to draft a concise
clause.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
procedure for tendering a valid
NOR and common problems relating
to acceptance.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the point
at which laytime commences and
the circumstances under which
laytime may be interrupted; &
understand what time is excluded
from laytime.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the principle of
’once on demurrage always on
demurrage’ and the rare
exceptions.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers thoroughly
understands the extent and
nature of the information
contained in the Statement of
Facts and how the Laytime
Statement is prepared and is
able to calculate the laytime
used and demurrage/despatch
earned from appropriate data.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
application of ’Voylay Rules’
with particular reference to
Berth-v-Port charters and
Weather Working days. |
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Calculations |
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Shaan Marine
Services Pvt. Ltd., As Brokers
thoroughly understands the
essential procedures used to
create a voyage estimate and is
able to make complete
calculations from given data
also is aware of the main
variables including change of
loadline zones, fresh water
allowances, draft limitations
(including draft calculation –
tpi/tpcm) also the importance of
careful bunker planning.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
techniques used and is able to
make the calculations to compare
alternative routes, alternative
voyages, compare voyage with
time charter, compare $/tonne
with lump sum rates and $/day
with DWT/month.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
reason for and means of
calculation of Ballast Bonus in
time charters. |
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General |
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Shaan Marine
Services Pvt. Ltd., As Brokers
thoroughly understands the
charter party clauses for the
resolution of disputes,
including the application of
arbitration and jurisdiction
clauses and is aware of the
BIMCO Arbitration Clause.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the roles
of the commercial courts,
arbitration and Alternative
Dispute Resolution (ADR) in
settling disputes and is aware
of the differing procedures.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the
importance of Ship-owners’ P&I
Associations and their role in
the context of cargo claims; and
is aware of the other sectors of
Owners’ P&I cover.
Shaan Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.,
As Brokers understands the role
of Intermediaries’ P&I
Associations and the classes of
cover offered to Brokers and
Agents and are aware of the
importance of keeping full and
proper records to assist in
dispute resolution. |
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