In 2019, Steinweg Latin America and Atlantic Brokers have joined forces and established STEINWEG BROKERS, to further expand the brokering services within the West Coast of South America. This partnership consolidated rapidly and during 2021 added a team of brokers in Sao Paulo, focusing on expanding our presence in Brazil. Continuing its grown and consolidation, the joint venture then expanded into Peru, Uruguay and Argentina, and today count with a team of over 30 brokers and staff across 5 countries in South America.
Our primary focus is to service industrial clients with freight authority in the region, as well as covering the Time Charter market derived from such volume. This joint venture allows us to offer a broader and more competitive service to both our existing and new customers alike, being cargo exporters, importers, traders, shipowners or ship operators. We fix in excess of 25 million tonnes of bulk and breakbulk cargoes per year.
C. STEINWEG GROUP is a service provider in the fields of storage, handling, forwarding, chartering and other related logistic services. The company was founded in Rotterdam in 1847 and has a physical presence in Latin America over 35 years with offices in Chile, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Mexico. In South Africa, C. Steinweg Bridge has been providing its services for more than 35 years with offices in 8 different countries. Due to local demand and at the request of some local clients, we decided to extend the JV and provide our broking services to these niche clients from our office in Cape Town. You are welcome to check the company website at www.steinweg.com
ATLANTIC BROKERS is an independent competitive shipbroker specialized in Dry Cargo Chartering within all segments from small multi purpose vessels to Capesize ships, as well as Freight Forwarding. The company was established in Buenos Aires in 2005 and today employs 16 brokers and staff. You are welcome to check the company website at www.atlanticbrokers.com.ar
Strategically located across 5 offices in South America, we sit close to buyers importing under FOB terms or sellers exporting under CFR, as well as traders, logistic operators and forwarders active in international trade within the Latin American region.
We employ 34 dedicated Brokers to canvass both the cargo and tonnage markets in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and South Africa.
Offices in Montevideo (Uruguay), Lima (Peru), Santiago (Chile), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Cape Town (South Africa). You are welcome to click on each office for full contact details of each Team Member.
Main cargoes handled: Grains, Coal, Salt, Concentrates, Iron Ore and other Minerals.
We provide regular market reports and assist with Voyage Calculation for specific routes as requested by our clients.
We have close long-standing relationships with a vast number of shipowners and ship operators based in Europe, Asia and the Americas actively rating and fixing cargoes into/out of South America.
Assistance throughout the whole process of a freight contract, from the preparation of the tender, choice of CP, analysis of specific clauses, to the actual negotiation and conclusion of a Charter Party.
We are members of ITIC and count with support from a number of Arbitrators in the LMAA.
We have dedicated staff attending all post-fixture matters, including preparation of Laytime Calculations.