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Bulk Ship & Trade Limited (BSTL)

Innovative
Logistics Partner

Over 20 years moving cargo through Tema and Takoradi. Ship agency, husbandry, brokerage, and logistics — for oil & gas majors, global charterers, and the port authorities that keep West African trade moving. We know what a 2am vessel arrival demands. We also know what it costs when it gets handled badly.

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20+

Years of expertise in the maritime industry

2002

Founded as Bulk Ship & Trade Limited

24/7

Real-time vessel tracking and updates

Trusted by international partners and local stakeholders since 2002

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Our Services

Six Service Lines, One Operational Standard

Logistics, ship agency, husbandry, cargo services, ship brokerage, and protective agency. Each is a distinct discipline run by a dedicated desk, delivered across Tema and Takoradi under a single set of documentation, reporting, and HSEQ standards.

Logistics

Customs clearance, freight forwarding, project cargo, air freight, warehousing, and inland haulage across the West African corridor.

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Ship Agency

General and protective agency for tankers, bulkers, OSVs, and container vessels at both Tema and Takoradi — pre-arrival through departure.

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Husbandry

Crew changes, spare-parts handling, medical support, provisions, bunkers, and technical assistance on twenty-four-hour cover during live calls.

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Cargo Services

Stevedoring oversight, tally and cargo accountancy, supercargo, and independent cargo surveys for owners and charterer interests.

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Ship Brokerage

Voyage and time chartering, sale-and-purchase brokerage, and market intelligence across the West African coast and offshore trades.

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Protective Agency

Independent charterer representation — laytime tracking, statement-of-facts review, cargo oversight, and disbursement scrutiny at every port call.

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How We Work

Our Port-Call Process

Most port calls have the same shape. Where they differ is in how early the paperwork moves, how well the authorities are briefed, and how honest the post-call settlement is. Here's how ours run.

Intake

A call, an email, or an RFQ from your operations desk. We ask about the vessel, ETA, cargo, charter party, and port of call. First response within business hours — live coverage for active port calls, around the clock.

Agency Setup

Appointment formalized with owner or charterer. Authorities pre-notified. Berth coordinated with the port authority. Documentation staged ahead of arrival — not filed against the clock while the ship waits on anchorage.

Execution

Pilot and tug, customs, cargo operations, crew matters, husbandry as required. You get daily updates — the kind that say what actually happened, not the kind that summarise the plan. Exceptions surface early.

Settlement

Transparent disbursement account. Supporting vouchers. Handover notes for the next port. We don't add mystery line items and we don't round up the launch boat charges.

The Bulk Ship & Trade Limited team at the head office in Accra

20+

Years of Excellence

About Bulk Ship & Trade Limited (BSTL)

A Ghanaian Maritime Agency Since 2002

Bulk Ship & Trade Limited has been a shipping agency in Ghana since 2002 — older than the deepwater Jubilee field, older than most of the modern expansion of Tema, and older than much of what's currently docked on the Gulf of Guinea.

The core of the work hasn't changed. Do what you said you'd do. Keep the vessel moving. Don't wait for someone to ask for an update. Ghana's maritime industry has grown around us; the craft of running a port call has barely changed at all.

What has changed is what clients ask of us. Oil & gas majors want HSEQ standards audited to international benchmarks. Charterers want disbursement transparency. Local importers want customs handled without surprises. We've grown the operation to meet all three — without losing the thing that made clients come to us in the first place.

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Where We Operate

Operating Across the Ghanaian Maritime Corridor

Ghana runs two deep-water ports. They look similar on a map. They behave differently in practice, and knowing the difference is the difference between a clean call and an expensive one.

Port of Tema

Ghana's container and bulk workhorse, thirty kilometres east of Accra. Handles the bulk of imports, project cargo, and general break-bulk. Busy, well-dredged, and under constant volume pressure — so the quality of your agent shows up fast. We've worked Tema since the company was founded.

Port of Takoradi

The primary oil & gas gateway and Ghana's historical bulk port, closer to the offshore fields that have reshaped West African energy since the Jubilee discovery in 2010. Different berth politics, different cargo mix, a different rhythm. We cover both — with the same standards and the same phone answering at both ends.

In Their Words

Client Testimonials

We don't publish quotes without explicit written approval from the principal. The structure is ready; real quotes replace the placeholders as clients sign off on their wording.

"Placeholder — real oil & gas principal quote goes here, approved and attributed. Keep to 30–50 words, focused on a specific operational outcome rather than a generic 'great service' line."

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"Placeholder — charterer or tanker operator quote, describing a specific call they remember. We want two or three sentences at most, not a paragraph."

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"Placeholder — Ghanaian importer or EPC contractor. Mentions the customs/clearance experience or the offshore logistics outcome that mattered."

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Quotes on file, publishing on approval. For references during a panel-audit or pre-appointment check, ask our operations desk.

Our Commitment

Our Sustainability Commitment

HSEQ standards, waste reception, spill response drills, sustainability reporting. We operate where international oil & gas clients audit their agents — and we meet that bar. The community investment is because we live here too.

HSEQ

Health, Safety, Environment & Quality is the framework every operation runs through — documented, drilled, and auditable. It's the reason oil & gas clients keep us on the panel.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Ghanaian maritime training. Coastal community partnerships. Environmental programmes run with the communities they actually affect. Small scale, consistent — not announcements.

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Looking for a shipping agent, a protective agent, or a husbandry partner? A short email is usually all we need to scope a quote. We'll come back with a straight answer, not a brochure.

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InnovativeLogistics Partner

Six Service Lines, One Operational Standard

Logistics

Ship Agency

Husbandry

Cargo Services

Ship Brokerage

Protective Agency

Our Port-Call Process

Intake

Agency Setup

Execution

Settlement

A Ghanaian Maritime Agency Since 2002

Operating Across the Ghanaian Maritime Corridor

Port of Tema

Port of Takoradi

Client Testimonials

Our Sustainability Commitment

HSEQ

Corporate Social Responsibility

Request a Proforma Disbursement Account

Innovative
Logistics Partner