BTS Coasting is the most effective online tool for brokers, charterers and agents active in bulk and project cargoes — exchange positions and cargoes, and do business across the market.
With BTS, brokers, charterers and agents exchange positions and cargoes and do business in regions all over the world. Its intelligent search engine lets you work through the open market and your own incoming circulars by region, port, DWT, Cbft, company name and much more — so the right match surfaces fast.
It’s our oldest product, and it tells our whole story: BTS began life as a Telex network in 1970 and has been reinvented the whole way through — now a modern, AI-driven platform delivered over email and the web.
Search circulars efficiently by port, region, cargo type, DWCC, Cbft and more — and build dashboards with your favourite filters.
Find the most effective route port to port, and calculate distance from a vessel’s position to the next port for an accurate ETA.
See circulars visualised on a live map. Navigate to the region you care about and get a clear market overview.
Immediate live AIS positions, extended vessel particulars, and an unlimited fleet-following option.
Connect your own inbox and manage all your email alongside the market, in one place.
Half a century serving the chartering market — modernised continuously, without losing what made it work.