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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.

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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.

Animated map of the European ranges Meridiam trades: Continent, UK, Irish Sea, Baltic, Scandinavia, Mediterranean and Black Sea

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

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 61

Contact

Enquiries are answered the same business day.

Positions or cargoes — the desk is reachable at any hour.

Madrid

Calle de Jenner, 6, 1ª planta
Chamberí, 28010 Madrid
Spain
+34 600 66 30 95

Bilbao

Barroeta Aldamar 2, 1º Piso
48001 Bilbao
Spain
+34 682 49 25 61

Athens

166 A Kifissias Avenue & Sofokleous Street
15126 Athens
Greece
+30 697 040 1193

Operations attended 24/7. Positions circulated 08:00 CET, Monday to Friday.