Skills
Twenty-seven years of dry bulk chartering and operations — from river barges on the Danube to Capesize iron ore in the Indian Ocean, including three years of continuous operation through active-conflict Black Sea conditions. Combined with engineering depth sufficient to build the tools a modern chartering desk actually needs.
Full voyage lifecycle across the dry bulk size spectrum. Pre-fixture estimation, fixture negotiation, voyage instructions, day-to-day execution, bunker optimization, and owner relationships measured in repeat fixtures rather than spot deals.
- Voyage, TCT, and TC period fixtures — Capesize through river-sea
- Charter party negotiation and interpretation
- Multi-port load / discharge coordination
- Bunker grade and stem decisions, ECA cost modelling
- Agent and stevedore management
- Capesize / Panamax backhaul optimisation
- Wartime operations — active voyages through Black Sea, Odesa/Pivdenny/Izmail under conflict conditions
- Sea-river and barge logistics — Danube, Dnieper, rapid-pivot supply chain continuity
- CIF / CFR freight cost modelling for industrial cargoes
The discipline that separates cost-effective fixtures from expensive ones. Laytime and demurrage computation under all major terms, DA vetting, hire reconciliation, and dispute resolution — covering both charterer-side and owner-side positions.
- Laytime calculation — SHINC, SHEX, WIBON, WCCON
- Demurrage and despatch, reversible and non-reversible
- Statement of facts and NOR review
- DA vetting and port disbursement approval
- Hire statement reconciliation
- Charterparty interpretation and claims resolution
- Off-hire disputes and bunker adjustments
Domain knowledge that runs deeper than data entry. Master's in Software Development (1998) — currently writing production Python, JavaScript, and SQL, and deploying tools to real infrastructure. The goal is not to be a developer; it is to be the operator who can automate the repetitive parts and spend the saved time on judgement.