ATHENS
Who we are
DryDel Shipping Inc. (formerly known as Meadway Shipping and Trading Inc.), established in 1988, is an international ship management company and one of the world’s leading operators, managing a modern dry bulk fleet of currently 13 Kamsarmax to Handysize vessels. The fleet has an average age of 4 years and a total cargo-carrying capacity of approximately 744,466 deadweight tons (dwt).
Entrust your ocean transportation to our vessels
The kamsarmax, panamax, supramax & handysize vessels under our management are able to trade worldwide in a multitude of trade routes carrying a wide range of dry cargoes such us manganese and other ores, coals and petcoke, grains, and agriproducts, concentrates and minerals, bauxite and alumina, cement and aggregates, fertilizers and steels.
Our highly qualified team with decades of experience offers reliable and efficient services in the most demanding market needs.
With an eye to the future – New Buildings
DryDel Shipping Inc. is active in the continual investment of high- specification and eco-friendly new building vessels.
The company currently oversees the construction of eight new bulk carriers, demonstrating its firm commitment towards continuous fleet expansion and upgrade.
The new buildings have a total capacity of over four hundred ninety-one thousand tons deadweight.
To carry out the construction of our new vessels, we are collaborating with globally recognized shipyards such as Namura Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Oshima Shipyard Co Ltd and Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co Ltd.
The newbuilding process is supervised by highly skilled teams selected by DryDel Shipping, who work on-site and report to the new buildings’ team at the company’s headquarters in Athens.
Our office in Numbers
Our Commercial team is comprised of experienced staff with expertise to cover the Owned and Chartered fleet worldwide and transportation of bulk cargoes.
Our team works in close cooperation with our Singapore and Dubai branch offices sharing information and resources.
Our mission is to understand our customers business and offer tailored solutions, reliability and flexibility.
Our commercial management structure empowers the team to implement decisions quickly which assists to meet our clients’ and markets’ needs.
Our Operations department takes care of the performance of our ships and voyages.
We cover every aspect and the needs of our chartered and owned fleet, making sure that we always have a successful charter execution.
Our team is comprised of top industry professionals, each one with several years of experience in operations of both managed and time-chartered ships.
The Operations department makes sure that company’s chartering contracts are accomplished to the satisfaction of the clients and in the most efficient way.
Envisaging strict compliance to all applicable regulations, we thrive in working and commercial ethics.
Our professionals closely guide the Masters of our ships on a daily basis, giving them full assistance, sending instructions to the shipping agents, dealing with the charterers or head owners of the chartered fleet and coordinating with all departments making sure that all ship’s requirements are attended.
Our team in Athens office controls all the operations of our Singapore and Dubai offices, keeping a close liaison throughout each charter or voyage.
Our Superintendent Engineers oversee and support all technical operations of our fleet vessels as well as our new building projects.
Experienced and qualified engineers work around the clock to ensure that each vessel’s hull, machinery and equipment is properly monitored and maintained by using industry best practices and available technical innovations.
A key element of our technical department is its strict adherence to the industry regulations and standards including the adoption of environmental and safety measures.
Our Safety team has developed a comprehensive and proactive approach to safety management, both onboard and ashore. That includes identification of potential hazards, implementation of preventive measures, mitigation when nescessary and management of operational and onboard risks, with the view to eliminate them.
The Company SMS sets out the requirements for onboard and shore-based risk assessment hazard exposure management. It also implements additional measures to promote a ‘no blame’ culture and, at the same time, motivating the staff to ensure they embrace the SMS present and future regulations.
Our Crew Manager and his team select, recruit and train our seafarers.
Morality, ethics and support, are the features that characterize our seafarers.
In order to accomplish such task, we focus on advanced coordination by planning and promoting the careers of our crew members.
Our goal is to have our seafarers well trained and ready to perform at the highest level.
Being at the core of our operations, our Crew Department strongly supports the welfare onboard and promotes safety measures, always in accordance with the latest international regulations.
Our Commercial team is comprised of experienced staff with expertise to cover the Owned and Chartered fleet worldwide and transportation of bulk cargoes.
Our team works in close cooperation with our Singapore and Dubai branch offices sharing information and resources.
Our mission is to understand our customers business and offer tailored solutions, reliability and flexibility.
Our commercial management structure empowers the team to implement decisions quickly which assists to meet our clients’ and markets’ needs.
Our Operations department takes care of the performance of our ships and voyages.
We cover every aspect and the needs of our chartered and owned fleet, making sure that we always have a successful charter execution.
Our team is comprised of top industry professionals, each one with several years of experience in operations of both managed and time-chartered ships.
The Operations department makes sure that company’s chartering contracts are accomplished to the satisfaction of the clients and in the most efficient way.
Envisaging strict compliance to all applicable regulations, we thrive in working and commercial ethics.
Our professionals closely guide the Masters of our ships on a daily basis, giving them full assistance, sending instructions to the shipping agents, dealing with the charterers or head owners of the chartered fleet and coordinating with all departments making sure that all ship’s requirements are attended.
Our team in Athens office controls all the operations of our Singapore and Dubai offices, keeping a close liaison throughout each charter or voyage.
Our Superintendent Engineers oversee and support all technical operations of our fleet vessels as well as our new building projects.
Experienced and qualified engineers work around the clock to ensure that each vessel’s hull, machinery and equipment is properly monitored and maintained by using industry best practices and available technical innovations.
A key element of our technical department is its strict adherence to the industry regulations and standards including the adoption of environmental and safety measures.
Our Crew Manager and his team select, recruit and train our seafarers.
Morality, ethics and support, are the features that characterize our seafarers.
In order to accomplish such task, we focus on advanced coordination by planning and promoting the careers of our crew members.
Our goal is to have our seafarers well trained and ready to perform at the highest level.
Being at the core of our operations, our Crew Department strongly supports the welfare onboard and promotes safety measures, always in accordance with the latest international regulations.
Our Safety team has developed a comprehensive and proactive approach to safety management, both onboard and ashore. That includes identification of potential hazards, implementation of preventive measures, mitigation when nescessary and management of operational and onboard risks, with the view to eliminate them.
The Company SMS sets out the requirements for onboard and shore-based risk assessment hazard exposure management. It also implements additional measures to promote a ‘no blame’ culture and, at the same time, motivating the staff to ensure they embrace the SMS present and future regulations.
Your cargo is
our business
DryDel Shipping Inc. manages a modern eco-fleet of twelve high-quality and well-maintained dry bulk vessels constructed in the world’s most reputable shipyards, designed to the latest specifications, and equipped with innovative and high technology.
Our fleet, with a cargo capacity of 725,230 mt and an average age of five years, transports all major types of dry bulk cargoes in every key commercial area of the world.
The competitive advantage of our fleet is the flexibility of trading worldwide, maintaining the fundamental responsibility towards the safety of our crew and cargo.
Looking to the future, DryDel Shipping Inc. is now coordinating the construction of nine newbuilding vessels in four of the most reputable shipyards in the world.
