ABOUT US

Founded to deliver hands-on advisory and commercial representation to port service companies worldwide.

Our approach.

Flamen Intl. was founded to provide an external perspective to shipping agencies and port service companies. We advise on streamlining operations and correcting inefficiencies. We specialize in helping our clients optimize their growth strategy, their organisational structure, their market positioning, and their financial performance.

Frédéric Fontarosa brings over 30 years of maritime industry experience with a proven track record of converting high-level industry challenges into practical, value-driven solutions. His expertise covers tanker and bulk carrier operations, port services, and international trade across the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.

Hands-on, client-centric engagement
Measurable, results-oriented delivery
Tanker & bulk carrier sector expertise

The advisor.

Frédéric Fontarosa

Founder & CEO

Frédéric Fontarosa brings over 30 years of maritime industry experience and is a seasoned executive focused on international trade, strategy and offer development, commodities trading across tankers and bulk carriers, and cargo flow optimization. After a long career with one of the world's largest maritime companies, he founded Flamen Intl.  — a niche advisory firm delivering hands-on operational and strategic guidance to help port service companies scale, boost margins, and transform their organisations. His extensive experience provides a genuinely global market perspective and a customer-centric approach that translates complex topics into actionable outcomes. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Baltimore, Maryland and is a sought-after speaker and columnist on maritime trends, emerging technologies, and operational efficiency.

EDITORIAL AND PUBLICATIONS• “Shipping has changed; agency must change too.” - Intertanko Newsletter
• “Technologies will bring transparency to ships agency.” - Maritime Gateway
• “Market Intelligence – a new frontier in Ship Agency.” - BIMCO Bulletin
• “The Evolution of Ship Agent.” - Maritime CEO
• “The next generation of Ships Agencies.” - The Maritime Executive
• “Economies of the Middle East.” - Breakbulk Magazine
Conferences : speaker & panelist• Smart Shipping (Singapore): “Rhetoric to Reality, the Human ware”
• International Petroleum (London): “Owners & Charterers, where does the loyalty seats”
• Coal Trans Asia (Bali): “How far is the light? When will freight market recover?”
• Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (Dubai): “The aftermath of Covid on the Shipping Industry”
• ESSEC Business School (Paris): “Key managerial challenges, management style, and the impact of culture on management and decision making in the Middle East”
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