About Us

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Arbitrations in 35 Years

Welcome

ALFA MARITIMA INTERNATIONAL (AMI)

Bulk Carriers Chartering.

Logistics & Finance Solutions for Dry Bulk Shipping Commodities.

Focusing regions: Canada, USA, Mexico, the Caribbean & LATAM.

Focusing on customers: Industrial Corporations linked to Dry Bulk Commodities supply chains and/or international industrial projects related to the mentioned supply chains, financed by investment funds.

AMI is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, with over 35 years of proven experience.

Full customer satisfaction, based on human values.

develop@alfamaritima.com

+ 1 (786) 208.27.17

Experts In:

Vessels Chartering & Shipbroking.
Self-Loading & Self-Discharge Operations.
Identifying reliable bulk carriers to lift on time each shipment's program schedule.
Supply Chain Optimization.
Maritime Transportation Projects, Research, Development & Implementation.
Assistance to minimize demurrages and commodities losses.

What We Offer

EXPERIENCE

Alfa Maritima International “AMI” has excellent records in lifting diverse cargoes, on time, same moment, at different places, for complex maritime transportation lifting schedule programs.

AMI has performed and managed long-lasting charter party contracts of Maritime Transportation for Dry Bulk Commodities, for more than ten years in a row, for Industrial charterers to carry:

Grains,
Bauxite,
Minerals,
Cement,
Clinker,
Fertilizers.

AMI has successful experiences in:

Long-term Time Charters to lease Tugboats for more than ten years in a row to Industrial Charterers.
Administrations of Time Charter Contracts to lease Tankers for Oil Companies.

What Our Customers Say

Alfa Marítima International, accomplished reliability and security in its operations".

Tomas I. Polanco F.

Legal Vice President and Secretary of the Board of Directors

Cemex de Venezuela
1994 - 2008

Alfa Maritima always reliable in coordinating the supply chain to import bauxite from the mines up to the production warehouse".

Eng. Angel Baricelli U.

Vice President of Operations

Ferro Aluminio C.A.
1992 - 2010

Alfa Maritima Inter Experts dexterity and experience Grain Maritime Transportation."

Eduardo Contreras L.

Raw Material Corporate Manager

Empresas Polar
1970 - 2000

"Luis Urdaneta and Alfa Maritima International, excellent charterers and clients."

Eng. Radosman Barrrera

Caribbean Navigation Co. &
Maritime Transportation Shipping
1997 - 2006

Our Philosophy and Culture

Ethics

A person or a corporation without ethics, in the long run, results will be equal to zero. (0).

Fulfillment

We always comply with the agreements and contracts in our daily operations.

Service

Passion for serving our Customers, Allies, and Suppliers.

Commitment

We are always determined to find and procure solutions to our customer problems and help them achieve their goals.

Stability

We seek the development of long-term relationships and mutual trust.

Integrity

Over 30 years attached to human values.

RESPECT

We treat others in the same way we want to be treated.

Flexibility

We adapt and give solutions to unexpected changes.

Environmental Responsibility

As far as possible, the impact of our operations on the environment is zero (0).

Transparency

ALFA MARITIMA INTERNATIONAL, AMI is aware of the strategic added value supplied to our customers and allies, with our solutions and work.

AMI complies with the principles of integrity and anti-corruption transparency, comply with the Law of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act – “FCPA” and the Bribery Act of the United Kingdom – “UKBA.”

These laws prohibit bribery of public and private officials and foreign governments.

Our Professional Team

Luis Urdaneta E.

BS in Business Administration, Questrom School of Business, 1981, Boston University; International Maritime Trade Specialist, School of Higher Studies of the Merchant Navy, Caracas, 1992; Executive Master in Logistics Management, School of Industrial Organization, EOI Madrid Spain, 2006; Certificate in Shipbroker and Chartered Vessel Operations, New York Shipbrokers Association (ASBA), 2020. Expert in Bulk Dry Bulk Shipping Commodities, Chartering Vessel Operations, and Dry Bulk Commodities Logistic Optimization. Broad experience in International Commerce. 40 years of Professional Experience.

Andrés Varenkow K.

Bsc in Chemical Engineer, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, 1975. MBA Business General Management from EADA Business School, Barcelona Spain, 1980. Associate Professor, Department of Management, Economics and Political Science, Universidad Simón Bolívar, from June 1981 / June 2002. Extensive Knowledge in International Trading. Import/Export grains. Expert on Negotiation & Purchase raw materials for a group of 40 companies in three business divisions (beer, food and soft-drinks) . Sales Expert of malt barley to the Latin-American and the Caribbean markets. 50 years of Professional Experience, 32 years in Raw Material Trading & Maritime Transportation Services, Empresas Polar, 1993/2022, Weissheimer Malzfabrik, 2002 – 2006. Cenit Global Markets, 2007 – Present.

Reinaldo Gabaldon B.

BSc in Chemical Engineering (Summa Cum-Laude), Universidad Simón Bolívar 1979, MSc in Engineering Management, 1984, MSc in Engineering Economic-Systems, 1985, Stanford University. Extensive knowledge in Import/Export and Maritime & Air Transport Logistics and International Trade; in Business Development and Project Financing of Petrochemicals Joint Ventures. Broad experience in General Management and Member of the Board of Directors of several petrochemical companies. 44 years of Professional Experience, 12 years in Maritime & Air Transport Logistics (Corporate Manager for Logistics & International Trade Services, Empresas Polar, 2010/2022).

Tomas I. Polanco F.

BA degree in Law, Universidad Central Caracas, Venezuela, 1975/80; Master of Laws, LL.M. Columbia Law School, 1981/82; PhD Candidate in Law, Universidad Central de Venezuela – 1986/90). Lawyer with solid knowledge of public and private law in Latin America. Extensive knowledge of government regulations in the region, and expert legal advisor on corporate and compliance matters, which can translate into the success of a company or business. 42 Years of Professional Experience.

Jesús A. Perez Lavaud

BSc. In Civil Engineering, Major in Construction Management, Universidad Católica Andres Bello, UCAB, 1980). Expert in Project Engineering & Construction Management. Broad experience in Construction Project Management & International Trading. More than 40 years of professional experience in the Construction Industry as an Engineer and Entrepreneur/Investor.

German A. Romero A.

BSc, 1987/1991 and BS, 1997/2002 in Computer Sciences, Nueva Esparta University; Specialization in the Shipping Business. Extensive knowledge and broad expertise in the shipping business (chartering and operations) of oil tankers, dry bulk and offshore vessels, in Business Management and International Trade. Extensive knowledge in operations and management of charter parties. 33 years of Professional Experience.

Francisco J. Schutte G.

BSc in Agronomical Engineering, Universidad Centro Occidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto Venezuela- 1979/85; Courses in International Agriculture, Cornell University, 1994/96; Courses in International Forest Genetics and Tree Improvement, North Carolina State University, 1998). Expert in the Renewables and Environmental Protection Industry; Sustainable Agriculture Development, and in several types of Agriculture, with a proven history in these fields. More than 30 years of Professional Experience.

Oskarina Comelnares

Alfa maritima international.

Since 1990

We have solved different logistics problems for prominent private industrial corporations, and non-government in Mexico, and Venezuela. AMI started chartering bulk carrier vessels, loading bauxite in Guyana mines, malt barley in the North European continent range and Vancouver Canada to Latin America, transporting clinker and cement from the North Cost South America cement plants to the Caribbean Islands and North Brazil, cement across the Caribbean Islands, carrying urea, fertilizers to Colombia and Peru, and performing cabotages for dry bulk commodities, Coal, Iron Ore among Venezuelan ports, all these operations before May 18th, 2015 when the Venezuelan Government took over the Cements Plants in Venezuela.

For over 30 years, we have developed long-term business alliances with Industrial Companies to generate Maritime Transport Solutions for the Supply Chains of their Dry Bulk Commodities such as Cemex, Empresas Polar, Ferro Aluminio C.A., and others.

Alfa Maritima International

Dry Bulk Shipping Commodities

Welcome

develop@alfamaritima.com

+ 1 (786) 208.27.17

Experts In:

What We Offer

Reliability & Security for the Dry Bulk Maritime Transportation & Chartering Operations.

Proven experience in maritime transportation of Grains & Cereals, Bauxite, Iron Ore, Clinker, Cement...

Know-how of Supply Chain Operations for Food/Grains, Cement, Bauxite, and Fertilizer Industries...

Freight rates indications, according to markets, ship operating costs, and bunkers.

Commodity Trading. can Develop Niches in the international Markets For Dry Bulk Commodities, as per customer request.

AMI strategic vision becomes an added value for our Allies and Industrial Customers.

EXPERIENCE

What Our Customers Say

Our Philosophy and Culture

MISSION

VISION

VALUES

Ethics

Fulfillment

Service

Commitment

Stability

Integrity

RESPECT

Flexibility

Environmental Responsibility

Transparency

Our Professional Team

Luis Urdaneta E.

Andrés Varenkow K.

Reinaldo Gabaldon B.

Tomas I. Polanco F.

Jesús A. Perez Lavaud

German A. Romero A.

Francisco J. Schutte G.

Oskarina Comelnares

Alfa maritima international.

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