Offer your open tonnage to every desk

Today an open ship goes out as a position list to the brokers you know, and each of them passes it on to the charterers they know. A listing on the marketplace is read by every desk on the platform at once, and by anyone who opens the board without an account.

Brokers still see it and still work it. What changes is that a charterer with a cargo for her can see her too, and answer directly.

Pick the ship from the world fleet register by name or IMO number, so her deadweight, year built and size class come from the register and are not retyped. Add where she opens, between which dates, and anything you want to say about terms.

Post it under your company name or as "a ship owner". A rate idea stays hidden unless you choose to show it. Withdraw the listing or mark it fixed the moment she is.

Anyone can read the board, with no account. Answering a listing needs an account, so every enquiry carries the sender's name, company and address, and one desk can send one enquiry per listing. If you posted anonymously, your name goes only to the enquirer you reply to.

A ship posted by her own owner or manager carries a verified-owner mark once a person at Neptune Labs has read the paper that ties your company to her. A broker offering a ship on an owner's behalf posts without the mark.

The board is where a conversation starts. The negotiation continues by mail and phone, as it always has, and Neptune Atlas is not a party to the fixture.

Posting needs a free account, which takes no card and allows three listings live at once. Withdrawing one frees its slot. Paid plans raise the ceiling: ten on Desk, twenty-five on Chartering, and no ceiling on Fleet, with the fleet screen, certificates and survey calendar alongside.

The rest of the owner's side is on the page for ship owners, the cargo side of the board is described for cargo owners and charterers, and the plans say what each tier holds.