Physicalcommodities,quoted to grade
Crude oil and refined products, strategic food commodities, and minerals and fertilizers, traded from Dubai on three desks. Every position names a grade, an origin, a laycan and an instrument, and every cargo is certified by an independent inspector at load.
ActivePhysical commodity trading
Energy, food and minerals
ActiveShipping and chartering
Tankers and bulk carriers
ActiveCounterparty due diligence
Before every first transaction
ActiveIndependent inspection
SGS and Intertek at load port
ActiveDocumentary settlement
Letters of credit through regulated banks
ActiveIndustry contract forms
GAFTA and FOSFA on food
The capabilities behind every cargo on all three desks: energy and petroleum, strategic food commodities, and minerals and fertilizers.
Who we work with
We are registered with, and do business with, national oil companies and international trading houses, including:
Not an exhaustive list. All names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners.
Six lines of business, three desks
Energy and petroleum, strategic food commodities, and minerals and fertilizers, each traded by its own desk to its own grade sheet.
Specificity
is the credential
Vague is how a broker sounds. EN590 10 ppm, ICUMSA 45 and urea at 46% nitrogen is how a desk sounds. We publish a grade sheet for every desk so a counterparty can check we cover their product before the first call.
How each desk names a grade
Every commodity has its own vocabulary of quality. A position that does not use it is not a position.
- Crude oil
- Density in degrees API and sulphur content
- Diesel
- EN590, sulphur at most 10 ppm
- Sugar
- ICUMSA colour units, 45 for refined white
- Wheat
- Protein content, moisture and falling number
- Urea
- Nitrogen content, 46% for granular and prilled
- Iron ore
- Iron content, Fe 58% to 65%
General market reference. The terms of each transaction are set in its contract.
Between the origin
and the end buyer,
a trade that works
Due diligence
Specification, pricing, contracts, credit and documents, handled by the desk accountable for them.
- Identity and ownership
- Origin of the cargo
- Origin of the funds
Independent inspection
Vessels, terminals, silos and inspectors coordinated to one timetable through independent providers.
- Vessels and chartering
- Terminals and silos
- Independent inspectors
One cargo, followed from contract to settlement
How our desk coordinates a transaction: the checks, the vessel, the documents and the payment, each moving in sequence.
- Contract
- Nomination
- Loading
- Voyage
- Settlement
- 01Terms confirmed in writing: grade, quantity, laycan, price basis and payment
- IdentityChecking
- OwnershipChecking
- Origin of the cargoChecking
- Origin of the fundsChecking
- Sanctions screeningChecking
- Bill of ladingPending
- Quality certificatePending
- Quantity certificatePending
- Certificate of originPending
Commercial relationships built on clear terms
Physical trade rewards patience and punishes ambiguity. Four principles shape how we work.
- Grade, origin and lot fixed in writing
- Laycan and payment instrument agreed
- Nothing material left open
Durablerelationships,one cargo at a time
The value of a trading house lies in the relationships it keeps over many years. We are building ours carefully, one counterparty and one cargo at a time.
From contract
to settlement
What counterparties usually ask
What does Gulf Titans International trade?
Crude oil and refined products on the energy desk; wheat, rice, sugar, feed grains, pulses, edible oils, frozen seafood and frozen buffalo meat on the food desk; phosphate rock, urea, DAP and MAP, sulphur, copper and iron and chrome ore on the minerals desk. Each desk publishes a grade sheet.
Does the company own vessels, terminals or storage?
No. Vessels, terminals, silos, storage and inspection are provided by independent companies. We coordinate them for each transaction under the agreed delivery terms.
Which inspection companies do you use?
Independent inspection at the load port is carried out by companies such as SGS and Intertek, appointed under the contract. Their certificates travel with the shipping documents.
Are you a GAFTA or FOSFA member?
Our food contracts are written on GAFTA and FOSFA contract forms, the standard forms of the grain and oilseed trade. Using the forms does not imply membership of either association, and we do not claim it.
Will you ever ask for an advance fee?
No. We do not ask counterparties to pay fees in advance for documents, allocations or procedures. If you receive such a request in our name, please contact us before taking any action.
How do I start a conversation?
Send an enquiry through the contact page or call our office in Dubai. Name the grade, the quantity, the destination and your target laycan.
Bring us a cargo
Name the grade, the quantity and the destination. You will get a position or a straight no, not a brochure.
Trade enquiry- Grade
- Quantity
- Destination