Geared Ultramax loading grain alongside in a Mediterranean port

Shipbrokers · London

Small and Mid-Size Tonnage Chartering Across the Black Sea, Mediterranean and Red Sea.

Handysize to Ultramax on Continent trades. London desk, own AIS positioning.

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Two segments

The Ships We Fix, and Where They Trade

1,000–15,000 DWT

Coasters, Mini-Bulkers and MPP

Typical cargo: Project cargo and heavy lifts, breakbulk and steel, bauxite, clinker, cement, scrap, HBI, grain and industrial minerals
Typical routes: Black Sea–Mediterranean, intra-Mediterranean, Mediterranean–Red Sea

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Geared Supramax with open hatches loading grain, seen from above

28,000–65,000 DWT

Handysize to Ultramax

Typical cargo: Grain, petcoke, steel, scrap and minor bulks
Typical routes: Continent–Mediterranean, Continent–Black Sea, US Gulf–Continent

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Where we trade

Black Sea, Mediterranean, Red Sea and the Continent

Small tonnage works the enclosed seas; Handysize to Ultramax link them with North-West Europe and the US Gulf.

Handysize–Ultramax lanes: Continent, Mediterranean, Black Sea, US Gulf1,000–15,000 DWT: Black Sea, Mediterranean, Red Sea

Why Marcenta

A Broker's Desk, Not a Call Centre

Own AIS Positioning

We track open and ballasting tonnage on our own AIS data, so proposals start from where ships actually are.

Tonnage Within One Working Day

Send a firm cargo and a broker comes back with suitable tonnage within one working day.

Small-parcel Specialists

Part cargoes, project pieces and short-sea parcels from 1,000 DWT up are our daily work, not an afterthought.

London Desk

An English-registered broker, working Black Sea, Mediterranean and Continent hours.

Live market

Indices and Bunkers from the Desk

Baltic Indices

BDI2,648
Capesize (BCI)3,963
Panamax (BPI)1,874
Supramax (BSI)1,856
Handysize (BHSI)1,014

Bunkers, $/Mt

VLSFO Singapore$1,003.50
VLSFO Rotterdam$763.50
VLSFO Piraeus$867.00
VLSFO Fujairah$991.50
MDO Singapore$1,263.00
MDO Rotterdam$1,402.50
MDO Piraeus$1,559.00
MDO Fujairah$1,692.50

Capesize Routes

C3 Tubarão–Qingdao~$36.8/mt
C5 W. Australia–Qingdao~$15.0/mt

Baltic 2 Nov 2026 (last close) · Bunkers 2 Nov 2026

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Shipowners & operators

Your Next Cargo, Before Your Vessel Opens

Coasters, mini-bulkers and MPP, 1,000–15,000 DWT
Handysize to Ultramax on Continent trades

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Charterers, traders & project shippers

Tonnage for Your Cargo Within One Working Day

Dry bulk, breakbulk and project cargo
Black Sea, Mediterranean, Red Sea and Continent

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City of London skyline across the Thames at blue hour

London desk

Open Vessel or Firm Cargo?

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