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

5.9% 17.2% 15.4% 5.3% 21.3% 4.1% 0.6% 12.4% 5.9% 7.1% 4.7%
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 32626 2010
4 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33647 2011
5 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33660 2011
6 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33682 2011
7 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33684 2011
8 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33716 2011
9 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 33717 2011
10 Bulk Carrier Handysize Bulk Carrier 34960 2011
11 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37000 2023
12 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37019 2012
13 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37071 2012
14 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37152 2011
15 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37152 2012
16 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37400 2013
17 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37402 2023
18 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 37405 2013
19 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38147 2014
20 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38204 2012
21 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38500 2021
22 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38525 2019
23 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38640 2018
24 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38668 2015
25 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38690 2015
26 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38709 2015
27 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38742 2015
28 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38749 2017
29 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38762 2017
30 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 38792 2015
31 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 39851 2019
32 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 39887 2020
33 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40083 2017
34 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40098 2017
35 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40237 2023
36 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40238 2022
37 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40262 2022
38 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40276 2023
39 Bulk Carrier Handymax Bulk Carrier 40282 2023
40 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 55429 2009
41 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 55621 2010
42 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 55639 2009
43 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 56836 2009
44 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 56836 2010
45 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 56856 2011
46 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 57017 2010
47 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 57889 2012
48 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58000 2011
49 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58000 2011
50 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58000 2011
51 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58000 2011
52 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58018 2010
53 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 58761 2009
54 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 61281 2017
55 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 61380 2012
56 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63132 2015
57 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63472 2015
58 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63493 2015
59 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63496 2018
60 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63500 2019
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 63800 2015
64 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 63878 2019
65 Bulk Carrier Supramax/Ultramax Bulk Carrier 64000 2023
66 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 74247 2001
67 Bulk Carrier Panamax Bulk Carrier 75000 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 80860 2020
81 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 80982 2017
82 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81058 2018
83 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81061 2019
84 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81119 2019
85 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81200 2020
86 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81464 2020
87 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81500 2020
88 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81500 2020
89 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81500 2020
90 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81600 2019
91 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81600 2020
92 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81650 2023
93 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81659 2012
94 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81700 2023
95 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 81798 2014
96 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82000 2008
97 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82000 2012
98 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82014 2015
99 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82092 2018
100 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82172 2014
101 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82367 2023
102 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82406 2023
103 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 82558 2021
104 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 83476 2010
105 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 83610 2008
106 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 83611 2009
107 Bulk Carrier Kamsarmax Bulk Carrier 83688 2009
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 Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 85000 2022
112 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 85303 2022
113 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 93200 2011
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 95758 2021
117 Bulk Carrier Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 95758 2021
118 Bulk Carrier Mini Capesize Bulk Carrier 106445 2007
119 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 174634 2015
120 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 175607 2011
121 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 175820 2010
122 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 176818 2010
123 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 179329 2009
124 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 179549 2015
125 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180000 2010
126 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180156 2010
127 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180487 2018
128 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180503 2017
129 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180512 2018
130 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180521 2018
131 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180694 2013
132 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 180818 2013
133 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 181000 2013
134 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 181009 2014
135 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 181010 2015
136 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 181020 2014
137 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 181044 2017
138 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 182859 2017
139 Bulk Carrier Capesize Bulk Carrier 199997 2017
140 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 206366 2007
141 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 207547 2014
142 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2019
143 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2019
144 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2020
145 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2020
146 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2019
147 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 208000 2020
148 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 209190 2017
149 Bulk Carrier Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier 209325 2016
150 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 228527 2009
151 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 250345 2015
152 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 250380 2016
153 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 250599 2011
154 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 260840 2017
155 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 260840 2016
156 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 261085 2017
157 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 261088 2017
158 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 297541 2008
159 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 324988 2022
160 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 324995 2020
161 Bulk Carrier Very Large Ore Carrier 327017 2007
162 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400000 2012
163 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400032 2015
164 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400065 2014
165 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400101 2014
166 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400398 2012
167 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400535 2012
168 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400606 2011
169 Bulk Carrier Valemax Ore Carrier 400606 2012