Ship Chartering

Tankers

Our goal is to be even more effective and sufficient at crude and fuel oil transportation for all ranges of vessel sizes. Liquid Cargo Carriers, or tankers, are specifically designed to transport liquid cargo in bulk. Tankers are classed by size and type of cargo. In general, smaller tankers carry “clean” cargoes (refined products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, or jet fuel). Large tankers generally carry “dirty” (black oil or crude oil) cargo. Four major groups of liquefied gases are traded by sea: LPG, ammonia, petrochemicals, and LNG.

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BUNKER TANKERS

supply fuel to ocean going vessels. The tanker carries out the vast majority of its bunkering operations in close vicinity to the port. The bunker tanker has been designed to carry out ship to ship transfers (STS) of oil and accordingly has a high degree of the maneuverability.
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LIGHTERS OR HARBOR TANKERS

may refuel ships or move smaller amount of products. Lighterage is a method of discharging cargoes from a heavy draft vessel which cannot (because of shallow-draft port conditions) or does not (for whatever reasons) come into the port area and discharge cargoes onto the dock area. When cargoes are lightened ashore, the mother vessel discharges cargo into a smaller vessel (a lighter) and the lighter carries the cargo ashore and places the cargo onto the docks.
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HANDYSIZE

is a small bulk or oil tanker vessel that is suited to tie up at a T2 type pier. These vessels are a maximum of of 10,000 to 30,000 dwt. These vessels are more maneuverable and have shallower draft than larger vessels and therefore make up the majority of the world's ocean-going cargo fleet.
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HANDYMAX

is a small bulk or oil tanker vessel of 30,001 to 50,000 dwt that is a larger version of the popular Handysize vessel.
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PANAMAX

is an ocean-going cargo vessel of the maximum size possible to pass through the locks of the Panama Canal, which are 1000ft long by 110ft wide and 85ft deep. Panamax tankers are used for crude oil and petroleum products.
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AFRAMAX

is an ocean-going crude oil tanker vessel of standard size between 80,000 and 119,000 dwt that is the largest crude oil tanker size in the AFRA (Average Freight Rate Assessment) tanker rate system. The Aframax vessel class is considered to be the "workhorse" among tankers because of its flexibility and high potential utilization. Aframax crude carriers are typically deployed on short haul or distributive routes where draft or other size restrictions prevent the use of larger tankers or where crude oil is produced or consumed in smaller quantities.
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SUEZMAX

is an ocean-going cargo vessel of the maximum size possible to pass through the locks of the Suez Canal in Egypt. This standard has evolved over time. Prior to 1967, a Suezmax was a maximum of 80,000 dwt. The canal was closed between 1967 and 1975 because of the Israel-Arab conflict. Upon reopening in 1975, after many modifications to the locks and canal itself, the maximum was increased to 150,000 dwt.
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SHUTTLE TANKER

is a ship type that has emerged since oil exploration went offshore and into deeper and more remote waters, where pipelines to shore are neither feasible nor economical. They are largely conventional tankers which are equipped to station themselves on an offshore loading buoy far at sea and to load their cargo of crude oil directly from the oilfield, where it has been kept in a reservoir with perhaps the sulphur removed. In most respects the shuttle tanker looks similar to any other crude carrier, but the most noticeable difference is the extra equipment at the bow of the vessel for single point mooring/unloading. Typically, a shuttle tanker is about 120,000 tons capacity and is at 16 knots rather faster than her conventional sister.
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VERY LARGE CRUDE CARRIER (VLCC)

is an ocean-going crude oil tanker of 200,000 to 299,999 dwt. These vessels have greater flexibility than ULCCs due to their smaller size.
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CAPESIZE

is an ocean-going cargo vessel that is physically too large to fit through the locks of either the Panama or Suez Canals Capsize vessels generally serve deep-water terminals handling raw materials, such as iron ore and coal.
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ULTRA LARGE CRUDE CARRIER (ULCC)

is an ocean-going crude oil tanker of 300,000 to 550,000 dwt. These vessels require custom built terminals for loading and discharge.

Dry Bulk Carrier

Destination Maritime is committed to providing a longstanding first-class service to its customers for the carriage of dry bulk cargo. A dry bulk carrier is a vessel designed to carry dry cargo in bulk. Cargoes such as grains, minerals, iron ore, coal, bauxite, alumina, phosrock, etc, but also general cargo such as bagged cargoes, forest products, and steel products.

The dry bulk segment can be further divided into many different sub-segments, some of them are:‍

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MINI-BULK CARRIERS

small vessels with a capacity of under 10.000 dwt. They are mostly used for short sea trades and river transport. The size allows these vessels to pass under bridges and navigate in shallow waters.
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HANDYSIZE AND HANDYMAXES

these vessels are usually equipped with 5 cargo holds and many of them have cranes and sometimes grabs. This will allow them to enter berths with less sophisticated loading or discharging facilities and they are often referred to as selfloading/selfdischarging vessels. Some vessels might be equipped with lashing materials and permanent or collapsible stanchions that make the bulkers able to load logs, or they might have a design suitable to transit the St. Lawrence Seaways (the Lakers).
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SUPRAMAX AND ULTRAMAX

bulkers have a deadweight normally ranging from about 40,000 to about 67,000 tons. Many of them are built with economical engines or other fuel saving features.
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PANAMAX, KAMSARMAX AND POST-PANAMAX

they are usually equipped with 7 cargo holds ranging from high 60,000 to 110,000 tons deadweight. The panamaxes are the smallest of these 3, built to suit the limitations in the Panama canal’s lock chambers - a beam of max 32.31 m, loa of max 294,13 m and draft up to 12.04 tropical fresh. The kamsarmaxes were built to suit restrictions set in Port Kamsar in Guinea, a port with a significant export of bauxite, allowing a maximum LOA of 229 meters. The Post-panamaxes will often be more beamy and are used to carry high cubic cargoes from draught restricted ports.
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CAPESIZE

are vessels too big to go through the Panama canal, thus they will go around Cape Horn to travel between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. They are mostly used in iron ore and coal traffic. Like for the Kamsarmaxes in the previous paragraph, the Newcastlemax will be the largest vessel able to enter the port of Newcastle in Australia. They have beams of max 50 meters and a max LOA of 300 meter and do normally have 9 holds/hatches.

Tankers

BUNKER TANKERS

LIGHTERS OR HARBOR TANKERS

HANDYSIZE

HANDYMAX

PANAMAX

AFRAMAX

SUEZMAX

SHUTTLE TANKER

VERY LARGE CRUDE CARRIER (VLCC)

CAPESIZE

ULTRA LARGE CRUDE CARRIER (ULCC)

Dry Bulk Carrier

MINI-BULK CARRIERS

HANDYSIZE AND HANDYMAXES

SUPRAMAX AND ULTRAMAX

PANAMAX, KAMSARMAX AND POST-PANAMAX

CAPESIZE

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