Anyone heard of being a ship broker?
 

hows the prospects?

Any one knows on the prospects of being a shipbroker?

1) Career progression
2) Salary progression
3) qualities needed to excel
4) Future of ship brokering
5) best shipbrokerage to work in
6) a comparison of charterer and shipbroker

- Trainee > Broker > Divisional Director
- Salary starting from $3000 to $50K (excluded bonus)
- Min O level
- Great Future

My Ahmad from operation drives a A4.

I drove a humble 5 series.

All best and good luck.

anyone has any advise on how to break into shipbroking?

ups for ppl more info on shipbroking.

how can to get in if without prior maritime knowledge..

I am in chartering/freight trading field (tankers).
Shipbrokers - need tenacity/relationship/communications skill
Prior maritime knowledge - good to have, but can pick up on job
Broking jobs start with stint on Ops to understand how things work & if good, firm will bump u up to be broker.
No life. Good broker works & entertains hard. To excel, do not think about work life balence, especially when you just start. Clientele base & support is everything.
Education - spans from O levels to degree holders. Know some non grads that are doing extremely well in this line; ie, its a people business and being streetwise helps.
Principles these days (charterers & owners) talk direct nowadays and view broking as a necessary evil. Gone are the days when there is co-broking.
Renumeration - trainee takes rubbish. Experienced people can command as high as USD20K/mth excluding comms/bonus. Professional firm setup. Star brokers pulling in more business usually get a much higher cut/basic.

Agree, no brains job, must know tok cock sing song, crack silly or dirty jokes, drink 1/2 bottle of whisky in one sitting, know all mama sans well, you can earn alot
I know as i work in commodity house before, and go out with Gfi, bcg, acm brokers on boys night out

is it possible to stay 'pure' in this type of brokerage business? Personally I don't want to betray my gf/wife.

Good luck to you.

Then you don't stand a chance in this line... you should go and take up a "clean" government job...