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SwissMarine is a Cape and Panamax service-provider which commenced operations in
2001.
It has become a world class freight provider controlling in excess of 50 capes, 25 panamaxes and 6 supramaxes.
Revenues in 2010 were in excess of USD 1.3 billion and cargo carried exceeded 69 million tons.
Swissmarine is managed by a team with a long history of building and running bulk freight trading businesses. |
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SwissMarine is different from most freight operators in two respects :
1. It believes that its reason for existence lies in being a service provider to its client base.
2. It has a major focus on just a few routes.
Most of our business is generated by providing advice and quotes to our customer
base during the sales process. We aim to sell as cheaply as possible to our
customers, i.e. to create cost effective transport solutions by utilizing
combination cargoes, cost savings through volume, and through utilizing FFA's or
other hedge tools.
Besides this service aspect of our business, we will use the information generated to trade for our own account. Most of the time this involves taking spread positions and nearby speculative/flat price positions.
Whilst doing this we believe we can only deliver superior value to our customers by focusing on just a few routes. These are WC Americas (inbound and outbound), Richards Bay to Europe (plus inbound trades to those areas) and Colombia to Europe. This allows us to combine in- and outbound cargoes, create combination liftings, achieve cost savings and in general provide superior market knowledge about these niches.
We will occasionally handle other traffic for our customers. However this will always be on a less dedicated and more opportunistic basis. |
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