Roman Maritime®

Roman Maritime — overseas merchants, established MMXXVI.

We carry goods
across one sea,
from one hinterland to
one peninsula,
under one house.

We carry overseas trade with discipline and provenance.

When trade competes only on price, provenance becomes the difference.

Roman Maritime approaches every shipment with restraint. We favour paperwork over volume, and a single corridor that holds its shape over time.

Across sourcing, passage, and delivery, each lot is named, sampled, and signed for, so that a buyer knows what they bought.

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The Corridor · II

Two ports.
One sea.

Every shipment the house carries travels this single line — Mundra to Jebel Ali — under the India–UAE CEPA agreement. One corridor, kept short on purpose.

DISTANCE
1,540 NM
TRANSIT
7–10 DAYS
CEPA
0% DUTY
  • I
  • II
  • III
  • IV
Ledger · III
Ledger of Goods · Roman Maritime · Vol. II / IV

Spice

From the Malabar Coast and the Western Ghats.

Origin · Kerala · Tamil Nadu · Karnataka

LotOriginQtyVesselDateStatus
LOT 2026-04-118MALABAR2,400 KGBOLERO V-22702 APR 2026DELIVERED
LOT 2026-04-122WAYANAD1,800 KGANTARES V-09111 APR 2026DELIVERED
LOT 2026-05-003IDUKKI3,100 KGBOLERO V-23104 MAY 2026IN TRANSIT
Ledger of Goods · Roman Maritime · Vol. III / IV

Coffee

Shade-grown arabica from the Baba Budangiri estates.

Origin · Chikmagalur · Coorg

LotOriginQtyVesselDateStatus
LOT 2026-03-074CHIKMAGALUR4,600 KGANTARES V-08820 MAR 2026DELIVERED
LOT 2026-04-099COORG2,900 KGBOLERO V-22908 APR 2026DELIVERED
LOT 2026-05-014CHIKMAGALUR3,300 KGARIES V-04612 MAY 2026BONDED
Ledger of Goods · Roman Maritime · Vol. IIII / IV

Tea

First flush from the high gardens of the Nilgiris and Assam.

Origin · Nilgiris · Assam · Darjeeling

LotOriginQtyVesselDateStatus
LOT 2026-03-051NILGIRIS1,200 KGANTARES V-08614 MAR 2026DELIVERED
LOT 2026-04-108ASSAM2,000 KGBOLERO V-22806 APR 2026DELIVERED
LOT 2026-05-021DARJEELING800 KGARIES V-04818 MAY 2026IN TRANSIT
Ledger of Goods · Roman Maritime · Vol. IIV / IV

Stone

Block granite and dimension stone from the South Indian quarries.

Origin · Rajasthan · Andhra Pradesh · Tamil Nadu

LotOriginQtyVesselDateStatus
LOT 2026-02-031UDAIPUR18.4 TBOLERO V-22422 FEB 2026DELIVERED
LOT 2026-04-085ONGOLE22.1 TANTARES V-09029 MAR 2026DELIVERED
LOT 2026-05-009KRISHNAGIRI16.7 TBOLERO V-23208 MAY 2026BONDED
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The Method · IV

Four steps. One ledger.

01

Source

Direct relationships at the farmgate and the quarry. The house buys from named growers and named quarries, by appointment, with the right of refusal.

A grader sorting peppercorns by colour. Wayanad, April.
02

Lot

Every lot bears a name, a date, an origin. Wax-sealed, numbered, photographed before it is crated. The record begins before the lot leaves the field.

Sealed crate awaiting consolidation. Mundra dry port.
03

Passage

Bonded, documented, insured across the corridor. One sea, seven to ten days, under the India–UAE CEPA agreement. Nothing trans-ships.

A vessel underway between Mundra and Jebel Ali.
04

Delivery

To a buyer who knows what they bought. Released from bond into a Dubai warehouse, then forwarded with the lot's full record attached.

Jebel Ali Free Zone warehouse interior.

Correspondence is welcomed.

Roman Maritime DMCC

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

enquiries@romanmaritime.com

By appointment.