Senior commercial freight management for cargo owners. We structure, negotiate, and execute your bulk, breakbulk, and project cargo for a fixed per-ton fee — so we earn the same whether freight runs high or low, and never take a position against you.
More than a broker. Less than a full internal department.
Pelorus is an outsourced commercial freight desk for companies that move cargo but don't want to build — or can't justify — a full internal freight department.
We sit on the cargo owner's side of the table: structuring freight properly, negotiating it hard, executing it cleanly, and protecting margin across ocean, barge, and inland lanes — with the commercial discipline of a senior desk and none of the fixed overhead.
Buy your freight well, run it clean, and prove the result. Engage us for one pillar or all three.
For organisations handling bulk, breakbulk, project, industrial, and commodity cargoes.
Anyone can fix a vessel. What sets Pelorus apart is whose side we're on — and how we're paid.
Your standing freight desk, not a voyage-by-voyage vendor. We work as your commercial department would — and stay exclusive to you within your lanes.
You pay a set fee per freight ton — never a percentage of the freight bill. We earn the same whether the rate runs high or low, so our only incentive is to drive your freight down.
We don't trade freight or take the other side of your cargo. No spread, no hidden principal — pure representation of the cargo owner, start to finish.
A broker's incentive points the wrong way. A trading shop can hold a position against you. An in-house desk is slow and expensive. Pelorus is the option none of them can copy without breaking their own model.
Paid a commission that rises with your freight bill. Useful — but owns none of your outcome, and the incentive points the wrong way.
Charters and trades freight as principal. Capable on execution, but can hold a position against your cargo — and is hired voyage by voyage.
A dedicated team gives control, but is expensive to build, slow to stand up, and hard to staff with senior commercial experience.
Embedded senior oversight across the cycle, on a fixed per-ton fee, never a position against you.
One-off commercial support for a specific cargo or voyage.
Ongoing freight management for a repeating cargo flow.
Structure and negotiate contracts of affreightment over time.
Exclusive, fully managed commercial freight oversight.
Freight is often the largest controllable cost in the supply chain — and one of the easiest places to quietly erode margin.
Poor structure, weak market timing, unclear responsibilities, and unmanaged voyage execution can turn profitable cargo into a loss.
Pelorus gives you senior commercial freight experience — applied to your specific cargo, lanes, and contracts — without the fixed cost of building it in-house.
Freight structured properly, margin protected, execution risk reduced, and better commercial decisions made with confidence.
Better freight decisions. Better cargo economics.
Tell us about your cargo, lanes, and what you're trying to solve. We'll come back with a straight read on whether and how we can help.