About Us
Pacific Basin Shipping Limited is one of the world’s leading owners and operators of modern Handysize and Supramax dry bulk vessels, our versatile and large owned fleet equips us for efficient trading and reliable service anytime and anywhere. Enhanced by a world-class in-house fleet management team, the Company is committed to sustainable shipping with a keen focus on seafarer safety, health and wellbeing, responsible environmental practice, performance optimisation for best fuel and carbon efficiency, and best-in-class service delivery
Hong Kong
Headquartered and Listed
14
Offices
392
Shore Staff
460+
customers
300+
owned and operated ships
4,500+
seafarers
Global Network
Our Dedication to Customer Satisfaction
We have a vast network of 11 commercial offices, as well as 4 technical/crewing offices, located in key locations worldwide. We are proud to offer our customers a fully integrated service, with all technical, crewing, chartering, commercial, and operational functions being performed in-house. This allows us to optimise our performance, maintain the highest standards of safety and quality, and deliver customised solutions to meet the unique needs of our customers
43
London
10
Dubai
2
Durban
Dalian
15
Tokyo
5
Hong Kong
219
Manila/ Iloilo
39
2
Singapore
12
Melbourne
Total 392 Staff
18
Vancouver
5
Stamford
9
Santiago
5
Rio de Janeiro
61 in Chartering and Asset Management
110 in Operations and Revenue Accounting
1 in Management
128 in Technical & Crewing
36 in Admin/IT/Sec
38 in Finance
11 in Digitalisation
2 in Sustainability
5 in Insurance & Legal
321
We operate
dry bulk vessels
113
Vessels
owned
25
Long-term Chartered
#
183
Short-term Chartered*
321
Total Fleet
^
Handysize
Supramax
63
50
14
11
73
110
150
171
#Number of long-term chartered vessels operated (including Index-linked chartered in vessels more than 1 year) and newbuildings as at 31 July 2024
*Number of short-term chartered vessels operated (no Index-linked chartered in vessels less than 1 year) as at 31 July 2024
^Average age of core fleet: 11.4 years old
Note: Table excludes 1 owned Capesize vessel
Our Cargo Volumes in 1H 2024
We carry a diverse range of commodities which helps reduce product risks and we provide service to 460+ industrial customers
44.7 million tonnes in 1H 2024
Minerals 10%
Salt
Sand & Gypsum
Soda Ash
4%
5%
1%
Agricultural Products & Related 30%
Grains & Agricultural Products
Fertiliser
Sugar
17%
11%
2%
Energy 15%
Coal
Petcoke
Wood Pellets
10%
5%
0%
Metals 16%
Construction Materials 29%
Ores
Concentrates
Alumina
Others
7%
5%
2%
2%
Cement & Cement Clinkers
Steel & Scrap
Logs & Forest Products
14%
10%
5%
Cargo Loading and Discharging Activity in 1H 2024
Middle East & India 11%
Australia & New Zealand 12%
Africa 5%
Asia 28%
Europe 14%
North America 15%
South America 15%
Strategic Model
- In-house technical management of all owned vessels
- In-house crewing to ensure highest quality and safety standards
- ISO 9001:2015 for our quality management system
- ISO 14001:2015 for our environmental management system
- ISO 45001:2018 for our occupational health & safety management system
- Extensive training for Masters, Chief Officers and Chief Engineers on cargo and commercial matters to ensure professional service for customers all the way
Comprehensive global office network
- Integrated international service enhanced by experienced commercial and technical staff around the world
- Being local facilitates clear understanding of and response to customers’ needs and first-rate personalised service
- Being global facilitates comprehensive market intelligence and cargo opportunities, and optimal trading and positioning of our fleet
Extensive know-how
- Port Captains to assist and add value to customers supply chain
- Operational and Chartering staff in all offices working closely together to deliver solutions for customers
- Transporting everything from parcels to full cargo loads, from bulk to break-bulk including project cargoes as well as dangerous or sensitive cargoes requiring special care
Large fleet & Modern versatile ships
- Large Fleet scale and interchangeable high-quality ships facilitate service flexibility for customers, optimised scheduling and maximised vessel and fleet utilisation
Sustainability
How we can collaborate with you
We stand ready to share information with you and help you model and understand the challenges and implications of new decarbonisation rules on your trades, with ideas for short-term mitigation and long-term solutions for compliance and the health of the environment
Initiatives to over-comply with CII rules (achieve voyage AER rating of say A or B) or to achieve compliance when the rules get much tighter, for example:
◼ Slow-steaming
◼ Just-in-time arrivals
◼ Other initiatives to reduce port time
◼ “Cold ironing” shore-power or battery packs for auxiliary power at berths
◼ Trialing biofuels and energy-efficiency innovations on ships performing your trades
◼ Retrofitting high capex energy-efficiency technologies on ships performing your trades
(eg rigid sail tech, methanol conversion, etc.)
◼ Optimising vessel deployment for lowest EEOI carbon intensity (while still complying on AER)
◼ Green COAs linked to any above initiatives
Please let us know if you have appetite for carbon intensity over-compliance or to collaborate in efforts to prepare for much stricter decarbonisation rules in the years ahead. We welcome discussion with you!