Clipper Bulkhandling Pool offers members global reach through Clipper Bulk’s major chartering hubs – Copenhagen, Hong Kong, and Houston – supported by representatives in Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, and Oslo. Being an active player in local shipping centers gives us better access to the global deal-flow.
Geared tonnage is our core business, and Clipper Bulk’s long-term commitment to Supramax/Ultramax empowers us to be a stable, consolidating factor in a fragmented market. We offer owners economies of scale and premium earnings, while they retain full asset control and flexibility.
With the transfer of key people, trademark and activities from Bulkhandling Pool, founded by Klaveness in 1962, we continued our journey, combining legacy with commercial craftmanship.
Clipper Bulkhandling Pool has consistently outperformed the Baltic Supramax Index. We maximize earnings through vessel positioning, timing, and duration of fixtures. Pool members get access to repositioning cargoes, and back-haul cargoes enable cross trade and repositioning of tonnage between the basins. Pool members benefit from Clipper’s well-established trades and routes, for instance the dedicated teams specializing in steel parceling business from Asia and North Western Europe to the Americas.
Risk management is reflected in everything we do.
We offer full transparency on profit sharing among members, and uniform charter parties secure fairness and efficiency. To us, equal treatment of pool members is a matter of course.
We assign a dedicated operator to pool members, and the operator continuously interacts with owners to secure each vessel’s integrity and optimize its performance. Throughout each journey, we keep owners constantly updated with reports and energy deviation alerts. To ensure that each vessel’s potential is fully exploited, we offer members access to COACH Solutions’ complete solution for Noon-Reporting, Vessel Performance & Weather Routing.
We rely on the partnership with an experienced technical manager for problem solving and advice. For pool members requiring a fully integrated approach to commercial and technical management, we offer technical management and crewing through this partnership.
For more information on the pool, please contact:
Hans N. Olstad, Vice President, tel. +47 9115 8210, hno@clipper-group.com
Thomas Jarde, Senior Vice President, tel. +45 4911 8131, tja@clipper-group.com