Chartering

Short Sea Shipping

Main focus lays in the trading area covering the North Sea up to the whole Mediterranean Sea

Our day to day involvement in the short sea chartering business raised us into a primary position amongst both charterers and shipowners. As disponant owners, we operate a fleet of small box shaped coasters, ideal for dry-bulk, projects and breakbulk cargoes. The vessels are operated on the spot market and voyages can be custom made.

To meet  the demand of our customers we charter and broker extra coastal tonnage.

Most of our tonnages are sea-river traders, sailing up rivers (river Douro, Duisburg, …) or going into ports with low draft accessibility (for example Flixborough in the UK).

Ports called at in last years

Ports in RED are called on a very regular basis.

  • Algeria: Alger, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Djen Djen, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda
  • Belgium: Antwerp, Brugge, Brussels, Gent, Hoboken, Oostende, Puurs, Willebroek, Zeebrugge
  • Bulgaria: Bourgas
  • Cyprus: Limassol
  • Denmark: Aarhus, Büsum,Frederiksvaerk, Lindoe, Odense, Orehoved, Skive
  • Germany: Brake, Bremen, Brünsbuttel, Duisburg, Hamburg, Leer, Luebeck, Oldenburg, Papenburg, Rendsburg, Rostock, Stade
  • Gibraltar
  • Finland: Turku, Valko
  • France: Ajaccio, Arles, Bassens, Bayonne, Blainville sur Orne, Blaye, Bordeaux, Bouguenais, Brest, Caen, Cherbourg, Dieppe, Dunkerque, Elbeuf, Fecamp, Fos, Honfleur, Gennevilliers, La Pallice, Le Havre, Le Legue, Le Treport, Le Verdon, Limay, Lorient, Montoir, Nantes, Rochefort, Rouen, St Malo, St Nazaire, Tonnay, Treguier,
  • Spain: Alcudia, Algeciras, Algeposa, Alicante, Almeria, Arrinaga, Aviles, Barcelona, Bermeo, Bilbao, Cadiz, Carboneras, Cartagena, Castellon, Corcubion, Coruna, El Ferrol, Garrucha, Gijon, Huelva, Ibiza, Las Palmas, Malaga, Marin, Motril, Pasajes, Ribadeo, Sagunto, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Pola, Santander, Servimad, Sestao, Seville, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo, Villagarcia
  • Georgia: Poti
  • Greece: Eleusis, Kimolos, Milos Isl, Soussaki, Thessaloniki
  • Ireland: Belfast, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, Foynes, Waterford, Youghal
  • Italy: Augusta, Barletta, Cagliari, Civitavecchia, Genua, La Spezia, Livorno, Marina Di Carrara, Milazzo, Oristano, Piombino, Porto Empedolle, Porto Vesme, Sant Antioco, Taranto, Vibo Velentia
  • Latvia: Riga
  • Libya: Misurata
  • Malta: Marsaxlokk, Valletta

 

  • Morocco: Agadir, Casablanca, Jorf Lasfar, Kenitra, Mohammedia, Nador, Safi, Tanger
  • The Netherlands: Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Eemshaven, Flushing, Harlingen, Ijmuiden, Meppel, Moerdijk, Rotterdam, Schiedam, Terneuzen, Zwijndrecht
  • Norway: Arendal, Fredrikstad, Hoeyanger, Mekjarvik, Mo I Rana, Mongstad, Odda, Oslo, Skipavika, Stavanger
  • Poland: Balta, Gdansk, Gdynia, Karlshamn, Stettin
  • Portugal: Aveiro, Barreiro, Canical, Figueira da Foz, Leixoes, Lisbon, Ponta Delgada, Sardouro, Setubal, Sines, Varzea, Viana do Castelo
  • Romania: Constanta, Sulina
  • Russia: Mariupol, St. Petersburg
  • Senegal: Dakar
  • Sweden: Halmstad, Kolding, Landskrona, Malmoe, Oxelsund, Varberg
  • Tunisia: Bizerte, Gabes, La Goullette, Rades, Sfax, Sousse, Zarzis
  • Turkey: Aliaga, Ambarli, Autoport, Derince, Diliskelesi, Eregli, Evyap, Gemlik, Hereke, Iskenderun, Istanbul, Izmir, Kroman, Mersin, Nemrut Bay, Port of Limas, Rota, Saraylar, Yilport
  • Ukrain: Ilyichevsk, Kherson, Nikolaev, Odessa, Reni
  • UK: Aberdeen, Avonmouth, Ayr, Berwick, Birkenhead, Blyth, Boston, Bristol, Bromborough, Buckie, Cardiff, Chatham, Creeksea, Dawson Port, Dundee, Ellesmere Port, Erith Flixborough, Fowey, Garston, Glasgow, Goole, Grangemouth, Great Yarmouth, Grimsby, Grove Wharf, Gunness, Hartlepool, Holyhead, Howdendyke, Hull, Immingham, Invergordon, Inverness, Ipswich, Keadby, Kings Lynn, Kirkcaldy, Lerwick, Liverpool, Middlesborough, Mistley, Montrose, New Holland, Newcastle, Newport, Nigg, Perth, Plymouth, Poole, Raynes Jetty, Ridham Dock, Rosyth, Runcorn, Rue, Seaham, Sheernes, Shoreham, Silloth, Sittingbourne, Southampton, Sutton Bridge, Swansea, Teesport, Teigenmouth, Tilbury, Tyne, Warrenpoint, Wick, Workington

OPERATING AREA

Our experts

Pierre DurotCharteringTel: +32(0)32020201chartering@boeckmans.be
Frédéric VerbrakenCharteringTel: +32 (0)3 2020267chartering@boeckmans.be
Leen JochemsOperationsTel: +32 (0)3 2020243chartering@boeckmans.be
Eva Van SandeCharteringTel: +32 (0)3 2020293chartering@boeckmans.be