The Charterer's Challenge
Sound familiar?
Freight procurement hasn't changed in decades. These problems cost you time, money, and competitive advantage.
Offers and negotiations scattered across emails and spreadsheets
Offers, counter-offers, and confirmations live in email threads and spreadsheets. Finding what was agreed requires searching through dozens of messages.
Lost context and slow decisions
No easy market benchmark for pricing decisions on usd/pmt
You receive offers but have no easy way to know if they're competitive. Benchmarking requires manual research across multiple sources.
Overpaying or missing good deals
Manual voyage calculations cause errors and rework
Every voyage estimate is built in a spreadsheet. FFA rates and fuel prices are copied manually, often outdated by the time you use them.
Calculation errors and rework
Slow available market offers and missed opportunities
Getting budget approval requires assembling data from multiple sources. Stakeholders question pricing without market context, and competitive offers expire.
Delayed decisions, missed opportunities
The FR8 Way
From offer to recap in one platform
Every step of your freight procurement workflow—connected, structured, and audit-ready.
Receive structured offers
Brokers and owners send you offers through FR8. Each offer includes all terms, calculations, and market context in one place.
Benchmark against live market
Instantly compare any offer against current FFA rates and market indices. See if the price is competitive without manual research.
Negotiate with full transparency
Counter-offers are tracked with clear status. All parties see the same terms. No confusion about what was offered or when.
Fix with confidence
When you agree on terms, FR8 records the fixture with timestamps and attribution. The deal is documented before the recap is even written.
Auto-generated recap
FR8 generates a professional recap from the agreed terms. Send to all parties with one click. No manual drafting required.
Public Offer Pages
One link, complete transparency
When brokers or owners send you an offer through FR8, you get a unique link to a public offer page. Everything you need to evaluate the deal is in one place:
- All terms and calculations visible at a glance
- Current market rates for instant benchmarking
- Counter-offer directly from the page
- Full negotiation history in one place
- Accept and fix with recorded timestamps
Why Charterers Choose FR8
Better outcomes, every deal
Data-backed procurement
Every decision supported by real-time market data. Justify pricing to stakeholders with confidence.
Faster deal cycles
Structured workflows eliminate back-and-forth. Close deals in hours instead of days.
Complete audit trail
Every offer, counter, and agreement is logged with timestamps. Compliance and audit-ready.
Better pricing outcomes
Market benchmarks help you identify fair value. Negotiate from a position of knowledge.
"LKAB Minerals has integrated Fr8.no into our operations to gain real-time insights into forward freight prices for our routes. The platform has been instrumental in enabling us to maintain a dynamic, live budget for projected freight costs."
Stina Sandin
Supply Chain Manager, LKAB Minerals