tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post6193987014478993009..comments2024-02-23T00:46:53.433-08:00Comments on The Virtual Shipbroker: Insider guide to Shipbroking - TipThe Virtual Shipbrokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194680475223774516noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-6129797578969828912015-08-17T18:14:48.101-07:002015-08-17T18:14:48.101-07:00Hi Nate
You can download the e-book from this ver...Hi Nate<br /><br />You can download the e-book from this very blog!...<br /><br />I wrote inside shipbroking just for people like you...<br /><br />Good luck and thanks for stopping by...The Virtual Shipbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194680475223774516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-83070562638597683062015-08-17T01:27:27.726-07:002015-08-17T01:27:27.726-07:00Hi there! I am actually an experienced realtor and...Hi there! I am actually an experienced realtor and have done well over the last 7 years but am now looking for a possible career change and would really appreciate your advice. I am in my late 30s now, would it be too late to enter this field? I assume I would enter in a trainee program? What is the compensation structure usually like in terms of base salary and commissions? I live in Dubai and INatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-64617745239650421692012-05-02T17:52:49.966-07:002012-05-02T17:52:49.966-07:00check wiki...check wiki...The Virtual Shipbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194680475223774516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-2856182331592032482010-10-07T06:47:41.308-07:002010-10-07T06:47:41.308-07:00how they calculating BDI Index can you explain bre...how they calculating BDI Index can you explain breifly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-45610224198928656002010-04-11T23:05:15.822-07:002010-04-11T23:05:15.822-07:00Both methods are great!
Cheers
VSBoth methods are great! <br /><br />Cheers<br />VSThe Virtual Shipbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194680475223774516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-64416648532410253222010-04-04T20:33:38.712-07:002010-04-04T20:33:38.712-07:00Hi Mr. VS,
I'm a fresh graduate with Marjors i...Hi Mr. VS,<br />I'm a fresh graduate with Marjors in International Business from An Australian University. I'm interested in Shipping Industry. I really feel that I know nuts about the industry.<br />Where do I start? I'm thinking of studying for logistics for further study and preparing for ICS. Do you think it's a good idea? Or shall I find a job first in the shipping industry? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-30094767304912431602010-02-22T15:06:50.295-08:002010-02-22T15:06:50.295-08:00Hello Ac
My advice - Get back into the industry a...Hello Ac<br /><br />My advice - Get back into the industry at the post fix / ioperations level. Once back in then take on further study!<br /><br />Good luck<br /><br />VSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-1287321777506826632010-02-21T07:13:42.134-08:002010-02-21T07:13:42.134-08:00Dear VS,
I have recently bought your e-book "...Dear VS,<br /><br />I have recently bought your e-book "Inside Shipbrokering" and after going through it 2 times I found it to be resourceful, easy to understand but most of all very encouraging to the aspiring shipbroker.<br /><br />I am currently at a crossroad situation in life. Being a female, 33 and had a year's experience in Post Fixture operations with a shipbroker shop, I amAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-1026759352013050352009-12-22T18:02:36.430-08:002009-12-22T18:02:36.430-08:00thanks a lot for providing all the information pro...thanks a lot for providing all the information provided by you.its really a splendid effort by you i really appreciate it.good information and particularly quality one and that too in a nutshell is very very hard to find.looking forward to buy your books.<br />thankyou once again.<br />anil sharma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-65295344174303446272009-03-07T17:18:00.000-08:002009-03-07T17:18:00.000-08:00Hi Gus Yes im aware that this book will be of inte...Hi Gus <BR/><BR/>Yes im aware that this book will be of interest to those trying to get into the industry many of those who are poor students...been there myself. <BR/><BR/>The book will be priced accordingly...<BR/><BR/>Chartering brokers is a term usually used to descrive shipbrokers who work for cargo principals. So of the categories above in my inital post 'cargo chartering' is the same thingThe Virtual Shipbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194680475223774516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-58224399360702902652009-03-07T15:58:00.000-08:002009-03-07T15:58:00.000-08:00VS,Thanks for the reply. I look forward to your e...VS,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reply. I look forward to your e-book. (keep it affordable for poor students like myself... :-)<BR/><BR/>PS. Are "chartering brokers" a subset of shipbrokers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-55324296779821421342009-03-07T13:57:00.000-08:002009-03-07T13:57:00.000-08:00Hi Ricardo A freight trader is a mysterious entity...Hi Ricardo <BR/><BR/>A freight trader is a mysterious entity that own neither the ships or the cargoes. they trade both and run a book. They go long or short on cargoes and ships in an effort to make a margin. <BR/><BR/>This is the basic defintion. They can be quite complicated and sophisticated business models. <BR/><BR/>Yours VSThe Virtual Shipbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194680475223774516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-52918439738651233512009-03-07T06:41:00.000-08:002009-03-07T06:41:00.000-08:00Hello....I've studied International Business in Co...Hello....I've studied International Business in College...Interned at an International trading firm...now I've recently started working in a freight forwarding company in Dubai;<BR/><BR/>1) I wanted to know what was freight trading?<BR/><BR/>2) My old boss once said that you can trade anything once you know how to ship. Do you think this statement is true?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14988967158244959379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-72871658354668266402009-03-06T20:53:00.000-08:002009-03-06T20:53:00.000-08:00Hi GusAfter a little investigation in appears Hous...Hi Gus<BR/><BR/>After a little investigation in appears Houston does has a thriving Shipping scene. Mostly in the tanker shipping trade but also dry cargo. One of my old employers has an office there... Lots of Scandanavian and Aemrican firms.<BR/><BR/>Anyway.... i think you will find my E-book will be a great resource to help you formulate a plan to get a job in the industry. People sometimes The Virtual Shipbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194680475223774516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-60955106954262288532009-03-06T12:53:00.000-08:002009-03-06T12:53:00.000-08:00Hi Gus Appreciate your comments. Maritime Law is a...Hi Gus <BR/><BR/>Appreciate your comments. <BR/><BR/>Maritime Law is a growth business. The number of bankruptcies and non performance issues is a boom for maritiime Lawyers. <BR/><BR/>But I sense you are more interested in gettting out of parcticing law. Well I think Houston is has decent sized shipping industry. Mostly around the oli oil. So this involves the movement and brokerage of wet The Virtual Shipbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194680475223774516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-15605008883222350852009-03-06T08:56:00.000-08:002009-03-06T08:56:00.000-08:00This is a very informative website - I like it (th...This is a very informative website - I like it (the posts are anything but "rantings"...) Also, as having an amateur interest in economics, I look forward to your further commentary on the BDI as a "pure market." <BR/><BR/>Now, I have a question about getting into the industry through one of the "trainee" programs. What do you think of Houston as a place to get started - are there a lot of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com