Ocean freight
How port congestion gets priced into your rate
A breakdown of how carriers calculate congestion surcharges, and how to negotiate around them.
Freight forwarding & supply chain
Freight that arrives when your business needs it to
Meridian plans, moves, and tracks freight across 46 countries so manufacturers and retailers can promise delivery dates and keep them. Ocean, air, and road run through one system and one point of contact.
- Ports served
- 112
- Ports served
- On-time delivery
- 98.4%
- On-time delivery
- Moving freight since
- 2011
- Moving freight since
Trusted by teams at
- Norvale Industrial
- Baltic Retail Group
- Vossberg Pumps
- Kettering Home Goods
- Oostdam Agritech
- Ashgrove Textiles
What we do
End-to-end freight management
From first-mile pickup to customs clearance and final delivery, our operations teams handle the coordination so your supply chain runs on schedule.
Ocean freight
FCL and LCL shipping across all major trade lanes with real-time container tracking and consolidated booking.
Air freight
Time-critical air cargo with guaranteed capacity on priority routes and dedicated charter options.
Road & rail
Cross-border trucking and intermodal rail networks connecting inland hubs to major seaports.
Customs brokerage
In-house compliance specialists handle documentation, duties, and clearance in every region we serve.
Warehousing
12 bonded and non-bonded facilities offering pick-and-pack, cross-docking, and inventory management.
Supply chain analytics
A live dashboard tracking every shipment, with predictive alerts for delays before they happen.
Moving freight since 2011, without excuses
- Shipments per year
- 38,000+
- Shipments per year
- Countries served
- 46
- Countries served
- Warehouse capacity
- 2.1M sq ft
- Warehouse capacity
- Client retention
- 94%
- Client retention
Case studies
Supply chains we've rebuilt
A few of the operational problems our logistics teams have solved for manufacturers and retailers.
Heavy manufacturing
Norvale Industrial
Consolidated Norvale's fragmented carrier network into a single managed freight program across Europe and Southeast Asia, cutting delay-related production stoppages.
-41%reduction in lead time variance
Apparel & retail
Ashgrove Textiles
Rebuilt Ashgrove's customs documentation workflow and moved seasonal inventory through a bonded warehouse, avoiding peak-season port congestion entirely.
3.2xfaster customs clearance
About Meridian
Built by operators who got tired of broken promises
Meridian was founded in 2011 by a group of freight forwarders who believed the industry's biggest problem wasn't capacity. It was communication. Today we run our own control tower in Rotterdam, tracking every active shipment in real time.
- Direct accountability
- Every account has one named operations lead instead of a rotating support queue.
- Radical visibility
- Clients see the same tracking data our own team uses, updated live.
- Regional expertise
- Local staff in every major port we serve, rather than a regional call center three time zones away.
- No hidden fees
- Rate cards are published upfront; surcharges are disclosed before booking, not after.
Leadership
Willem de Groot
Chief Executive Officer
Ingrid Sørensen
VP, Ocean Freight
Marcus Lindqvist
VP, Operations
Priya Nair
Head of Customs & Compliance
What shippers say
“Meridian's control tower caught a port congestion issue three days before it would have hit our production line. That kind of warning is worth more than a lower rate.”
Daan Verhoeven
Head of Supply Chain, Norvale Industrial
“We switched from four regional forwarders to one Meridian account team and cut our admin overhead by more than half.”
Claire Boileau
Logistics Director, Baltic Retail Group
“Their customs team knows the regulations better than our own compliance department. That's not an exaggeration.”
Tomás Herrera
Operations Manager, Ashgrove Textiles
Insights
Notes from the freight desk
Strategy
The hidden cost of single-carrier dependency
Why relying on one carrier for a trade lane creates risk that rarely shows up until it's expensive.
Compliance
A practical guide to EU customs documentation
The five documents that cause the most clearance delays, and how to get them right the first time.
Frequently asked questions
We operate across 46 countries with strongest coverage in transatlantic, transpacific, and intra-European lanes. Ask your account lead for lane-specific transit times.
Let's fix the parts of your supply chain that keep breaking
Talk to an operations lead about your current lanes, volumes, and pain points. No obligation, no generic sales pitch.