{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Vessel Charter Management","description":"Vessel charter management is the complete process of sourcing, contracting, and administering ships hired from third-party owners for a defined period or voyage. A freight operator, shipowner, or broker identifies available tonnage on the charter market, negotiates hire terms—daily rate, voyage lump sum, or per-tonne freight—and settles key provisions such as bunker responsibility, laytime, and demurrage in the charter party agreement. Once the ship is on hire, the charter manager monitors vesse","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/vessel-charter-management","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-18T07:04:07.079067","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_(shipping)","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/vessel-charter-management","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Vessel Charter Management · Vessel charter management is the complete process of sourcing, contracting, and administering ships hired from third-party owners for a defined period or voyage. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_(shipping)"}