Argo Coral Maritime

What Argo Coral Maritime does

Argo Coral Maritime (ACM / ACM Group) is a privately held Dutch marine transportation and project logistics company headquartered in Capelle Aan Den Ijssel, Netherlands, with an operational terminal facility in Moerdijk. Founded in 2012 and operating with 11-50 employees, ACM specializes in conventional and general cargo shipping with a particular focus on oversized, overweight, and heavy lift project cargo. Its service portfolio spans approximately ten interlocking lines: liner services (acting as line agent/operator on four scheduled trade routes covering North Europe, Mediterranean, Adriatic, Baltic Sea, and West Africa up to Angola), ship management (technical, nautical, commercial, and crewing), door-to-door turn-key delivery, marine works, steels and dry bulk handling, barge transport, special haulage, brokerage, port agencies, projects and heavy lifts, and IMO 1 dangerous goods handling.

The company's underlying technology is centered on a specialized fleet featuring adjustable tweendeckers for flexible cargo stowage, on-board heavy lift crane gears, and modern box-shaped vessels with portable bulkheads enabling segregation of different cargoes or grades of the same commodity. The fleet is classed IACS highest and is fully certified to load IMO cargoes under deck and on deck, with all personnel IMDG code certified. ACM holds ISM Code compliance and maintains a proprietary quality management system covering technical, nautical, commercial, and financial management of vessels.

ACM's revenue model is multi-layered across owned liner operations, charter brokerage as exclusive broker for charterers and ship owners, ship management fees for third-party vessel owners, and integrated project logistics contracts for industrial clients in Oil & Gas, telecom and energy infrastructure, rail, turbines, and heavy machinery. Customer segments are horizontally distributed across use cases rather than concentrated in a single vertical. Geographic reach covers 14 countries across North Europe, Southern Europe, and West Africa, with no public pricing, no disclosed revenue, no documented funding rounds, and no public listing.

Name

Argo Coral Maritime

Legal name

Argo Coral Maritime Ltd

Website

https://acm-group.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Argo Coral Maritime is a Dutch marine transportation and project logistics company specializing in conventional cargo, oversized heavy lift, and IMO dangerous goods shipping across North Europe, the Mediterranean, and West Africa, serving industrial, infrastructure, and bulk commodity clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Logistics Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883), Marine Cargo Handling (48832), Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation (483113)

SIC

Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight (4412), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

NVOCC Operations & Ocean Consolidation (TLACABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Marine Service Provider Coordination (Diving, Inspection, Class/Survey Support) (TLAHAJAI), Ocean Import Forwarding (Destination Handling/DO/ISF) (TLACABAE), Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Ocean Forwarding (TLACABAJ)

Keywords

• Marine shipping services
• Heavy lift cargo
• Liner services
• Ship management
• Project cargo logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Capelle Aan Den Ijssel

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels2 records

Core offering

Argo Coral Maritime (ACM Group) is a shipping company specializing mainly in Conventional/General Cargo trade, offering complete services in all aspects of shipping, transportation, and cargo logistics. Its portfolio includes liner services across North Europe, Mediterranean, Adriatic, Baltic Sea, and West Africa trade routes, along with ship management, door-to-door project delivery, heavy lift and oversized cargo handling, steels and dry bulk cargoes, barge transport, special haulage, brokerage, port agencies, marine works, and IMO 1 dangerous goods handling.

Product overview

Argo Coral Maritime (ACM) is a shipping company offering a comprehensive portfolio of maritime logistics and transportation services. The company operates primarily in the Conventional/General Cargo trade sector. Its core offerings include Liner Services (acting as line agents/operators across North Europe, Mediterranean, and West Africa routes), Ship Management (technical, nautical, and commercial management for vessel owners), Door to Door delivery solutions, Marine Works, Steels & Bulk Cargos handling, Barge Transport, Special Haulage, Brokerage, Port Agencies, Projects & Heavy Lifts, and IMO 1 cargo handling. The service portfolio is unified under the ACM Group brand and enables the company to provide complete shipping, transportation, and cargo logistics solutions from site to site worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Liner Services

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BBC Chartering: German-headquartered project cargo and breakbulk carrier with the world's largest multipurpose fleet. Overlaps directly with ACM's heavy-lift and project cargo services across Europe, Mediterranean, and Africa.
• Wagenborg Shipping: Dutch multipurpose and dry-cargo shipping line with own terminal facilities and door-to-door project logistics, directly comparable to ACM's bundled service stack and North European/Mediterranean focus.
• Spliethoff: Dutch-headquartered multi-purpose and heavy-lift shipping operator with geared tonnage serving similar Europe-to-Africa and Mediterranean trade lanes. Closely comparable on liner services, heavy lift capability, and project cargo positioning.
• Grimaldi Lines: Italian shipping group with regular liner services in the Mediterranean and to West Africa, overlapping with ACM's Adriatic/Mediterranean and Mediterranean/West Africa routes.
• SAL Heavy Lift: Heavy-lift specialist operating modern geared fleet for project and breakbulk cargo globally. Competes head-to-head with ACM in oversized industrial and infrastructure project shipments.
• Vertom: Dutch shortsea and multipurpose shipping operator serving European coastal and African trades with similar conventional/general cargo and project cargo positioning.

Broad incumbents

• A.P. Moller-Maersk: Global container and integrated logistics incumbent whose ocean freight and door-to-door services overlap with ACM's liner operations and project forwarding capability, though at vastly greater scale and with containerized focus.
• Rhenus Logistics: Large European logistics platform offering ocean freight forwarding, port logistics, and project cargo services that overlap with ACM's door-to-door and brokerage offerings, though across a much broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/argo-coral-maritime-ltd

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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