Bulk Carriers

A bulk carrier is a ship specially designed to transport unpackaged dry bulk cargo such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils, cement in its cargo holds. Dry bulk cargo can be very dense, corrosive, or abrasive, that may cause safety problems – cargo shifting, spontaneous combustion, cargo saturation – and threaten the vessel.

On bulk carriers, crew are involved in operation, management and maintenance of the vessel, taking care of safety, navigation, maintenance and cargo care in accordance with international maritime legislation. Cargo loading operations vary in complexity where loading and discharging of cargo can take several days.

Our Expertise in Bulk Carrier Ship Management

BSM is the bulk carrier ship manager of choice for reputable ship owners thanks to its extensive track record in this space. Our bulk carrier charterers have very stringent requirements for quality ship management and asset preservation due to their own safety standards and benchmarks which are getting closer to those of oil majors. The quality of our people on shore and aboard have the best expertise and skills due to training as well as stringent hiring and selection criteria.

BSM has over 50 years of experience in managing bulk carriers since the 1970s, with specialist capability in the effective maintenance of hatch covers, cargo hold coatings, cranes and ballast tanks. We are currently managing over 170 bulk carriers of various sizes – Very Large Ore Carriers, Capesize, Panamax, Handymax, Handysize, Self-unloader – that transport a broad range of cargoes. These include the largest bulk carriers, Valemax, built to date, with carrying capacity up to 400,000 DWT.

Operational Excellence

As part of our operational excellence, BSM possesses excellent RightShip vessel inspection results, ensuring that ships under management are maintained in peak condition throughout the entire life span. We are in full compliance with International Safety Management (ISM) requirements to ensure safe and efficient vessel operations.

BSM is a member of key industry bodies such as the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network and Intercargo. Our RightShip group subscription, enables us to monitor the status of our vessels closely to ensure excellent RS ratings across our bulk carrier fleet.

VESSELS UNDER FULL SHIP MANAGEMENT & CREW MANAGEMENT

5.9% 14.8% 17.8% 5.3% 21.9% 5.3% 0.6% 17.2% 7.7% 3.6%
No Vessel Type Size Group DWT Year Built
1 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 12274 2001
2 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 17013 2007
3 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 23186 2011
4 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 32626 2010
5 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33477 2011
6 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33647 2011
7 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33660 2011
8 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33684 2011
9 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33716 2011
10 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 34960 2011
11 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37000 2023
12 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37400 2013
13 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37402 2023
14 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37405 2013
15 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38147 2014
16 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38204 2012
17 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38500 2021
18 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38525 2019
19 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38640 2018
20 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38668 2015
21 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38690 2015
22 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38742 2015
23 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38749 2017
24 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38762 2017
25 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38792 2015
26 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 39851 2019
27 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 39887 2020
28 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40059 2015
29 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40083 2017
30 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40098 2017
31 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40237 2023
32 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40238 2022
33 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40262 2022
34 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40276 2023
35 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40282 2023
36 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 55429 2009
37 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 55621 2010
38 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 55639 2009
39 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 55782 2013
40 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 56836 2009
41 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 56836 2010
42 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 56856 2011
43 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 57889 2012
44 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58000 2011
45 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58000 2011
46 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58000 2011
47 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58000 2011
48 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58092 2010
49 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58761 2009
50 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 61281 2017
51 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 61380 2012
52 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63132 2015
53 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63340 2016
54 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63410 2016
55 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63493 2015
56 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63496 2017
57 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63500 2023
58 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63500 2024
59 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63500 2024
60 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63500 2023
61 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63555 2019
62 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63555 2019
63 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63878 2019
64 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 64000 2023
65 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 64090 2023
66 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 74247 2001
67 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 74967 2010
68 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 75603 2010
69 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 75603 2011
70 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 75800 2016
71 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 76180 2015
72 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 76180 2015
73 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 76180 2014
74 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 76801 2004
75 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 80370 2010
76 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 80559 2020
77 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 80573 2021
78 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 80595 2021
79 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 80596 2012
80 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 80776 2020
81 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 80982 2017
82 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81464 2020
83 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81500 2020
84 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81500 2020
85 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81500 2020
86 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81600 2020
87 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81600 2021
88 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81628 2013
89 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81650 2023
90 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81650 2023
91 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81659 2012
92 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81712 2013
93 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81798 2014
94 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82000 2012
95 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82014 2015
96 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82092 2018
97 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82172 2014
98 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82331 2008
99 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82352 2024
100 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82367 2023
101 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82406 2023
102 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82406 2023
103 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82558 2021
104 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 83610 2008
105 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 83611 2009
106 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 84740 2024
107 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 84740 2023
108 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 84740 2023
109 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 84800 2022
110 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 84989 2021
111 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 85000 2022
112 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 85302 2023
113 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 85303 2022
114 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 95000 2021
115 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 95000 2021
116 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 95707 2013
117 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 95758 2021
118 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 95758 2021
119 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 98681 2011
120 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 98697 2012
121 Bulk Carrier Mini Capesize Bulk Carrier 106445 2007
122 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 175607 2011
123 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 175820 2010
124 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 176818 2010
125 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 179329 2009
126 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 179461 2011
127 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 179469 2011
128 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180487 2018
129 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180503 2017
130 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180512 2018
131 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180521 2018
132 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180694 2013
133 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180818 2013
134 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 181000 2013
135 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 181009 2014
136 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 181010 2015
137 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 181020 2014
138 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 181044 2017
139 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 182674 2011
140 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 182859 2017
141 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 206366 2007
142 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 207547 2014
143 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 208000 2019
144 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 208000 2020
145 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 208000 2020
146 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 208000 2020
147 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 208000 2019
148 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 208000 2020
149 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 209190 2017
150 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 209325 2016
151 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 228527 2009
152 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 250345 2015
153 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 250380 2016
154 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 250599 2011
155 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 260840 2017
156 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 260840 2016
157 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 261085 2017
158 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 261088 2017
159 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 297541 2008
160 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 324988 2021
161 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 324995 2020
162 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 326924 2008
163 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 327017 2007
164 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400000 2012
165 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400032 2015
166 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400065 2014
167 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400535 2012
168 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400606 2011
169 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400606 2012