For · the demand side · Vessel owners & managers
Compare ship supply quotes on the numbers, not the relationship
One structured requirement per port call — provisions, bunkers, fresh water, waste, agency — answered with sealed bids priced per canonical unit. Free for the demand side.
The situation
Every port call is the same scramble: chase three quotes over email, get back three different formats, and never know whether the price reflects the market or your name. The vessel’s schedule leaks to everyone who quotes.
Post the requirement once instead. Suppliers activated at the port answer sealed — anonymized, priced per canonical unit, your payment terms visible before they price — and your vessel’s name stays hidden until you award. When you also charter out, the chartering desk lists your tonnage blind.
How it works for you
01
Register free
Owners, managers and operators use the platform at no cost — registration, unlimited requests, unlimited comparisons.
02
Post the requirement at the port
Structured line items with units, ETA and your payment terms. Bidding closes at your vessel’s ETA.
03
Compare sealed bids and award
Bids arrive anonymized and genuinely comparable. Award on the numbers; identities open on award.
04
List tonnage for charter, blind
The same account lists vessels on the chartering desk: specification and position visible, the vessel’s name sealed until a fixture concludes.
What you pay — and don’t
Free — with one honest exception
—Registration, requests and quote comparisons cost nothing, and no commission is charged on anything supplied to you.
—The exception is chartering: a concluded fixture carries the trade’s standard 1.25% from each party — owed only when the fixture concludes, never before.
Questions buyers ask
- What does GeoMarineHub cost a vessel owner or manager?
- Nothing on the supply side: free registration, unlimited requirements and comparisons, no commission on anything supplied to you. The one exception is chartering, where a concluded fixture carries the trade’s standard 1.25% from each party.
- Do suppliers see which vessel is asking?
- No — suppliers never learn the vessel’s name until the business is awarded; bids are sealed and rival suppliers never see each other’s prices.