Maritime Intelligence & Digital Tools
KTB provides global clients with highly specialized vessel sourcing, contract negotiation, market research and analysis, and marine consulting services.
Our Story
KTB provides global clients with highly specialized vessel sourcing, contract negotiation, market research and analysis, and marine consulting services.
Since 1988, we have applied our boutique approach to help clients develop bespoke charter party terms, including Charterer protective clauses. We have decades of experience and relationships backing our approach.
We serve our clients through:
Vessel sourcing
Tactical transportation strategies
Streamline communication and supplier coordination
Negotiating marine contracts
Process integration
Information sharing services between supply chain partners
Developing strategic partnerships
Aligning marine and supply strategy
We work on two levels: chartering and operations – knit together
We source vessels that exceed client needs; negotiate the marine transportation contract; and follow the shipment through operationally. KTB is an integral part of the shipment process, functioning as a seamless extension of our Charterer’s marine, trading, and logistics desks.
We’ve built a legacy by exceeding our clients’ expectations — on a quest to be the best boutique marine transportation supply chain firm.
Shipbroking & Vessel Sourcing
We source the vessels that exceed your requirements and negotiate tailor-made charter party terms with charterer protective clauses — built on relationships that stretch back generations.
- Shipbroking and vessel sourcing
- Contract negotiation and RFP bids
- Tailor-made charter party terms
- Charterer protective clauses
- Tactical transportation strategy
Marine Consulting & Advisory Services
Beyond chartering, we provide the full range of advisory services that keep marine supply chains moving — from data-driven market intelligence to hands-on workshops.
- Consulting and outsourcing
- Data analytics and market reports
- Structured asset finance and shipbuilding contracts
- Expert witness services
- Marine knowledge workshops, research & feasibility studies
Built by shipping people, for shipping people.
Beyond consulting, we build the tools that give marine and freight teams certainty — before a voyage is fixed and before conditions change.
LPG Freight IQ
Price every LPG voyage with certainty
A pricing platform purpose-built for the LPG shipping industry, giving brokers and shipping teams reliable, consistent rate intelligence for every voyage.
- LPG voyage rate calculations
- Market-based pricing intelligence
- Built for brokers, charterers, and logistics teams
WEST
Confidence for marine ops teams when conditions are changing
A weather and environment decision-support platform that translates forecasts into operating-limit intelligence for marine terminal teams — before conditions close the window.
- Real-time environmental monitoring with transparent sourcing
- Threshold and time-to-action alerts calibrated per vessel and site
- Full audit trail across decisions and configuration changes
Track Record
Decades of specialized vessel sourcing and marine consulting, measured in the shipments we’ve helped move.
Specialized vessel sourcing and marine consulting since 1988.
Bulk liquid and dry bulk commodity shipments moved worldwide.
Shipping has been in our blood since the 1800s — and it still is.
Facilitated over $2 billion of freight.