A vessel calling at Otaru can post its requirement here — provisions, stores, bunkers, fresh water, waste landing, agency — and receive sealed bids from verified suppliers activated at this port. Suppliers never see the vessel’s name until the business is awarded.
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Ship supply at Otaru
No ship chandler has activated Otaru yet. The nearest port where a ship chandler is activated is Yinkou (CNYIK, CN), 1,576 km away by great circle. A requirement posted here — provisions, bonded stores and deck, engine and cabin stores, each line an IMPA-coded catalogue item or a specified manual item with its unit — still counts: it alerts the sourcing desk, which recruits for Otaru in the order requirements arrive, and the first ship chandler to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.
No bunker or water supplier has activated Otaru yet. The nearest port where a bunker or water supplier is activated is Lianyungang (CNLYG, CN), 2,081 km away by great circle. A requirement posted here — bunkers by grade and fresh water, in tonnes or cubic metres, normalised so the offers compare — still counts: it alerts the sourcing desk, which recruits for Otaru in the order requirements arrive, and the first bunker or water supplier to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.
No waste operator has activated Otaru yet. The nearest port where a waste operator is activated is Dumyat (Damietta) (EGDAM, EG), 9,033 km away by great circle. A requirement posted here — MARPOL waste landing by category and volume, priced and documented against the call — still counts: it alerts the sourcing desk, which recruits for Otaru in the order requirements arrive, and the first waste operator to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.
No port agent has activated Otaru yet. The nearest port where a port agent is activated is Chattogram (BDCGP, BD), 5,058 km away by great circle. A requirement posted here — the agency scope for the call — clearance, husbandry, crew transport, cash to master — quoted on the same defined job — still counts: it alerts the sourcing desk, which recruits for Otaru in the order requirements arrive, and the first port agent to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.
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We don’t have an activated supplier at Otaru yet — we’re sourcing for it. Post your requirement and we’ll come back to you: every posting here alerts our team and sets the recruitment order for the port.
If you supply vessels at Otaru, this is an open market: register as a supplier and activate it — the first supplier in gets it uncontested.
