The Shipping and Maritime Logistics Department of Interbulk Trading S.A. is responsible of Italcementi Group’s shipping activities. The mission is to provide a shipping service matching Italcementi Group’s needs, high performance standards, and at best competitive market prices.
This ambitious goal is achieved through:
- a continuous increase in volumes and scale of operations
- a wider network of shipping activities at Group level
- a top notch market knowledge
- a spread “shipping culture” within Italcementi Group
The activities of the Shipping and Maritime Logistics department have followed the Group’s trading trend recording the same strong development.
Considering the ever-growing value of freights and the fact that shipping is becoming a key to success, the Group decided to enter the shipping business. A focused number of strategic partnerships were selected to create a network of alliances among ship-owners and industrial producers.
With the aim of exploiting synergies and leveraging our partners’ expertise, an integrated operational hub was created in Genoa.
M.T.B. Maritime Trading & Brokerage is 
a broker house. About 950 vessels were chartered in 2007 (~80/month), of which some 40% for third parties. Acting as a broker, M.T.B.’s is in charge of providing the best service to its customers, while optimizing utilization of resources (vessels) for its suppliers. M.T.B. is also doing vessel brokerage. 2007 turnover hit 5.3 M euro.
Italcementi Group’s ship-owning activities are based on two pillars:
MEDCEM (JV with Romeo Shipping) is a ship-owning company specialized in cement carriers and mini bulk carriers(from 3 to 15,000 DWT). Medcem turnover was almost 36 millions Euro in 2007 totaling Mt 1.8 plus transported.
SIDERNAVI (JV with Romeo Shipping, Navigazione Italiana, Duferco, I.U.D.) is a ship-owning company specialized in handysize on handymax vessels (from 15 to 40,000 DWT). 2007 turnover was about 50 millions Euro with some 2.3 Mt transported.