CBIL
CBIL
Industrial Plant Hubs

Plant-Scale Feedstock Baskets & Laycan Programmes

Industrial plant procurement heads at integrated fertilizer works, steel mills, cement grinding plants, and aluminum smelters purchase continuous baskets of raw materials. CBIL structures physical commodity supply ($1.00–$2.50 / MT brokerage) while our dedicated chartering desk, LaycanDesk, fixes the ocean vessel nominations, laycans, and charterparties (1.25% freight brokerage) under long-term Contracts of Affreightment (COA).

4 HubsMajor Heavy Industries
20+ FeedstocksChemical & Ore Specs
25k – 180k DWTMaritime Vessels Covered
Dual LoopCargo + Ocean Fixture
Core Industrial Sectors

Continuous Ocean Laycan Programmes

Each hub coordinates an essential multi-feedstock basket with standardized IMSBC stowage factors, loading benchmarks, and charterparty terms.

Fertilizer Feedstocks250,000 to 2,000,000+ MT per plant

Fertilizer Manufacturing Raw Materials Hub

Continuous acid, sulphur, phosphate rock, ammonia & potash laycan programmes

Integrated procurement hub for phosphoric and complex fertilizer plants. Sourcing rock phosphate, recovered elemental sulphur, merchant-grade sulphuric acid, anhydrous ammonia, and potash under continuous Handysize, Supramax, and chemical parcel tanker Contracts of Affreightment (COA).

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Handysize Bulk (25,000 – 35,000 DWT) · Supramax Bulk (50,000 – 55,000 DWT) · Chemical Parcel Tankers (8,000 – 18,000 DWT, 316L / MarineLINE) · LPG / Ammonia Gas Carriers (5,000 – 25,000 cbm)
Load Benchmark: 6,000 – 10,000 MT/day WWD SHINC (dry) / 350 – 500 MT/hr (liquid/gas)
Charterparty: GENCON 94 (for dry bulk rock phosphate, sulphur, potash) · ASBATANKVOY / BIMCHEMVOY 2008 (for sulphuric acid parcel tankers) · GASVOY 2005 (for anhydrous ammonia gas carriers)
Physical Cargo Brokerage: $1.00 – $2.50 / MTOcean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Steel Mill Feedstocks500,000 to 5,000,000+ MT per mill

Steel Mill Raw Materials & Metallics Hub

Iron ore, coking coal, met coke, scrap, DRI/HBI & ferroalloys supply chain

Integrated blast furnace and EAF melt-shop raw material hub. Sourcing iron ore fines/pellets, coking coal, metallurgical coke, heavy melting scrap (HMS 1&2), DRI/HBI, ferroalloys, and limestone flux under Panamax, Ultramax, and Supramax ocean charter programmes.

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Supramax Bulk (55,000 – 58,000 DWT) · Ultramax Bulk (60,000 – 64,000 DWT) · Panamax / Kamsarmax (75,000 – 82,000 DWT) · Geared Handysize (28,000 – 38,000 DWT for Scrap / Alloys)
Load Benchmark: 15,000 – 35,000 MT/day WWD SHINC (iron ore/coal) · 6,000 – 10,000 MT/day (scrap/coke)
Charterparty: NYPE 2015 / NYPE 93 (time charter trip) · GENCON 94 (voyage charter) · AMWELSH 93 (coal voyage charterparty)
Physical Cargo Brokerage: $1.00 – $2.00 / MTOcean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Cement Feedstocks200,000 to 1,500,000+ MT per plant

Cement & Clinker Manufacturing Hub

Portland clinker, gypsum, high-calcium limestone & GGBFS slag shipping

Raw materials and clinker supply hub for standalone grinding stations and integrated cement works. Sourcing grey clinker, natural gypsum 85–92%, cement-grade limestone, and granulated blast furnace slag under geared Handysize and Supramax charter contracts.

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Geared Handysize (28,000 – 38,000 DWT with 4x30t cranes + grabs) · Geared Supramax (50,000 – 55,000 DWT with 4x30t cranes + grabs) · Pneumatic Cement Carriers (for finished bulk cement)
Load Benchmark: 8,000 – 12,000 MT/day WWD SHINC (conveyor/chute load)
Charterparty: GENCON 94 (voyage charter with tailored FIOST terms) · CEMENCO (cement industry specialized charterparty) · NYPE 2015 (for round-trip or time charter legs)
Physical Cargo Brokerage: $1.00 – $2.00 / MTOcean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Aluminum Smelter Feedstocks300,000 to 2,500,000+ MT per smelter

Primary Aluminum Smelter Hub

Bauxite, smelter alumina, caustic soda 50% & anode petcoke supply chain

Integrated supply chain hub for Hall-Héroult aluminum smelters and Bayer-process alumina refineries. Brokering metallurgical bauxite, calcined smelter-grade alumina, liquid caustic soda 50%, and calcined petcoke under Ultramax, Panamax, and chemical parcel tanker charter programmes.

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Ultramax Bulk (60,000 – 64,000 DWT for Alumina / Petcoke) · Kamsarmax / Panamax Bulk (75,000 – 82,000 DWT for Bauxite / Alumina) · Capesize Bulk (180,000 DWT for high-volume Guinea bauxite) · Chemical Parcel Tankers (10,000 – 25,000 DWT, Epoxy / Stainless for Liquid Caustic)
Load Benchmark: 15,000 – 30,000 MT/day WWD SHINC (bauxite) · 400 – 600 MT/hr (caustic soda)
Charterparty: GENCON 94 (voyage charter) · NYPE 2015 (time charter trip) · ASBATANKVOY / BIMCHEMVOY 2008 (for liquid caustic parcel tankers)
Physical Cargo Brokerage: $1.00 – $2.50 / MTOcean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Foundry Feedstocks5,000 to 100,000+ MT per foundry across the metallic and moulding baskets

Foundry & Casting Raw Materials Hub

Foundry pig iron, coke, ferroalloys, moulding sands, bentonite, graphite, refractories & scrap for iron and steel foundries

Raw material basket hub for grey, ductile and steel casting foundries. Brokering foundry and nodular pig iron, foundry coke, ferrosilicon and manganese alloys, silica, chromite and zircon moulding sands, sodium bentonite, flake graphite, refractory grain and melting scrap in Handysize bulk parcels, jumbo bags and containers.

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Geared Handysize Bulk (25,000 – 38,000 DWT for pig iron, coke, scrap) · Geared Coaster / Mini-Bulker (5,000 – 12,000 DWT for short-sea part-cargoes) · Container Liner (20' boxes with 1 MT jumbo bags for alloys, sands, bentonite, graphite, refractories)
Load Benchmark: 4,000 – 8,000 MT/day WWD SHINC (pig iron, coke) · 3,000 – 5,000 MT/day (scrap, grab)
Charterparty: GENCON 94 (voyage charter for pig iron, coke and scrap part-cargoes) · NYPE 2015 (time charter trip for multi-port loading) · Liner bill of lading / FCL booking for bagged minerals and alloys
Physical Cargo Brokerage: $1.50 – $3.00 / MTOcean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Glass Batch Feedstocks100,000 to 500,000+ MT per furnace complex

Glass Manufacturing Raw Materials Hub

Glass-grade silica sand, dense soda ash, limestone, dolomite, feldspar, sodium sulphate, alumina & cullet for float, container and fibre furnaces

Batch-house procurement hub for float, container, tableware and fibreglass furnaces. Brokering low-iron silica sand, dense soda ash, glass-grade limestone and dolomite, feldspar and nepheline syenite, anhydrous sodium sulphate and calcined alumina in Handysize and Supramax bulk parcels and containerised jumbo bags.

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Handysize Bulk (25,000 – 38,000 DWT for sand, soda ash, carbonate stone) · Supramax Bulk (50,000 – 58,000 DWT for soda ash and sand on long-haul lanes) · Geared Coaster / Mini-Bulker (5,000 – 12,000 DWT for regional sand and dolomite) · Container Liner (20' boxes, 1 MT jumbo bags for feldspar, sodium sulphate, alumina)
Load Benchmark: 6,000 – 12,000 MT/day WWD SHINC (sand, soda ash by conveyor/chute)
Charterparty: GENCON 94 (voyage charter, hold-cleanliness rider for white minerals) · NYPE 2015 (time charter trip) · Liner bill of lading / FCL booking for bagged batch materials
Physical Cargo Brokerage: $1.00 – $2.50 / MTOcean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Feed Mill Feedstocks50,000 to 1,000,000+ MT per mill or integrator

Feed Mill Raw Materials Hub

Feed grains, soybean meal, DDGS, PKE, rice bran, fishmeal & fish oil, molasses, amino acids, phosphates, choline, limestone, salt & premixes

Raw material basket hub for poultry, ruminant and aquafeed mills. Brokering feed corn, wheat, barley and sorghum, soybean meal, DDGS, palm kernel expeller, rice bran, fishmeal and fish oil, cane molasses, lysine, methionine and threonine, MCP/DCP, choline chloride, feed limestone, salt and vitamin premixes — a plant, marine and mineral basket with halal-certified sources specified for any animal-derived ingredient.

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Handysize Bulk (25,000 – 38,000 DWT for grains, meals, PKE) · Supramax / Ultramax Bulk (50,000 – 64,000 DWT for corn and soybean meal on long-haul lanes) · Panamax / Kamsarmax (75,000 – 82,000 DWT for corn and wheat into deepwater grain terminals) · Chemical / Vegoil Parcel Tankers (5,000 – 20,000 DWT for molasses and fish oil) · Container Liner (20' boxes for amino acids, phosphates, choline, premixes, bagged fishmeal)
Load Benchmark: 10,000 – 25,000 MT/day WWD SHINC (grain elevators) · 4,000 – 8,000 MT/day (meals, PKE) · 300 – 500 MT/hr (molasses)
Charterparty: SYNACOMEX 2000 / NORGRAIN 89 (grain voyage charters) · GENCON 94 (meals, PKE, bagged fishmeal) · ASBATANKVOY / VEGOILVOY (molasses and fish oil parcel tankers) · NYPE 2015 (time charter trip)
Physical Cargo Brokerage: $1.00 – $2.50 / MTOcean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Paper Mill Feedstocks50,000 to 1,000,000+ MT of fibre and chemicals per mill

Paper & Packaging Mill Raw Materials Hub

Market pulp, recovered paper, fillers, starch, sizing and bleach chemicals for paper and board machines

Procurement hub for integrated and non-integrated paper, board and tissue mills. Sourcing bleached kraft pulp (BHKP and NBSK), dissolving pulp, recovered paper (OCC 11 and DS OCC 12), coating kaolin, ground and precipitated calcium carbonate, native and modified starch, AKD and rosin size, caustic soda, sodium sulphate, hydrogen peroxide and polyethylene coating resin, with breakbulk, container and parcel-tanker freight quoted through LaycanDesk.

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Geared Handysize / Handymax breakbulk (28,000 – 45,000 DWT) for unitised pulp bales · Open-hatch box-shaped pulp carriers on liner terms · 20-ft and 40-ft dry containers (recovered paper, starch, kaolin, GCC, AKD, PE resin) · Chemical parcel tankers and ISO tanks (caustic soda 50%, hydrogen peroxide 50%)
Load Benchmark: Per terminal for unitised pulp (crane/forklift); container gate cut-offs; liquid per manifold rate
Charterparty: GENCON 94 (breakbulk pulp parcels) · Liner bill of lading terms (open-hatch pulp carriers, containers) · ASBATANKVOY / BIMCHEMVOY 2008 (caustic soda and peroxide parcels)
Physical Cargo Brokerage: $1.00 – $2.50 / MTOcean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Battery Feedstocks5,000 to 300,000+ MT of intermediates and materials per plant

Battery & Energy Storage Raw Materials Hub

Lithium, nickel and cobalt intermediates, manganese sulphate, graphite, foils, lead and antimony for cell and pack plants

Procurement hub for cathode and anode material plants, cell makers, stationary-storage integrators and lead-acid battery factories. Sourcing spodumene concentrate, lithium carbonate and hydroxide, MHP and nickel matte, cobalt hydroxide, battery-grade manganese sulphate, natural flake and spherical graphite, electrolytic copper foil and cathode aluminium foil, refined lead and antimony, and carbonate electrolyte solvents, with bulk, container and ISO-tank freight quoted through LaycanDesk.

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Geared Handysize / Supramax bulk (28,000 – 58,000 DWT) for spodumene and manganese ore · 20-ft containers with big bags (MHP, cobalt hydroxide, lithium chemicals, graphite, manganese sulphate) · Container liner for pallets and reels (copper and aluminium foil, lead ingots) · ISO tanks and IBCs (carbonate solvents)
Load Benchmark: Per terminal for bulk concentrate; container gate cut-offs for packaged material
Charterparty: GENCON 94 (spodumene and ore voyage charters) · NYPE 2015 (time charter trips) · Liner bill of lading terms (containers and ISO tanks)
Physical Cargo Brokerage: $1.00 – $2.50 / MT (or per contained metal unit on concentrates)Ocean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Drilling Feedstocks20,000 to 500,000+ MT of minerals and chemicals per mud plant or supply base

Oil & Gas Drilling Fluids and Well Materials Hub

API 13A barite and bentonite, weighting and bridging minerals, polymers, brines, oilwell cement, proppant, glycols and OBM base oil

Procurement hub for drilling-fluid companies, mud plants, cementing contractors and operator supply bases. Sourcing API 13A barite (4.20 and 4.10 SG), API bentonite, hematite, sized calcium carbonate, xanthan and guar, CMC and PAC, caustic soda, soda ash, lime, calcium chloride, API 10A Class G and H cement, API 19C frac sand, MEG and low-toxicity base oil, with Handysize bulk, container and tanker freight quoted through LaycanDesk to Oman, Fujairah, the Red Sea, the US Gulf, West Africa and Southeast Asia.

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Geared Handysize bulk (25,000 – 38,000 DWT) for barite and bentonite lump · Coaster / mini-bulker (5,000 – 12,000 DWT) for regional mineral parcels · 20-ft containers (bagged barite, bentonite, polymers, brines, cement in big bags) · MR product tankers and chemical parcel tankers (base oil, MEG)
Load Benchmark: Per terminal for lump minerals (grab / conveyor); container gate cut-offs; liquid per manifold rate
Charterparty: GENCON 94 (barite, bentonite and cement voyage charters) · NYPE 2015 (time charter trips into supply bases) · ASBATANKVOY / BIMCHEMVOY 2008 (base oil and glycol parcels)
Physical Cargo Brokerage: $1.00 – $2.50 / MTOcean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Paint & Coatings FeedstocksConfirmed per plant; raw materials are more than half of a paint maker's operating cost

Paints & Coatings Raw Materials Hub

TiO₂, carbon black, iron oxides, extenders, solvents, plasticisers, glycols and resins for paint plants

Raw material hub for decorative, industrial and protective coatings manufacturers. Sourcing rutile and anatase titanium dioxide, pigment carbon black, synthetic iron oxides, ground calcium carbonate, talc, kaolin and barytes extenders, xylene and toluene, plasticisers, glycols, acrylic and vinyl emulsions and epoxy resins, in containers, IBCs, drums and parcel-tanker lots.

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Container liner (20-ft dry for bagged pigments and extenders; 40-ft for drums and IBCs) · ISO tank containers (xylene, toluene, glycols, emulsions) · Chemical parcel tankers (IMO 2/3, coated or stainless, for solvent and glycol parcels) · Geared Handysize (breakbulk big-bag mineral lots)
Load Benchmark: Per liner schedule (containers); per terminal pumping rate and charterparty (parcels)
Charterparty: Liner bill of lading (containerised pigments, extenders, resins) · ASBATANKVOY / BIMCHEMVOY 2008 (solvent and glycol parcels) · GENCON 94 (breakbulk mineral lots)
Physical Cargo Brokerage: $1.00 – $2.50 / MTOcean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Detergent Feedstocks3,000 to 200,000 MT per spray-tower plant (powder); confirmed per plant

Detergent & Home Care Raw Materials Hub

LAB/LABSA, SLES, soda ash, caustic, silicate, builders, sodium sulphate, soap noodles and palm oleochemicals

Raw material hub for powder and liquid detergent, dishwash, toilet soap and home-care plants. Sourcing linear alkylbenzene and LABSA, SLES 70%, dense soda ash, caustic soda, sodium silicate, STPP and zeolite 4A builders, anhydrous sodium sulphate, citric acid, palm-based fatty alcohols and ethoxylates, 80/20 soap noodles, palm stearin and refined glycerine, halal-certified and tallow-free.

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Container liner (20-ft dry for bagged soda ash, sulphate, STPP, zeolite, noodles) · ISO tank containers (LAB, LABSA, SLES 70%, caustic 50%, sodium silicate) · Chemical parcel tankers (LAB, LABSA, caustic soda parcels) · Geared Handysize (bagged or bulk soda ash and sodium sulphate lots)
Load Benchmark: Per liner schedule (containers); per terminal pumping rate (parcels); per charterparty (bulk)
Charterparty: Liner bill of lading (containerised dry chemicals and noodles) · ASBATANKVOY / BIMCHEMVOY 2008 (LAB, LABSA, caustic parcels) · GENCON 94 (bagged or bulk soda ash and sulphate)
Physical Cargo Brokerage: $1.00 – $2.50 / MTOcean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Conductor Feedstocks30,000 to 70,000 MT per continuous rod line; confirmed per plant

Wire, Cable & Electrical Conductor Raw Materials Hub

Copper cathode and rod, EC aluminium rod, ACSR steel core, galvanising zinc, PVC/XLPE compounds, wire scrap and transformer oil

Raw material hub for wire and cable plants, rod mills, overhead-conductor makers and transformer works. Sourcing LME Grade A copper cathode, 8 mm ETP copper rod, 9.5 mm aluminium 1350 EC rod, galvanised steel core wire and SHG zinc, PVC resin and cable compounds, XLPE compound, insulated copper wire scrap for recyclers and IEC 60296 transformer oil base stock, in bundles, coils, containers and parcel-tanker lots.

Maritime & LaycanDesk Fixture ProfileChartering Desk →
Vessels: Container liner (20-ft for cathode bundles, zinc, rod coils, compounds) · Geared Handysize / Handymax (breakbulk cathode, rod coils, zinc slabs) · Chemical / product parcel tankers (transformer oil base stock) · ISO tank containers (transformer oil)
Load Benchmark: Per liner schedule (containers); per charterparty with crane / gang terms (breakbulk)
Charterparty: Liner bill of lading (containerised metal and compounds) · GENCON 94 (breakbulk cathode, rod and zinc) · ASBATANKVOY (transformer oil base stock parcels)
Physical Cargo Brokerage: 0.25% – 0.50% on contract value (metals) · $1.00 – $2.50 / MT (polymers, oils)Ocean Brokerage: 1.25% on gross ocean freight
Contracts of Affreightment (COA) & Term Procurement

Need an Integrated Feedstock & Ocean Chartering Desk?

Whether you are commissioning a new acid attack tank, scheduling quarterly iron ore fines across 6 Ultramax laycans, or arranging continuous clinker shipments into West Africa, our trade desk and LaycanDesk chartering team eliminate contract discrepancies between FOB cargo readiness and vessel Notice of Readiness (NOR).

SGS / Intertek load port surveyGENCON 94 & NYPE 2015 charterparties1.25% Gross Freight Ocean Brokerage