Chartering Manager

Agrocorp International; Singapore; On-site; SGD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Agrocorp International in Singapore seeks a Chartering Manager for dry bulk cargo flows, Handysize to Panamax with Ultramax focus. Initial desk-based role covers tonnage fixing, cost estimation and contract alignment with AGFA/GAFTA terms.

The role will evolve into time charter-in and relet activities, requiring strong negotiation and risk management. The candidate should have substantial experience in supramax/ultramax trading, knowledge of GENCON/NYPE/Synacomex forms, and a network of owners

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in shipping, maritime studies, logistics, business or a related field.
• 7+ years of dry bulk chartering or shipbroking experience, with direct fixing in Supramax/Ultramax.
• Experience on the cargo side (grain or agri cargoes) and familiarity with related contracts.

Responsibilities

• Fix voyage and trip charter tonnage from Handysize to Panamax, with Ultramax focus.
• Provide freight costing and voyage estimates to trading desks for offers and tenders.
• Align charter party terms with GAFTA/FOSFA contracts (laycan, NOR, laytime, demurrage)
• Negotiate charter party terms and riders on GENCON 94, NYPE 93/2015 and Synacomex forms.
• Negotiate COAs and seasonal cargo programmes with owners and operators.
• Ensure counterparty and vessel pass KYC, sanctions and screening before commitment.
• Hand over fixtures to operations and support laytime desks on demurrage/despatch claims.
• Track freight markets and vessel positions; deliver weekly market view and monthly freight performance report.
• Build and execute time charter-in and relet activity within risk limits; manage positions and hedging if approved.

Skills

Dry bulk chartering

Supramax/Ultramax fixing

KYC & sanctions screening

Contract negotiation

Freight market analysis

Education

Degree in shipping, maritime studies, logistics, business

Tools

GENCON

NYPE

Synacomex

Veson IMOS

Job description

Role Details

• Position: Chartering Manager, Dry Bulk

• Location: Singapore

• Segment: Handysize to Panamax, core focus Supramax/Ultramax

Company Overview

Agrocorp International is headquartered in Singapore with operations in 16 countries and 25 offices. For over 30 years, it has supplied diverse agricultural commodities and food ingredients, expanding from farm partnerships to processing and retail markets including premium pulses and plant-based foods.

Job Summary

We are hiring a Chartering Manager to run freight cover for Agrocorp's dry bulk cargo flows, Handysize to Panamax, with a core focus on Ultramax. The role starts as a cargo charterer's desk: securing tonnage for our sales and purchase programme at the right cost and on terms that match our commodity contracts. As the book grows, the role will extend into time charter-in and relet activity, and the successful candidate is expected to build and run that position.

Responsibilities

• Fix voyage and trip time charter tonnage, Handysize to Panamax with a core focus on Ultramax, to cover Agrocorp's cargo programme, negotiating with owners, operators and brokers.

• Provide freight costing and voyage estimates to the trading desks for CFR/CIF offers, tenders and new business, and own the freight assumption from offer to fixture.

• Align charter party terms back-to-back with GAFTA/FOSFA sale and purchase contracts (laycan, NOR, laytime terms, load/discharge rates, demurrage/despatch rates) to minimise unrecovered exposure.

• Negotiate charter party terms and riders on GENCON 94, NYPE 93/2015 and Synacomex forms, including BIMCO bunker, sanctions and war risk clauses.

• Negotiate and manage contracts of affreightment (COAs) and seasonal cargo programmes with owners and operators.

• Ensure every counterparty and vessel passes KYC, sanctions and vessel screening before commitment.

• Hand over clean fixtures to operations and support the operations and laytime desks on demurrage, despatch and voyage claims arising from fixture terms.

• Track freight markets, vessel positions and trade lanes. Deliver a weekly market view and a monthly freight performance report (fixed vs budget vs market) to management.

• Build the business case for, and then execute, time charter-in and relet activity within approved risk limits, including position management and, where approved, FFA and bunker hedging.

Authority and Accountability

• Fixes within approved authority limits. Fixtures above limits, period TC-in and any hedging require sign-off from the reporting manager.

• Measured on freight cost vs budget and market, demurrage outcome, and contract alignment. Once TC-in/relet starts, also measured on desk P&L.

Required Competencies

• Degree or diploma in shipping, maritime studies, logistics, business or a related field.

• 7+ years of dry bulk chartering or shipbroking experience, with direct fixing experience in Supramax/Ultramax.

• Experience on the cargo side (commodity house, trader or cargo broker), preferably with grain or agri cargoes.

• Working knowledge of GENCON, NYPE and Synacomex charter party forms, laytime and demurrage.

• Active network of Supramax/Ultramax owners, operators and brokers.

• Proven ability to close commercially sound fixtures and manage multiple shipments under pressure.

Preferred Competencies and Qualifications

• Experience with time charter-in, relet or an operator desk.

• Knowledge of FFA and bunker hedging.

• Experience on agri trade lanes from Australia, the Black Sea, Canada and ECSA into Asia, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.

• Membership of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (MICS).

• Familiarity with Veson IMOS or a similar voyage management system.