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 more than 20 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 around 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

8.4% 21.0% 21.6% 2.4% 19.2% 0.6% 8.4% 8.4% 4.2% 4.8% 0.6% 0.6%
No Vessel Type Size Group DWT Year Built
1 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 12274 2001
2 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 23186 2011
3 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 30000 2011
4 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 32626 2010
5 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33647 2011
6 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33647 2011
7 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33660 2011
8 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33682 2011
9 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33684 2011
10 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33716 2010
11 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33716 2011
12 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33717 2011
13 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 34529 2010
14 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 34604 2012
15 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 35112 2011
16 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37019 2012
17 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37070 2012
18 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37152 2011
19 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37152 2012
20 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37163 2012
21 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37302 2010
22 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38147 2014
23 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38204 2012
24 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38635 2015
25 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38668 2015
26 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38680 2015
27 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38709 2016
28 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38709 2017
29 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38709 2017
30 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38709 2017
31 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38709 2017
32 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38710 2015
33 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38780 2016
34 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38785 2016
35 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38792 2015
36 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38800 2015
37 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38800 2015
38 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38800 2016
39 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38800 2015
40 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38800 2016
41 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38800 2018
42 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38835 2016
43 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 39000 2019
44 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 39045 2016
45 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 39099 2016
46 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 39800 2020
47 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 39851 2019
48 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 39875 2019
49 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 39900 2021
50 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 53146 2019
51 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 55429 2009
52 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 55621 2010
53 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 55639 2009
54 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 55682 2006
55 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 56726 2010
56 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 56729 2012
57 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 56836 2009
58 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 56836 2010
59 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 56856 2011
60 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 57000 2012
61 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 57000 2012
62 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 57017 2010
63 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 57022 2010
64 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58000 2011
65 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58000 2011
66 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58000 2011
67 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58000 2011
68 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58018 2010
69 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58758 2012
70 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58761 2009
71 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 61114 2014
72 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 61122 2014
73 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 61250 2014
74 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 61380 2012
75 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 61392 2014
76 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 61436 2016
77 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63229 2016
78 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63472 2015
79 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63493 2015
80 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63496 2018
81 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63500 2019
82 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63555 2019
83 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63800 2015
84 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63800 2020
85 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63878 2019
86 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 74247 2001
87 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 75000 2010
88 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 76801 2004
89 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 76899 2010
90 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 80596 2012
91 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 80982 2017
92 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81058 2018
93 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81061 2019
94 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81119 2019
95 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81200 2020
96 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81464 2020
97 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81500 1900
98 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81500 2020
99 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81500 2020
100 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81600 2019
101 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81600 2020
102 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81600 2021
103 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81600 2021
104 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81600 2020
105 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81659 2012
106 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82000 2021
107 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82000 2008
108 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82000 2012
109 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82000 2017
110 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82000 2020
111 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82014 2015
112 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82092 2018
113 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82172 2014
114 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82252 2021
115 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 83476 2010
116 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 83610 2008
117 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 83611 2009
118 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 83688 2009
119 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 84800 2021
120 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 84800 2022
121 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 84800 2021
122 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 93200 2011
123 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 169138 2010
124 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 175607 2011
125 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 175820 2010
126 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 176818 2010
127 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 179549 2015
128 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 179816 2014
129 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180000 2010
130 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180157 2010
131 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180223 2011
132 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180355 2012
133 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180694 2013
134 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180818 2013
135 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 181000 2013
136 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 199997 2017
137 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 206366 2007
138 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 207547 2014
139 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2019
140 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2019
141 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2020
142 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2019
143 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2020
144 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2019
145 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2019
146 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2020
147 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208428 2019
148 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208471 2020
149 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 209325 2016
150 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 210036 2014
151 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 228527 2009
152 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 250380 2016
153 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 260839 2016
154 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 261084 2017
155 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 261085 2017
156 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 261088 2017
157 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 262000 2015
158 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400032 2015
159 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400065 2014
160 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400101 2014
161 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400398 2012
162 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400440 2012
163 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400535 2012
164 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400606 2011
165 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400606 2012
166 Bulk Carrier General Cargo Self-unloader Ship 47257 1999
167 Bulk Carrier Ore-Bulk-Oil Carrier 174634 2015