An illustration of a cargo moving with CharterDeck: an enquiry arrives by email, the AI structures it into a cargo record and checks it for gaps and risks, finds and ranks the vessels that fit on voyage economics, the charter party is fixed, and the voyage is tracked milestone by milestone from loading at Odessa to discharge at Alexandria — Match, Offer, Fixture, Documents, Milestones, Loading, Voyage, Discharge. It closes with a flight over the Bosphorus to an office tower in Istanbul, where the CharterDeck logo lights up on the crown.
AI-supported chartering & shipbroking for cargo ownersFix freight faster. Charter smarter.
Our AI-supported system matches cargo and ships in seconds. You get the best options, explained, and a broker who negotiates the fixture.
The brokerage you know, done smarter. Every option explained.
Send us your cargo or your open position. Our AI-supported system does the matching, fast and on every detail; your broker does the negotiating.
- Fast
- Your cargo or open position matched against the market in seconds, so the options worth fixing reach you without lost days.
- Smart
- Size, type, gear, grabs, ports, draft, laycan and stowage checked at once, by a system that learns from every broker decision.
- Right
- The best options ranked on the whole voyage, each with the reasons it fits, and negotiated for you by your broker.
Cargo owners & charterers
Suitable ships found in seconds, the best options ranked with the reasons, and the negotiation run for you.
- Every vessel checked on size, type, gear, ports, draft and laycan at once
- The best options ranked on total voyage cost, not the headline rate
- Offers and counters negotiated by your broker
- Follow-up from recap to discharge
- Cargo
- Market coverage
- Suitable vessels
- Commercial options
- Negotiation
- Fixture
Shipowners & operators
Relevant cargo for your open position in seconds, ranked on what you would actually earn, and a broker negotiating your employment.
- Cargo orders matched against your ship, dates and trade in seconds
- Poor fits dropped with the reason, before they cost you time
- Ballast, idle time and utilization weighed, not only the rate
- Rate and terms negotiated by your broker, with follow-up to discharge
- Open vessel
- Market cargoes
- Relevant opportunities
- Commercial evaluation
- Negotiation
- Fixture
Chartering and shipbroking, by what you need.
Cargoes, ships and trades we fix most: Grain shipping · Fertilizer shipping · Cement and clinker shipping · Vegetable oil shipping · Handysize vessel charter · Supramax and Ultramax charter · Black Sea to Egypt grain freight · Northern Europe to Türkiye scrap freight
Brokerage, made smarter at every step.
The path to a fixture is the one you know. What changes is how each step is done.
- 01
Send it once, in any format
Forward a circular or an email, or use the one-minute form. Our AI-supported system turns it into a structured requirement in seconds and flags anything missing straight away.
By handThe enquiry is retyped, and missing details come to light days later.
- 02
The whole market read, not one inbox
Our system reads the orders, positions and circulars reaching the desk, removes duplicates and stale positions, and keeps every open date and position current.
By handA broker covers what fits into one day's inbox.
- 03
Every parameter matched in seconds
Size, type, gear, grabs, ports, draft, laycan and stowage are checked for every candidate at once. Poor fits are dropped with the reason written down.
By handFit is checked from memory, one ship at a time.
- 04
Ranked on the whole voyage, with the reasons
The shortlist is ranked on voyage economics and risk (ballast, port time, bunkers, delay) with the numbers side by side, so you see why each option is where it is.
By handOptions are compared on the headline rate.
- 05
Your broker negotiates with the full picture
Your broker takes the strongest options to market, and every offer, counter, subject and deadline is tracked, so nothing slips between messages.
By handOffers, counters and subjects live in scattered emails.
- 06
A clean fixture, and a sharper system
The recap is built from the terms actually agreed, the voyage is followed to discharge, and every decision teaches our matching what a good fixture looks like.
By handThe recap is retyped, and the lessons stay in one person's head.
The best options, with the reasons.
Our system ranks the options in seconds, and each one carries the thinking behind it, so you and your broker weigh the trade-offs before any offer goes out.
- 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 to settle before offers go out.
- How alternatives compare
- The trade-offs across the shortlisted options.
Matching that is fast, smart and right.
Cargo orders and open positions move through circulars, emails, calls and chat groups, mostly as free text. Working by hand, a desk reads only part of that flow and checks fit one ship at a time; that is a limit of manual processing, not of broking. Our AI-supported system reads the flow, matches every cargo and ship on every detail in seconds and learns from each broker decision, so the best options reach you faster and our brokers spend their time negotiating.
Matched in seconds
A cargo or an open position is matched against the market in seconds, not over days of calls and circulars.
Wider market coverage
The whole flow of orders, positions and circulars reaching the desk is read, with duplicates and stale positions removed.
Intelligent matching
Every detail that decides a fixture checked at once: size, type, gear, grabs, ports, draft, laycan and stowage.
Learns from every deal
Each broker confirmation, correction and fixture outcome makes the next match sharper.
The best options, explained
Ranked on voyage economics and risk, with why each one fits, what is missing and what could add cost.
Human accountability
An experienced broker owns every enquiry: the relationship, the judgement and the negotiation.
Clear about whose side we are on.
Cargo and owner interests can pull in opposite directions in the same negotiation. So we are explicit about the mandate we hold, and we work for it.
We act for our principal
Before we negotiate, we agree with you whose behalf we act on, and we then negotiate for that principal. We never promise the best price to both sides of the same deal.
A broker owns every deal
Our AI-supported system does the reading, matching and ranking at speed. An experienced broker owns the relationship, the judgement and the negotiation.
Reasoning you can check
Each option comes with why it fits, what is missing and what could add cost or delay.
Discretion as standard
Your cargo or position goes to market only as you instruct.
Send us your next cargo or open position.
It takes about a minute. Our system matches it in seconds, and your broker comes back to you with the best options.
- Only the essentials: we ask for the rest on the first call
- Goes straight to our chartering desk
- No obligation
Questions, answered.
- What is CharterDeck?
- CharterDeck is an AI-supported chartering and shipbroking company. Our system matches cargoes and ships in seconds on every detail that decides a fixture and ranks the best options with the reasons; experienced brokers then negotiate the fixture.
- Is CharterDeck a shipbroker or a software platform?
- A shipbroker. You work with CharterDeck brokers, not a self-service platform. Our AI-supported system is how we match faster and smarter across more of the market; judgement, relationships and negotiation stay with experienced people.
- Who does CharterDeck work with?
- Cargo owners and charterers who need tonnage, and shipowners and operators looking for employment for an open vessel. Both come into the same brokerage process.
- How do you find a vessel for my cargo?
- Send us the cargo: commodity, quantity, ports, laycan and terms. Our system matches it against the market in seconds on size, type, gear, ports, draft and laycan, ranks the best options on total voyage economics, and your broker takes the strongest ones to owners and negotiates the fixture for you.
- How do you find cargo for my open vessel?
- Send us the open position and the vessel's key particulars. Our system matches it against the cargo orders we receive in seconds, drops what doesn't fit, weighs ballast, idle time and utilization, and your broker works the opportunities worth fixing.
- How does CharterDeck use AI in chartering?
- To help our brokers find suitable vessels and cargoes faster, compare more options and run the commercial process more efficiently. Our AI-supported system reads orders and positions into structured records, screens out duplicates and poor fits, checks compatibility and flags missing details, and it learns from every decision our brokers make. Brokers review the options, judge the trade-offs and handle every negotiation. AI does not negotiate or fix vessels on its own.
- Whose side are you on in a negotiation?
- The side that mandates us. Before we negotiate, we agree with you whose behalf we act on, and we say so from the start. We don't promise the best price to both sides of the same deal; what we offer our principal is wider market coverage, better-matched options and a more efficient process.
- How do you compare voyage economics?
- We compare candidate options on whole-voyage economics rather than the headline rate, with the assumptions stated. The strongest option is the one with the best overall result for our principal, not simply the lowest or highest rate.
- What happens after the fixture?
- We stay on the deal after fixture. The recap, documents and voyage milestones are kept in one record and followed through loading, the voyage and discharge.
- How do I start?
- Send your cargo or open position with the one-minute form on this site, email it to our chartering desk or call the Istanbul office. A broker will review it and come back to you.