How to become a ship charterer

Official title: Ship charterer

Also called: Cargo and freight agent, Sea transport chartering manager, Chartering Manager, Senior Charterer/Charterer

Ship charterer supports the organisation’s chartering operations and arranges the chartering of ships to deliver cargoes. He/she supports client account management, addresses issues arising in the pre-fixture and post-fixture process and gathers data for potential business opportunities.

Main tasks

• Discussing buying or selling requirements of clients and giving advice accordingly
• Buying and selling cargo space on ships
• Finding cargo and/or storage space for commodities and negotiating freight, shipping and storage charges
• Monitoring and analysing market trends and other factors affecting the supply and demand for commodities and shipping services

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $148,788 a year. The middle half earn $82,320 to $220,320 a year.
• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Commodities trader (excluding oil, bunker and environmental commodities)
• Oil/Bunker trader
• Environmental commodities trader

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Questions people ask

How much does a ship charterer earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $148,788 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $82,320 to $220,320.

Will AI change the work of a ship charterer?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026