About O2 Trading Ltd.

O2 Trading Ltd. (O2) is an international company with representation in Athens and London, providing on a fully integrated basis, chartering and commercial management services to third party owned product & crude oil tankers, mainly MR1, MR2, LR1, LR2, and Aframax, trading either clean or dirty petroleum products & crude oil. The range of activities include, among others, Bareboat Charters, Time Charters, Commercial Management Services, and Brokerage & Consulting.

Bareboat Charters

Time Charters

Commercial Management Services

Brokerage & Consulting

Overview

O2 Trading provides chartering and commercial management activities to third party owned product & crude oil tankers, mainly MR1, MR2, LR1, LR2, and Aframax, trading either clean or dirty petroleum products & crude oil.
The range of activities include, among others, Bareboat Charters, Time Charters, Commercial Management Services, and Brokerage & Consulting.

Today multiple operational, technical, financial and geopolitical challenges have arisen in the industry creating the need for steady income and shifting of risk. O2 Trading is here to offer tailor made solutions in that respect.

O2 enjoys strategic synergies from long partnership with major oil trader.

O2 has direct access on technical & operational ship management platforms, as part of Group operations.

Highly educated, qualified and motivated management team with strong industry relationships having worked together for a long time with mixed skills, creates an extremely efficient work environment through all phases of industry cycle having operated product and crude tanker vessels through various shipping cycles.

STRUCTURE

Details

> Charterer: O2 Trading Ltd
> C/P: Based on Shelltime 4 with amendments
> Period: 3 months to 3 years
> Delivery: East or West
> Redelivery: East or West
> Trading: Worldwide / Mutual Exclusions to be agreed
> Profit Share option
> Open Books policy

Benefits

O2 Trading by chartering in tonnage gives the ability to shipowners to have:
> Visibility of Earnings
> Steady Cash Flow
> Risk / Reward ratio balanced in favor of the latter
> Ability to tap the spot market
> Downside protection with upside potential
> Modest downside risk against strong upside potential

Our Advantages

Commitment

  • Individuals carrying each 20 years of experience in the industry and a pledge to be there at all parts of the cycle whether in peaks or troughs
  • Company is ``here to stay`` and looks to capitalize on building a reputation of the counterpart of choice

Reliability and Safety

  • Appreciate Owners’ need for steady income and therefore ensure timely and accurate hire payments
  • Efficient and safe post fixture operations towards Owners, Shippers and Receivers, using the Oxygen platform including performing special STS requirements, or any other demanding tasks
  • Wide Network of contacts throughout the industry ranging from oil majors to traders allowing information flow and market intelligence and thus enabling trading outperformance
  • Consistent provision of services allowing customers to rely on O2 expertise

Flexibility

  • Having acted as vessel Owners in the past O2 has a Client oriented culture which allows for the understanding of the commercial needs of the customers and is flexible to structure products that would meet such needs. Vessel Owners, Disponent Owners, Banks or other Financial Institutions can each have different trading requirements that O2 can adapt to

Bareboat Charters

  • Shifts operational risk and downtime due to off hires
  • First Class Technical Management
  • Long term employment
  • Can be tailor structured to the needs of the Owner
  • Access to Oil Major cargoes and employment
  • Oil Major vetting expertise

Time Charters

  • Efficient Post fixture operations
  • Trading activities with safety and reliability
  • Potential Profit sharing structures enabling protection of the downside and participation in the upside of the spot market
  • Open Books policy allowing full transparency, accessibility and real time information.
  • Freight and bunker hedging

Commercial Management

  • Ability to offer commercial Management Services
  • Tailor made detailed accounting and reporting standards
  • Commission scheme based on revenue generation
  • Voyage estimation and market analysis

Business Model

O2 has established a reputation in the market for competitive rates and efficient operations with the highest regard to the environment, health and safety.

O2 intends to employ the vessels in worldwide trade with first class counterparts, including oil majors and oil traders, minimizing risks and commercial downtime and at the same time respect trading restrictions imposed by the IMO, United Nations and other governmental bodies.

O2 operating practices are in compliance with international standards and guidelines.

O2 will employ various types of tanker vessels and specifications, ranging from 36,000 to 115,000 dwt tons, whether in clean or dirty trading.

O2 has established and continues to forge relations with Oil Majors and constantly outperforms benchmark rates of trading routes, having access to a wide network of cargoes.

O2 is approved by major US & European banks.

Contact

T: +30 2104100949
F: +30 2104132305
Email: contact@o2trading.com