As from the beginning of Hartel, we have enjoyed the support from major non-ferro trading companies, for whom we are still one of the exclusive brokers. We handle their demands for world-wide transportation, with the emphasis on Continent/East Mediterranean/Black sea traffic including Inter Mediterranean business. Commodities mainly consist of bulk concentrates and non-ferro metals in bundles/slabs, in the range of 500 up to 10.000 m tons. As a spin-off for commodities which we are unable to handle with our own fleet we do meet our customers’ demands in performance by taking foreign vessels into timecharter.