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Port agency appointments, won on the offer
Agency requirements posted at your ports reach every activated agent. You quote sealed; the operator appoints on the numbers and the scope.
The situation
Agency appointments travel through owners’ habits and charterers’ nominations; a capable independent agent grows by cold-calling operators who already have a name in the port. Meanwhile the operator can’t compare — one PDA against another is apples to oranges.
Here the appointment is a structured requirement: vessel, call window, scope of husbandry. Activated agents at the port answer sealed, on the same scope — comparable offers, an appointment won on the offer itself.
How it works for you
01
Verify and activate your ports
Free registration, human-reviewed verification, and port-by-port activation.
02
Quote the call, sealed
The requirement carries the vessel, window and scope. Your quotation is sealed from rival agents.
03
Run the call on-platform
Award, order timeline, documentation — the operator follows progress live and both sides keep identical records.
What you pay — and don’t
Free entry tier; plans on the pricing page
—Registration, verification and the entry tier are free.
—Plan tiers and commission are published live on the pricing page.
—Ports without an activated agent are open: the first agent in receives the port’s appointments uncontested.
Where this runs
An empty port is an asset here: the first supplier to activate a port gets its requests uncontested.
Questions suppliers ask
- How do I get vessel agency appointments without an owner relationship?
- Appointments here start from the requirement, not the rolodex: operators post the vessel, the window and the husbandry scope at your port, and every activated agent quotes the same scope under seal. The appointment goes to the offer, which is how a capable independent beats an incumbent.
- Can a sub-agent or hub agent win work here?
- Yes — activation is per port, and the operator sees scope and number, not size. State plainly in your quote what you handle directly and what you coordinate; the documented scope protects both sides.
- How do RFQs reach me?
- You are matched on two facts you set: the ports you activate and the categories you cover. When a vessel posts a requirement at one of your ports in one of your categories it lands in your portal queue and you are notified, with the vessel type, ETA, payment terms and the full line list. Port-call bidding closes at the vessel’s ETA — the deadline is on the request.
- What does supplier verification ask for?
- Three documents, uploaded in the portal and reviewed by a person: your trade licence, an ID for the company’s signatory and a proof of address. You can set up your company, categories and ports before approval; bidding opens once the company is verified, so every supplier a buyer meets is a vetted business.
- What does it cost a supplier to join GeoMarineHub?
- Registration and verification are free, and the Free tier gives the service you register with one activated port. Paid plans are bought per service for a fixed prepaid term; they add ports and lower the commission rate. Commission is charged only on completed orders — bidding and losing cost nothing. Every current figure is on the pricing page, read live from the platform.
- Do I need a password?
- No. Sign-in is by e-mail only: enter your work e-mail and a six-digit code is sent to it. The same account works on the web and in the free GeoMarineHub app for iPhone and Android.
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