Thurlestone Shipping

Thurlestone Shipping was established in London in 2004 by two long serving dry bulk shipping professionals. Their aspiration was to develop a company true to the principles of physical shipbroking. The opening of our London office in 2004 coincided with the beginning of Chinas commodity super cycle. The resulting boom in the dry bulk markets powered our early expansion in what was at that time one of the dry bulk shipping centres. As the industrialisation of China up-ended the established order in dry bulk shipping, we responded by establishing an office in Beijing in 2006 to service the rapidly growing in ship-owning, operating and steel sectors. In 2008, Thurlestone Shipping Singapore Ltd opened its doors to support the mining companies and commodity traders who were rapidly establishing commercial operations on Chinas doorstep. Singapores explosion as a shipping centre meant that it rapidly become the home of Thurlestones Asian headquarters. In 2009, Thurlestone Australia wa...