Head of Chartering

PIL Pacific International Lines; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading shipping company seeks a Fleet Charter Manager to lead its container fleet chartering strategy. The role involves managing a fleet portfolio, negotiating charter agreements, and ensuring compliance with evolving fuel infrastructures. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strong negotiation skills and proficiency in relationship management.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to negotiate charter party agreements.
• Experience in managing relationships with shipowners and brokers.
• Capability to develop chartering initiatives supporting commercial performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead container fleet chartering strategy aligned with trade plans.
• Manage a fleet portfolio balancing cost, capacity, and compliance.
• Negotiate and finalize charter agreements, ensuring due diligence.

Skills

Negotiation

Strategic Planning

Market Intelligence

Relationship Management

Leadership

Job description

• Lead and execute the container fleet chartering strategy in alignment with commercial trade plans and the company’s decarbonisation objectives.
• Build and manage a fleet portfolio that balances cost, capacity, compliance, and carbon performance—favouring modern,fuel-flexible, CII-compliant vessels.
• Negotiate and finalize charter party agreements (time and bareboat) and ensure operational and financial due diligence.
• Proven strong and cultivate relationships with shipowners, brokers, yards, container ship operators, non-operation owners and lessors to secure favourable tonnage terms and first-mover access to next-gen assets.
• Ensure compatibility of chartered vessels with evolving fuel infrastructure (e.g., LNG, methanol, ammonia) and trade requirements.
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders (fleet, operations, network, technical, ESG, and legal) to ensure vessel suitability, compliance, and deployment alignment.
• Monitor charter market dynamics, conduct benchmarking, and assess total cost of chartering, including emission performance and potential ETS/pass-through costs.
• Prepare owners report and owners chartering activities P&L.
• Provide leadership to a high-performing team and continuously develop market intelligence and chartering capabilities.
• Ability to come out with Chartering initiatives that supports commercial performance, Fleet efficiency, Compliance (ESG, IMO..)