Meridiam Maritime is an integrated short-sea operator working 3,000–5,000 DWCC tonnage across the European ranges.
Founded by Spanish and Portuguese principals in partnership with Pérez y Cía, a maritime group established in 1853, Meridiam is a freight trading company focused on the short-sea dry cargo segment. We trade Continent, UK, Irish Sea, Baltic, Scandinavia, Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Meridiam is a fully integrated operator managing the full scope of Chartering related activities — from the freight sale and the contract of affreightment, through the chartering of tonnage on our own account, down to an operations desk that handles every pre- and post-fixture aspect of the voyage through to final accounts.
Where we trade
Iberian by origin. European by range.
Parcels between 3,000 and 5,000 tonnes, moving on tonnage small enough to work the draft- and length-restricted berths that larger ships cannot take.
Continent
UK
Irish Sea
Baltic
Scandinavia
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Tonnage
- 3,000 – 5,000 DWCC
- Geared and gearless coasters
- Trip charter-in
Cargoes
- Steel, rebar and billets
- Clinker and cement
- Aggregates and gypsum
- Grain and feed
- Fertiliser, bulk and bagged
- Salt, kaolin and minerals
- Wood pellets and biomass
- Scrap
Employment
- Voyage charter
- Contracts of affreightment
- Trip time charter
- Part cargo and part charter
Open positions
Our tonnage.
The position list goes out to brokers and principals at 08:00 CET each business day. Enquiries on positions, cargoes or market conditions are welcome at any hour.
The team

António Cortesão
Freight trader · Director
Short-sea dry cargo across the Continent, UK, Irish Sea, Baltic and Scandinavia ranges.
chartering@meridiam-maritime.com +30 697 040 1193
Ruben Rodrigues
Freight trader · Director
Short-sea dry cargo across the Biscay Bay, Iberia and Morocco, full Mediterranean and Black Sea ranges.
chartering@meridiam-maritime.com +34 600 66 30 95
Jon López de Dicastillo
Operations
Port calls, bunkers, laytime and final accounts, from recap to settlement.
operations@meridiam-maritime.com +34 682 49 25 61Contact
Enquiries are answered the same business day.
Positions or cargoes — the desk is reachable at any hour.
Operations attended 24/7. Positions circulated 08:00 CET, Monday to Friday.