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Shipping
Ship-owning and Management
British Marine Plc is a specialist in the bulk carrier market. The group owns, and commercially and technically manages, a number of dry cargo ships mainly in the handymax category (45000dwt to 56000 dwt). (see Our Fleet). Although all commercial activities are handled from London, the company has a branch office in Mumbai, India where seafarers are recruited and all technical procurement for the ships is undertaken. (see Contact Us).
Ship-operating and Freight Trading
In addition to the ships it directly owns, British Marine Plc takes on a significant number of ships from third parties, mainly in the handymax and panamax categories, for a variety of time-periods ranging from single voyages to long-term periods of several years. (see Chartered Ships). The company is also active in all aspects of freight trading: these include long-term contracts of affreightment with major charterers of industrial commodities, as well as the use of derivative trading instruments such as freight futures, bunker hedging and foreign exchange.
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