Episode 24: Balancing Risk and Opportunity During Tender Season with Chantal McRoberts

Tender season is approaching and with rates falling at such a rapid pace, questions have been raised by shippers about how they should approach contracting going into 2023. 

For this episode, Alex Hersham, co-Founder and CEO at Zencargo, is joined by Chantal McRoberts, Head of Advisory at Drewry Shipping Consultants, to talk about how shippers should approach the upcoming tender season.

They discuss:

• The risks shippers should look out for
• Whether shippers should seek longer-term contracts 
• How are people approaching index-linked contracts?
• Building relationships with carriers and forwarders

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