Pelorus Shipping

The Commercial Freight Desk Behind Industrial Supply Chains

Freight and chartering brokerage for bulk, breakbulk, and project cargo.

Pelorus helps cargo owners, traders, manufacturers, terminals, and industrial companies source and negotiate ocean, barge, terminal, storage, rail, and inland freight solutions.

BULK·BREAKBULK·PROJECT CARGO·OCEAN·BARGE·TERMINAL & STORAGE·RAIL·INLAND
Why Pelorus

Commercial experience where freight, cargo, and infrastructure meet.

Pelorus brings more than two decades of hands-on commercial experience across chartering, freight procurement, terminal strategy, industrial logistics, contract negotiation, and business development.

Pelorus connects cargo owners, traders, manufacturers, terminals, vessel interests, and transportation providers. We source suitable freight and terminal solutions, negotiate commercial terms, and help move transactions from opportunity through execution.

Pelorus is a broker and commercial representative — not a carrier, vessel operator, or terminal operator. We hold no transportation capacity of our own, so every recommendation is driven by our client's commercial outcome. About Pelorus →

What we do

Brokerage first. Broader support when you need it.

The core of Pelorus is freight and chartering brokerage for an individual transaction. Around it sit three supporting services for principals who need more than one fixture.

01 — CORE SERVICE

Freight & Chartering Brokerage

Source, negotiate, fix.
  • Vessel and carrier sourcing
  • Voyage charter and COA support
  • Freight-market evaluation and commercial negotiation
  • Charter-party coordination
  • Barge, terminal, storage, rail, and inland solution sourcing
02 — REPRESENTATION

Commercial Representation

Your commercial counterpart in the U.S. market.
  • U.S. representation for foreign producers, shipowners, operators, and industrial principals
  • Cargo and customer development
  • Terminal and logistics introductions
  • Market-entry support
  • Local commercial coordination
03 — PROGRAM

Outsourced Freight Management

Commercial oversight of a recurring program.
  • Recurring freight procurement and program development
  • Carrier and terminal negotiations
  • Shipment planning
  • Laytime and demurrage oversight
  • Commercial performance management
04 — PROJECTS

Terminal, Market Entry & Special Projects

Transaction-specific advisory and interim structures.
  • Terminal identification and evaluation
  • Commercial due diligence
  • Greenfield and acquisition support
  • Interim commercial and operating structures
  • Transition and handover planning
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How to engage

Start with the transaction in front of you.

Pelorus can be engaged for an individual shipment, recurring freight program, vessel or terminal requirement, commercial introduction, or U.S. representation mandate. The engagement is structured around the opportunity without requiring the client to build or outsource an entire logistics department.

Cargo requiring vessel or barge capacity
Vessel capacity requiring suitable cargo
A terminal, storage, rail, or inland requirement
A foreign principal seeking U.S. representation
A recurring freight program requiring commercial management
An industrial project requiring a coordinated logistics solution
Who we serve

Both sides of the transaction.

Pelorus works with the parties who own the cargo, the capacity, and the infrastructure — connecting them and negotiating the commercial terms between them.

Cargo owners & industrial shippers
Commodity traders & importers
Manufacturers & foreign producers
Shipowners, operators & transportation providers
Terminal & warehouse operators
Developers & investors in industrial logistics
Foreign principals entering the U.S. market
Companies without a dedicated freight desk
Industries

Industrial supply chains we know.

Cargo owners, producers, industrial buyers, commodity companies and investors — not freight intermediaries.

Cement & Aggregates
Mining & Minerals
Metals
Agriculture & Fertilizer
Forest Products
Energy & Industrial Materials
Project & Industrial Cargo
How it works

Three steps from requirement to execution.

A straightforward process, sized to the transaction in front of you.

01

Share the requirement

Cargo, volume, timing, origin, destination, and operational constraints.

02

Evaluate the market

Pelorus identifies suitable transportation, terminal, and commercial options.

03

Structure the transaction

Pelorus supports negotiation, counterparty coordination, and commercial execution.

We give a straight read on each requirement — including when the market, the timing, or the economics say a transaction should not be done.

OUR PURPOSE

To be the broker our clients turn to when a cargo, a vessel, a terminal, or a market entry needs to move from opportunity to a signed, executed transaction.

OUR VALUES
INTEGRITY
We do the right thing.
INDEPENDENCE
We provide unbiased advice — never a position against you.
EXPERTISE
We bring deep commercial freight knowledge.
COMMITMENT
We are dedicated to our clients' success.
Careers

Join the desk.

Pelorus posts all open positions through our talent partner, Trovant Talent. Submit your details there and you'll be matched to any current or upcoming role that fits — across chartering, operations and commercial oversight.

Start a conversation

Have cargo, capacity, or a
commercial requirement?

Tell us what you are trying to move, place, source, or develop. An early-stage opportunity is enough — name, company, email, and what you're looking for will start the conversation.