Independent Shipbroking  ·  Oslo  ·  Athens

NordStep Shipping

We connect shipowners and charterers across the dry bulk, tanker and sale & purchase markets — a direct, senior line into every fixture, with desks in Oslo and Athens.

EST. 2026 OSLO ATHENS GENERAL SHIPBROKING
Scope of service

What NordStep handles

Recap — General Shipbroking Ref. NSS-GEN-2026
01

Dry cargo chartering

Bulk carriers from handysize to capesize. Voyage and time charter fixtures across the Atlantic and Pacific basins, negotiated clause by clause.

02

Tanker chartering

Clean and dirty petroleum, chemical and gas tonnage. Spot and period business for owners and charterers alike.

03

Sale & purchase

Newbuilding, secondhand and demolition transactions — valuation, negotiation and coordination of inspections through to closing.

04

Project & specialised cargo

Breakbulk, heavy-lift and out-of-gauge cargo requiring tailored tonnage, routing and stowage planning.

05

Market advisory

Freight market analysis and rate benchmarking to support owners' and charterers' decisions, drawn from daily desk activity.


Espen Kolstad Stephensen, Founder of NordStep Shipping AS
The broker

Espen Kolstad Stephensen

Founder & Shipbroker

Espen founded NordStep Shipping in 2026 to give owners and charterers a direct, senior line into the market — one broker across the full lifecycle of a fixture, from first indication to final laytime statement.

With desks in Oslo and Athens, NordStep works with shipowners and charterers across international dry bulk, tanker and S&P markets — small enough to answer the phone personally, connected enough to move a fixture.

Oslo, Norway59.9139° N, 10.7522° E
Piraeus, Greece37.9475° N, 23.6367° E
Desks

Present in Oslo and Athens

Nordic desk

Oslo

Serving shipowners and charterers across the Nordic market and beyond — dry bulk and tanker chartering, newbuilding and S&P.

59.9139° N, 10.7522° E
Mediterranean desk

Athens — Piraeus

Inside the Greek shipowning community — chartering and sale & purchase for owners and charterers across the Eastern Mediterranean and beyond.

37.9475° N, 23.6367° E

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