Our Story
Established in April of 2009, True North Chartering has spent the past decade as a leader in the tanker brokerage sector. We pride ourselves on a focus on providing the best possible service, value, and relations to our global client base. With a mixture of youth and experience, we are dynamic in solving the upcoming challenges and demands of the marine freight industry. In our inaugural year, we have grown from five employees to a brokering team comprised of five CPP brokers, six DPP brokers, and five within our TC/S&P/Research department. To support this active brokering desk, we have built a post-fixture team of three operations and one claims personnel to follow through with the needs of all parties involved. Since our inception, we have built our market presence by working with a diverse group of oil companies, traders, and ship owners across all tanker sectors in both spot and period.
Our Services
True North Chartering delivers expert support at every stage of the tanker chartering process, combining precision, integrity, and deep industry insight.
Chartering
- Our chartering team prides itself on obtaining the best possible agreement for all parties involved from start to finish. This approach requires expertise as well as a continuous flow of up-to-the-minute information and reporting. By building career-long relationships with many of the industry’s Charterers and Owners, we are prepared for the constant challenges and changes of the market. We also pride ourselves on the negotiation of terms and clauses to best suit everyone involved. Helping our clients find the most suitable counterparty on a daily basis is our ultimate goal.
Operations
- The True North Chartering Operations team manages all aspects of each voyage we broker, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our dedicated, in-house professionals offer expertise that is second to none, as we share our considerable current knowledge of global practices, along with key local/regional issues. Our Operations team’s contribution begins prior to a voyage commencing. Utilizing real-time analysis of conditions at various load and discharge ports, our Operations advise the broker staff on specific charter party clauses that might need to be modified for the protection of our clients. Our valuable service not only relieves clients of significant back office workload, but it also assures that their voyages are being managed by professionals dedicated to providing trouble-free, non-mailbox service.
Research
- Our research team is tasked with tracking historical market data and providing projections for the forward tanker market environment. While working alongside our Chartering desks and through our extensive contacts throughout the Oil and Shipping Industry, our research department uses a combination of data modelling, and years of experience to assess past, present and future supply and demand balances. The real-time information gathered through this process provides our clients with essential tools to aid in future freight decisions.
“Our goal is to provide well-informed, honest, hardworking service to our clients. The result is value added in both brokering and post-fixing operations.”
- True North Chartering Team
