Physical commodities,
moved with discipline.
A trading house in Dubai, trading as principal since 2012 and always looking at the next frontier.
What we trade
Five desks, one standard.
Each desk is run by people who know its market. All of them trade to the same terms, the same screening and the same standard of delivery.
Energy
Crude, refined products, LPG, bunkers and coal.
Gulf · East Africa · South Asia · South East Asia
Metals & Minerals
Base metals, ferroalloys, concentrates, steel and precious.
Gulf · Turkey · India · China · Sub-Saharan Africa
Agri & Softs
Grains, oilseeds, edible oils, sugar, fertiliser and tropicals.
Black Sea · South America · South Asia · Gulf · East Africa
Chemicals & Industrial
Mining reagents, grinding media, sulphur, acids and industrial chemicals.
Gulf · East Africa · Southern Africa · South Asia
Pharma & Health
Finished medicines, APIs, medical supplies and health products.
Middle East · Africa
How we work
We go, we agree terms, we finance what we agree.
We travel to the producer and to the buyer. Most of what matters in a physical trade is settled in person: the specification, the loading window, who pays for what at the port.
We quote a firm price and a firm date, in writing. Then we take title, finance the cargo, charter the vessel or the trucks, inspect at load and discharge, and carry the risk until it is delivered.
The hard part of a physical trade is rarely the price. It is the logistics and the financing: several legs and borders, cargo that needs careful handling, a payment structure both sides can live with. That is the work we are built for.
The house has traded this way since 2012. The markets have changed; the method has not.
How we tradeWhy we exist
If we cannot create value, we have no place in the trade.
A trading house earns its place between producer and client only by making the trade better for both of them. That was the conviction of our founder, the late Mr T. Hairan, and it is still how the house works.
Relationships first.
We know the people on both sides of a trade, producers and clients alike, and we keep knowing them long after the cargo is delivered.
Understand the need.
Before anything else, we find out what each side actually needs: specification, timing, payment, the last mile.
Solve the hard part.
Complex logistics and financing are where trades stall, and where we do our best work: a route across several legs and borders, awkward cargo, payment terms that work for both sides.
Every counterparty is screened before we talk price.
Know-your-customer and beneficial-owner checks, sanctions screening against the UN, EU, UK and OFAC lists, and credit assessment, on every counterparty and before each shipment. We will decline a cargo we cannot check.
Have a cargo or a requirement?
Tell us the commodity, the quantity and the delivery window. A desk replies within one business day.