LaycanDeskSteel coil and plates breakbulk freight
Hot-rolled coil, plates, billets and rebar bundles on MPP, Handysize and Supramax tonnage. Breakbulk freight for hot-rolled coil, steel plates, billets and rebar bundles: part cargoes of 600 to 5,000 tonnes on MPP sailings and full stems of 15,000 to 35,000 tonnes on Handysize and Supramax tonnage, from Vietnam, China, Korea and Türkiye to the Gulf, Iraq, Egypt and the US Gulf.
Steel ships on its own weight. Hot-rolled coils of 10 to 30 tonnes are stowed on their side in cradles or dunnage beds, coil against coil in the wings, and lashed with chains and wire because a loose coil moves a ship's stability, not just her cargo. Plates travel flat in stacks with dunnage between tiers; billets and rebar go in strapped bundles of two to three tonnes lifted by crane and grab-hook. Box-shaped holds take the stow best, which is why Handysize bulkers with clean box holds and MPP ships with tween decks dominate the trade over ships with hopper sides. Loading runs at 2,000 to 4,000 tonnes a day by shore crane and less by ship's gear; a Supramax stem of 25,000 to 35,000 tonnes of coil fills the ship on weight long before it fills her on volume.
Send us the piece list: product, coil or plate weight and dimensions, number of units, total tonnage, load and discharge ports with the crane arrangement at each, laycan and the charterer's name. A 600 to 5,000 tonne parcel goes against the MPP and liner sailings on the board; a full 15,000 to 35,000 tonne stem goes to owners of geared Handysize and Supramax tonnage opening in the load area. Every counterparty is screened before an owner sees the cargo, and a ship goes against it only after her IMO number has cleared. Owners hear from us only when a stem fits their ship, and charterers get named candidates with hold shape and gear, not a general level.
How it ships
- Coils in cradles, lashed with chains and wire
- Plates flat with dunnage between tiers
- Billets and rebar in strapped bundles
- Box holds and tween-deckers preferred
- 2,000–4,000 MT/day by shore crane
Load areas
- Vietnam (Phu My, Hai Phong)
- China (Tianjin, Caofeidian, Zhangjiagang)
- Korea (Pohang, Gwangyang)
- Türkiye (Iskenderun, Gemlik)
- India west coast and Oman
Discharge areas
- Arabian Gulf (Jebel Ali, Dammam, Jubail)
- Iraq (Umm Qasr)
- Egypt (Alexandria, Damietta)
- US Gulf (Houston, New Orleans)
- East and West Africa
Ships that carry it
The cargo itself, on Commbril
Questions charterers and owners ask
Why do owners ask for the coil weight before anything else?
Because the tank-top strength and the lashing plan are worked out per coil. A hold rated for 20-tonne coils in cradles cannot take 30-tonne coils in the same stow, and the number of cradles and lashings decides how many days the ship sits loading. The piece list settles that in one exchange.
Can a bulk carrier take coils, or does it have to be an MPP?
Both. Handysize and Supramax bulkers with box-shaped holds carry the full 15,000 to 35,000 tonne coil and plate stems; MPP ships with tween decks take the smaller parcels and mixed lots of coil, plate and bundles. Hopper-sided holds waste space and make the stow harder, so we ask owners for the hold shape.
Do you fix part cargoes of steel?
Yes. Parcels of 600 to 5,000 tonnes go against MPP and liner sailings that sell space per tonne or per freight ton, and can be combined with other steel parcels on the same rotation when laycans fit.
What do you need from an owner with steel-suitable tonnage?
Name, IMO number, dwt, hold shape and tank-top strength, gear, open port and dates. Box-hold Handysizes and tween-deck MPPs opening in the Far East, India, the Gulf or the East Med are the positions steel stems most often need.