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About Marcenta
Independent by Design, Disciplined by Habit
Marcenta Chartering & Shipping Ltd was built on a simple premise: a shipbroker's only asset is trust, and trust is earned one honest fixture at a time.
Our story
Built by Brokers Who Got Tired of Inflated Numbers
Marcenta was founded in London after years spent on both sides of the fixture table, chartering cargo for traders and representing owners' tonnage. The pattern was always the same: brokers who padded freight to look generous, or lowballed to look fast, and clients who couldn't tell which number was real.
Marcenta exists to be the exception. Every rate we quote is checked against the Baltic indices and bunker levels of the day, every cargo is verified before it's circulated, and every fixture is followed through to final discharge.
Today the desk focuses on two segments: small tonnage of 1,000–15,000 DWT in the Black Sea, Mediterranean and Red Sea, and Handysize to Ultramax on Continent trades.
What we stand for
Four Principles Behind Every Fixture
Independence
We own no ships and take no side of a fixture we haven't earned. Every recommendation serves the client in front of us.
Data Discipline
Freight is checked against indices, bunkers and our own AIS view of tonnage before it leaves the desk.
Follow-through
The fixture isn't finished at the recap. We track every voyage to final discharge, laytime and all.
Always Reachable
The AI Chartering Desk takes enquiries around the clock, and a broker reviews every one before anything is confirmed.
Our desks
Who You Deal with
1,000–15,000 DWT
Small Tonnage Desk
Project, breakbulk and short-sea dry bulk in the Black Sea, Mediterranean and Red Sea.
28,000–65,000 DWT
Handysize to Ultramax Desk
Continent trades to and from the Mediterranean, Black Sea and US Gulf.
AIS data
Positioning
Open and ballasting tonnage tracked on our own AIS feed, matched with backhaul cargo.
Post-fixture
Operations
NOR, laytime, demurrage, statements of fact and documents through to discharge.
London desk
Want to Work with a Broker Who Tells It Straight?
Start with an open vessel or a firm cargo.