shipbroker
noun[C]
TRANSPORT,COMMERCEuk/ˈʃɪpˌbrəʊkər/usacompanythat makesarrangementsbetweenshipownersandcompaniestotransporttheirgoodsbyship, getting thebestprices,arranginginsurance, etc.:
He went toworkas shipbroker for afleetofcargovessels.
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A shipowner in one case, for instance, may carry on business as ashipbrokerand as an insurance broker for himself.
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Shipbrokers and builders know that there will be an upturn in the market.
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He insures his ships outside and goes to an outsideshipbroker.
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In these circumstances there is no position for theshipbrokerin respect of this part of our work.
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Shipbrokers are hopeful that the authorities will continue their subsidies policy during this transitional period now that signs can be seen of a balance between building capacity and increasing demand.
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There is marine insurance, there is acting as ashipbroker, moneylending, the ownership of docks and railways, general merchant's business, co-operative societies, ship chandlery and soap manufacture.
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In 1915, she was chartered to ashipbroker.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In some cases a charterer may own cargo and employ ashipbrokerto find a ship to deliver the cargo for a certain price, called freight rate.
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