Fix freight faster. Charter smarter.
CharterDeck's AI reads your cargo or open position, finds the vessels or cargoes that genuinely fit, and compares them on real voyage economics and risk — so the right match is clear, and stays visible from fixture to discharge.
CharterDeck brings cargo requirements and open vessel positions together, uses AI to find suitable matches, compares them on voyage economics, ranks the options, and carries the chosen match through execution: Match, Offer, Fixture, Documents, Milestones, Loading, Voyage, Discharge.
Whether you have the cargo or the ship, the same AI finds the fit.
One side has a cargo to move; the other has a ship to fill. CharterDeck reads both and connects them on the terms that decide a voyage.
Cargo owners & charterers
Turn a cargo requirement into a shortlist of vessels that actually fit.
- Suitable vessel options for your cargo, not a raw list
- A faster shortlist from qualified tonnage
- Vessel suitability checked on capacity, type, gear, port and laycan
- Options compared on total voyage economics, not the freight rate alone
- Less uncertainty before you commit
- Visibility from the match through to discharge
Vessel owners & operators
Turn an open position into the cargoes worth chasing.
- Relevant cargo opportunities for your open position
- A shorter list of fits, not a flood of enquiries
- Ballast, idle time and utilization weighed into the picture
- Options compared on net voyage economics
- Fewer unsuitable opportunities to sift through
- Visibility from the match through to discharge
However it arrives, the AI takes it from there.
Keep working the way you already do. A cargo requirement, an open position, an email, a forwarded message, an attachment or a quick manual entry all feed the same AI — no new process to adopt.
- Cargo requirement
- Open vessel position
- Email text
- Forwarded message
- Attachment or document
- Manual entry
What the AI does with it
- Reads the message and any attachments
- Extracts the cargo or vessel fields
- Structures and normalizes the data
- Separates duplicates from new records
- Flags missing or conflicting information
- Feeds it straight into matching
From an enquiry or a position to a ranked, economics-aware match.
- 01
Bring in the requirement
A cargo requirement or an open vessel position arrives — from email, a document or a form.
- 02
AI reads and structures it
The AI turns free-text messages and attachments into a clean, structured cargo or vessel record.
- 03
Gaps and risks surface
Missing information, mismatches and risk signals are flagged before they cost you time.
- 04
Smart matching evaluates fit
The matching engine weighs suitable cargo–vessel combinations on capacity, type, gear, port and laycan.
- 05
Options are compared and ranked
Candidates are ranked on suitability, voyage economics and risk — with the reasons shown.
- 06
The chosen match is tracked
The selected match carries into offer, fixture and execution, all the way to discharge.
Not a keyword search — an AI that understands cargo and ships.
It reads the details that actually decide a fixture — capacity, type, gear, ports, laycan and voyage economics — and surfaces the fits with the reasoning shown.
Email & attachment parsing
Read cargo enquiries and vessel positions out of messages and documents.
Field extraction & normalization
Turn free text into structured, comparable cargo and vessel records.
Missing-information detection
Spot the fields that are absent or ambiguous before they distort a decision.
Cargo–vessel compatibility analysis
Assess capacity, type, gear, port and laycan fit — not just keyword overlap.
Explainable match reasoning
Show why an option fits, what is missing and what needs attention.
Voyage-economics comparison
Compare candidates on whole-voyage economics, not the headline rate.
Faster matches. Better economics. More reliable execution.
Faster
- Structure enquiries and positions with AI instead of re-keying them
- Catch missing or ambiguous information early
- Screen out unsuitable options before they waste time
- Build a shortlist from genuinely relevant candidates
- Cargo owners
- Cargo owners reach suitable vessel options sooner.
- Vessel owners
- Vessel owners reach relevant cargo opportunities sooner.
Better economics
The best match is rarely the lowest or highest rate — it's the option with the strongest overall voyage economics.
For cargo owners
- Look past the headline freight rate
- Weigh vessel suitability and whole-voyage economics together
- See the hidden cost behind a cheap-looking but weak-fitting option
For vessel owners
- Look past the headline rate
- Factor in cargo fit, ballast and idle impact, and utilization
- Surface the opportunities with the strongest net voyage economics
More reliable
- Structured, current cargo and vessel data
- Capacity, type, gear, port and laycan compatibility checks
- Explainable match results with risks and blockers in view
- Versioned commercial information and execution tracking
- Cargo owners
- Fewer unsuitable vessels, fewer hidden operational surprises.
- Vessel owners
- Fewer unsuitable cargoes, a clearer commercial and operational fit.
A score isn't an answer. The reasons are.
Every match comes with the thinking behind it — so you can judge the trade-offs, not just trust a number.
- Why it fits
- The concrete reasons a cargo and vessel match up.
- What's missing
- The information still needed to be sure.
- What may add cost
- The factors that could weaken the voyage economics.
- What may cause delay
- The signals that point to time risk.
- What needs attention
- The open items a person should review.
- How alternatives compare
- The trade-offs across the shortlisted options.
The decision doesn't end at the fixture.
CharterDeck isn't just a matching tool. The chosen match carries into offer, fixture and execution — so it stays visible all the way to discharge.
- Match
- Offer
- Fixture
- Documents
- Milestones
- Loading
- Voyage
- Discharge
Reading for cargo owners and vessel owners.
Join the waitlist.
CharterDeck is opening for early access in stages. Tell us whether you have cargo or an open vessel, and we'll let you know when it's your turn.
- No spam — only early-access news
- Cargo owners and vessel owners both welcome
- Shaped by the people who join first
Questions, answered.
- What is CharterDeck?
- CharterDeck is an AI-powered cargo–vessel platform. Its intelligence reads cargo requirements and open vessel positions, matches the options that genuinely fit, compares them on voyage economics and risk, and keeps the chosen match visible from fixture to discharge.
- Who is CharterDeck for?
- Cargo owners and charterers looking for the right vessel, and vessel owners and operators looking for the right cargo for an open position. Both work from the same qualified, comparable data.
- How does AI cargo–vessel matching work?
- The AI turns messages and documents into structured cargo and vessel records, checks capacity, type, gear, port and laycan compatibility, flags missing information and risks, and ranks the suitable options with the reasons shown — so the trade-offs are clear before you commit.
- How does CharterDeck help cargo owners?
- It turns a cargo requirement into a shortlist of genuinely suitable vessels, checks their fit, and compares them on total voyage economics — so you reach the right vessel faster and with fewer surprises.
- How does CharterDeck help vessel owners?
- It turns an open position into the cargo opportunities worth chasing, weighs ballast, idle time and utilization, and compares options on net voyage economics — so you spend less time on unsuitable enquiries.
- How does CharterDeck compare voyage economics?
- It compares candidate options on whole-voyage economics rather than the headline rate, using sourced assumptions and clear scenarios. The strongest option is the one with the best overall economics, not simply the lowest or highest rate.
- What makes a cargo–vessel match reliable?
- Structured, current data; capacity, type, gear, port and laycan compatibility checks; explainable results with risks and blockers surfaced; versioned commercial information; and execution tracking through to discharge.
- Does CharterDeck support the voyage after a match?
- Yes. A match carries into offer, fixture, documents, milestones and the loading, voyage and discharge timeline, so the decision you made stays visible and on track — not lost after the fixture.
- Is CharterDeck available now?
- CharterDeck is in active development and opening for early access in stages. Join the waitlist and we'll let you know when it opens for you.