An enquiry the market can act on.
We collect what an owner needs to price it and ask for what is missing before we approach a single owner.
Sumu Chartering
Sumu Chartering is the chartering desk of Sumu Logistics.
Independent shipbroking in Northwestern Europe: the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the wider European short-sea trades. Tanker, gas and specialised tonnage.
We broker, because that's where the market actually moves.
What you get is more than a vessel. It is a clear, documented path from the first enquiry to the completed voyage and the closed file, with the risks found before the market sees you and the terms written so that nobody later must argue about what was agreed.
Chartering
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Tankers for Liquid and Gas
Clean · Dirty · Crude
Clean products, dirty and crude, from intermediate and handy sizes through MR and LR to Aframax. Spot voyages, time charters and contracts of affreightment, with international vetting and safety requirements met. For oil majors, commodity traders and refineries.
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Dry bulk
Coasters → Capesizes
From coasters to capesizes: coal, grain, minerals, fertilisers, renewable fuels and biomass. Voyage charters, period cover and contracts of affreightment, for producers, receivers and trading houses.
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RoRo and ferries
RoRo · Passenger ferries
RoRo vessels and passenger ferries, for regional and international operators. We understand the operational demands of punctuality and reliable turnaround, and work with trusted owners to keep schedules moving.
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Chartering desk
More than just brokers, we aim to be your trusted commercial partner at sea, providing market intelligence, skilled negotiation, fixture execution, and post-fixture follow-up with deep shipping expertise guiding every voyage.
Why this desk
- Experience in Chartering and operations since the 1990s.
- We work for industrial charterers, shipowners and traders seeking reliable tonnage and competitive freight. Spot voyages, time charters and contracts of affreightment.
- We see the market every day. Position lists, open tonnage and freight, because we broker every day, and because we built our own instruments to watch the Baltic when nothing on the market told us what we needed to know.
- We know what an owner will actually accept. That is a broker's sense, from having fixed ships and managed fleets, not a benchmark.
- Long-standing relationships with owners, operators and charterers and direct access to the person who does the work.
- We compare on total commercial value, not on the lowest freight.
- We are a company with our own liability and continuity, not one person's letterhead.
What you get
A market view before the market sees you:
the freight range to expect, the likely vessel types, the owners worth approaching, and the risks and constraints already visible. Counterparties, authority, cargo readiness, dates and ports are checked first.
A shortlist of workable vessels and owners.
Each one checked against the cargo, the ports, draft, age, flag, class and certificates. If the market is tight or the search is taking longer than expected, you hear it from us early.
An agreement without ambiguity.
Offers pass from one side to the other without their meaning changing. Every message says what it is: an indication, an offer, a counteroffer, an acceptance or a subject. Every change is recorded. The recap is checked by both sides, every subject is tracked to the moment it is lifted, and the charter party follows.
A voyage followed to the end.
Notices, statements of facts and time records. Freight invoicing, claims and demurrage. The file closes only when every outstanding item has a name against it, and the record is complete.
Sale and purchase
Independent and discreet brokerage for the purchase, sale and valuation of vessels.
Tankers, bulkers, RoRos and ferries, offshore tonnage and specialised ships. From price assessment and inspection coordination to negotiation and documentation – for second-hand vessels and newbuildings.
Purchase Sale Valuation Newbuildings
Sale and purchase desk
How we work
Transparent approach
Clear communication, fair deals and a client-first mindset.
Trusted network
Long-standing relationships with owners, operators and charterers.
Independent & agile
Lean setup with direct access to decision makers.
Confidential
Commercial information goes to authorised parties and to nobody else.
Market intelligence built from the market itself.