Chartering, freight and trade support for cargo owners and traders in West Africa.
Freight is one of the biggest landed costs and usually the least controlled. Keel takes it off the supplier and moves that margin to the trader.
In developmentFreight finance, so the shipping leg can move to FOB without the trader deploying capital.
We negotiate and fix on your behalf, review the charter party before you sign it, and stay with the cargo through discharge. Dry bulk, tankers, general cargo, containers and air freight.
Recaps are dense and the clauses that matter are rarely the ones that look important. We go through the terms before anything is agreed, flag what carries real exposure, and say plainly which position to take. The trader ends up knowing exactly where they stand without having to learn the language.
Demurrage is where money quietly disappears. We track laytime from the first notice of readiness and defend the claims that follow.
Working capital is often the reason importers stay on delivered terms. We work with trade finance providers to structure funding for the shipping leg, so a cargo you can sell is not a cargo you have to turn down.
Keel works for cargo owners. Never for shipowners.
Based between Dubai and Accra.