航运经纪人俱乐部在2009年12月9日筹备成立。权威媒体纷纷以“国内首家航运经纪人俱乐部成立”为题报道，称这将对推动上海国际航运中心建设将产生重大影响。

航运经纪公司的合法化问题困扰了业界几十年。早在上世纪八十年代航运经纪业务就进入中国大陆，但由于航运经纪未被列入国民经济产业门类，以至于航运经纪公司始终不能在中国大陆合法注册。业界的变通做法就是在境外成立公司，在国内设立办事处。虽然也能解决一部分实际问题，但毕竟办事处的性质影响了经纪公司的长远发展，公司规模也受到限制。俱乐部成立后首先做的一件事就是完成了航运经纪公司在中国大陆的合法化，经过半年的努力，在交通运输部、上海市以及虹口区大力支持下，首批共九家船舶经纪公司于2010年七月在上海虹口区完成了注册。

众盟航运经纪人俱乐部（以下简称“俱乐部”）是一个民办非企业单位，是一个非盈利性的公益组织。俱乐部的宗旨是提升航运经纪人的专业水准和职业道德操守、增进市场主体和各界对经纪公司的了解和认同、最终促进航运经纪产业的健康发展。

俱乐部组织的各种论坛、会议、研讨会等活动获得了造船厂、船东、船舶管理公司、船舶经营公司、船舶交易场所、金融机构、保险公司、船级社、律师事务所等机构的高度认可和积极参与。俱乐部为经纪公司提供了与航运市场主体以及其他供应商、服务商之间的交流平台和渠道。经纪公司可以通过俱乐部的活动结识更多的客户，客户也通过俱乐部的平台了解更多经纪公司的情况。

俱乐部的另一大功能是，为业界提供务实的培训课程，围绕租船、船舶买卖、新造船等业务，聘请业内著名的资深教授、学者、律师、经纪人、企业高管等专家授课。初级班填补了海事大学和实业界之间最后一公里的真空，为毕业生求职创造了条件；高级班为在职的专业人员提供了进修提高的机会，所以得到了业界的欢迎和好评。

理事会成员

The Shipbrokers Club was launched on December 9, 2009. After 10 years lead time, the Club was legally registered in Tianjin on Sep 27, 2020.

As the first shipbroker organization in China, its establishment was viewed as a significant step for Shanghai to regain its past glory as an international shipping center.

It took decades for the government to recognize ship brokering as a legitimate business, even though its presence started in mainland China as early as the 1980s.

Before their legal status was formalized in 2010, brokerage houses set up liaison offices in mainland China and settled their transactions aboard. But such practices impeded broking firms’ long-term development, especially in the case of Chinese local players, who were restricted from establishing entities overseas.

Pushing for the legalization of registration of shipbroking houses in mainland China was immediately at the top of the Club’s agenda after its establishment. Our efforts paid off in July 2010 when nine of our member companies were successfully registered in Shanghai.

As a non-profit organization, the mission of the Club is to promote the overall development of the shipbroking industry in China and help strengthen their positions.

The Club itself does not engage in shipbroking business, so it poses no threat of competition to ship brokers. As a result, it was well received by shipowners, shipyards, classification societies, law firms, banks and other organizations that request ship trading information and in turn enhances the communication among them, which provides our members more business opportunities and exposure to their clients.

It acts as a professional marketplace connecting the upstream and downstream of the shipping and shipbuilding sectors, highlighted by its close ties with the Dongjiang Shipping Exchange in Tianjin, where a Free Trade Zone has been established to facilitate trading activities, including finance.

Moreover, most directors of the Club are the panel members of China Newbuilding Price Index (CNPI), a well-known newbuilding price index composed of 21 ship brokerage houses both in China and abroad since 2011.

Another major service of the Club is to provide useful trainings and lectures for the industry, including those given by renowned maritime lawyers, brokers, executives of shipping companies and experts in the field of chartering, sales & purchase, newbuilding, etc. The entry-level courses complete the last mile of the journey between the maritime colleges and actual market demand for skilled workforce, creating employment opportunities for college graduates. Advanced courses offer industry professionals an opportunity to improve their skills and move up another rung on their career ladder.

In addition, the Club also provides recruiting services to brokerage houses, with advertisement that can be published on our website and/or Wechat platform.

Last but not least, the Club also holds forums, seminars, cocktail parties, sports events and other activities to provide a platform for information exchange and deepen the understanding between shipbrokers and their principals.

Council Member

the term of office of the current Council is three years starting from Feb 2021.