Maritime Advisory and Chartering Brokerage
Arch Star Maritime provides maritime advisory and chartering brokerage services, helping you move from an initial shipping idea to a structured vessel enquiry and commercial negotiations.
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Maritime Advisory
A successful charter begins with a clear shipping requirement. If you are entering a new trade, comparing routes or unsure which vessel is appropriate, appoint Arch Star Maritime to help structure the decision before vessel negotiations begin.
- What we help you assess
- A practical cargo and voyage brief
- Understanding the cost picture
- What an advisory assignment can deliver
- How to appoint us
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Chartering Brokerage
If you are ready to seek a vessel, Arch Star Maritime can act as your chartering broker within an agreed scope. We organise the enquiry, approach relevant vessel counterparties and help compare the options that respond to your cargo and voyage requirements.
- Vessel sourcing and comparison
- Commercial negotiation support
- Our role and your decisions
- Support after agreement
- Fees and clear engagement terms
Vessels matched to the requirement
We handle chartering enquiries for crude oil tankers, product tankers, LPG carriers, LNG carriers, chemical tankers and dry cargo vessels. Selection considers cargo compatibility, capacity, route, terminal requirements and availability, rather than vessel size alone.
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Crude Oil Tankers
Chartering enquiries for crude oil cargoes, including VLCC, Suezmax and Aframax requirements. Cargo volume, density, port restrictions and voyage requirements inform the vessel selection.
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Product Tankers
Vessels for refined petroleum cargoes, selected against cargo specification, parcel size, segregation needs, tank suitability and route.
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LPG Carriers
Chartering enquiries for liquefied petroleum gases, with containment system, cargo composition, pressure and temperature requirements matched to the terminals.
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LNG Carriers
LNG transportation enquiries reviewed against cargo volume, vessel and terminal compatibility, delivery window and operational requirements.
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Chemical Tankers
Specialised vessel enquiries for chemical cargoes requiring suitable tank materials or coatings, segregation and cargo handling arrangements.
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Dry Cargo Vessels
Bulk and general cargo vessel enquiries matched to cargo weight and volume, dimensions, stowage, lifting needs and port facilities.
Charter options
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Voyage Charter
A vessel is engaged for an agreed shipment between specified locations. The freight basis and loading and discharge terms are negotiated for that movement.
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Time Charter
A vessel is engaged for an agreed period. Hire, delivery and redelivery, trading limits and the allocation of costs and responsibilities are defined in the charter terms.
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Recurring shipment programmes
For repeated cargo movements, we can discuss a structured chartering approach and the information needed to assess alternatives to arranging each shipment separately.
Maritime Advisory
Start with advice before committing to a vessel
What we help you assess
We review the cargo, shipment size, loading and receiving arrangements, timing and commercial objective. We help compare vessel categories and voyage or time charter options, identify missing information and explain the commercial implications of the alternatives.
A practical cargo and voyage brief
Our aim is to turn your initial requirement into a brief that the vessel market can assess: what will move, how much, between which locations, when, and under what operational constraints. Where technical or terminal input is needed, we identify the questions to take to the relevant parties.
Understanding the cost picture
We help distinguish freight or hire from other potential costs, such as port expenses, fuel where applicable, canal charges, waiting time and agreed additional services. Comparisons depend on the charter terms and assumptions; a low headline rate may not represent the lowest overall cost.
What an advisory assignment can deliver
Depending on the agreed scope, the output may include a written requirements review, a vessel and charter option comparison, a list of outstanding questions and a recommended next step. Any market guidance is dated and subject to the information available.
How to appoint us
Send a short description of your project and ask for a consultation. We clarify the work required and confirm the scope, deliverables, fee basis and responsibilities in writing before starting a formal assignment. You can request advice alone or discuss moving into brokerage when the requirement is ready.
Chartering Brokerage
From a cargo requirement to vessel negotiations
Vessel sourcing and comparison
We seek suitable vessel proposals and clarify their availability, commercial basis and operational fit. A comparison may cover capacity, opening position, arrival prospects, freight or hire, exclusions and conditions requiring approval. A listed or proposed vessel is not reserved merely because an enquiry has been submitted.
Commercial negotiation support
We relay authorised offers and counteroffers, clarify outstanding points and help organise the terms for agreement between the contracting parties. Your instructions and approvals remain central to the negotiation.
Our role and your decisions
As broker, we facilitate introductions and negotiations between the charterer and the vessel counterparty. We do not become the vessel owner or the transport contracting party simply by arranging the discussion. The charterparty identifies who contracts, who pays and who performs each obligation.
Support after agreement
Where included in our appointment, we assist with commercial communications, documentation follow-up, schedule updates and coordination between the relevant parties after the charter is agreed. The vessel remains under the operational responsibility allocated by the charterparty.
Fees and clear engagement terms
The advisory fee, brokerage commission, payer and payment basis are agreed and documented for the services involved. Any separate fees and any potential conflict of interest should be clarified before proceeding.