Ridley International is the longest established agent of London Metal Exchange listed Warehouses.

Ridley International Ltd. has been serving the LME warehousing community since 1976.

We take great care that information about the business activities of each of our customers remains confidential as the only agent that has been privately owned throughout its history. 

As the longest established company acting as agents for LME listed warehouses we have the highest level of experience.

Our History

As a member of the Baltic Exchange the Company acted as Shipbrokers, Ship Chandlers and representatives of agents, ship builders and stevedores operating in overseas ports worldwide.

The Company expanded rapidly after 1945 with the drive to re-establish world trade. Changes in cargo handling methods in the 1960´s and 1970´s opened new opportunities for port operators to expand into new activities.

In 1976 a longstanding principal based in the German port of Hamburg decided to become a listed LME warehouse with Ridley acting as the London Agent. This was the start of our LME activities and makes us the oldest LME Agent. We were also the first to introduce a computerised system for the preparation of LME warrants.

In 1984 G.C.Ridley & Co. Ltd. split into two companies with Ridley International Ltd. handling the representation of LME listed companies as well as other marine and commercial companies.

We take pride in introducing newly listed warehouses to the requirements of the Exchange and in guiding them through the early days of warrant preparation and stock reporting.

We are the leading independent agent of LME listed warehouses and the only agent that has been privately owned throughout its history.

 

Services

  • Preparing and Issuing LME warrants and delivering them to the market

  • Ancillary activities such as issuing warehouse receipts and making alterations to them also come within our sphere of activity.

  • The annual rent collection takes place at the end of March each year and we ensure that the process is handled professionally in order to coordinate the rent payments with timely endorsement of the warrants.