Konstantin Kalnyi — Practical Experience in Ship Chartering and Commercial Ship Management

Konstantin Kalnyi is the Founder and CEO of Kiev Shipping Ltd, a Ukrainian maritime company working in ship chartering, maritime brokerage, vessel employment and commercial voyage support.

He entered the shipping business in 1998 after working in the gas sector. In 2000, he founded Kiev Shipping Ltd, which has been active in the international maritime market for more than 25 years.

Konstantin Kalnyi’s professional background is based on practical market work, not theory. Over the years, he has been involved in more than 350 voyages and fixtures covering different cargoes, vessel sizes and trading areas.

His key areas of expertise include:

• ship chartering;
• dry bulk and breakbulk brokerage;
• general, project and oversized cargo shipments;
• grain, fertilizers, cement, clinker, steel and industrial cargoes;
• tanker brokerage for CPP, DPP and chemical cargoes;
• vessel employment;
• cargo search for shipowners and operators;
• commercial voyage follow-up;
• charter party negotiations;
• commercial risk assessment;
• support for shipowners and operators in commercial ship management.

As a ship chartering specialist, Konstantin Kalnyi understands the practical side of every fixture: vessel position, cargo readiness, port conditions, freight market, rate level, payment terms, counterparty reliability and the real risks behind performance.

As a commercial ship management specialist, he works with vessel employment, cargo sourcing, voyage evaluation, commercial coordination and direct communication with charterers, brokers, agents and operators. His role is not only to find cargo or tonnage, but to help each transaction move correctly from negotiations to voyage completion.

His approach is based on practical experience, direct market communication and a clear understanding that shipping is not built on presentations, but on performance, precise terms and commercial reliability.

Kiev Shipping Ltd continues to provide ship chartering, maritime brokerage, vessel employment and commercial voyage support services to clients in Ukraine and across the international shipping market.