About
A trading company built for markets that punish improvisation.
Who we are
ZBT was formed to trade physical commodities in markets where performance risk is the real risk. Cargoes move. Prices move. What should not move is whether the counterparty does what it said it would.
The name is a coordinate. Zero Buoy is 0°N 0°E, the point in African waters where the map begins — the origin every other position is measured from. It is where we start, and everything we supply from and ship to connects back to it.
We take positions we can verify and structures we can fund, and we decline the rest. That discipline is the product.
Principles
We hold position
We do what the contract says, when it says. Counterparties should be able to navigate by us.
Anchored in Africa
Johannesburg-based, with working relationships across the continent and the Gulf, built on the ground rather than by correspondence.
Everything measured
Inspection at loading, verified counterparties, disciplined structures. From the origin, everything else is measurable.
Company
- Registered name
- Registered legal name and company number
- Registered in
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- info@zbt-group.com