Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping

Name

Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping

Legal name

BOCS Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping GmbH

Website

https://bocs.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ocean Freight & Shipping Services

NAICS

Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation (48311)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTLADABAJ

Heavy-Lift / Project Cargo & Multipurpose (MPP) Vessel Operators

Transportation & Logistics/Freight Transportation (Air, Maritime, Rail, Trucking)/Ocean Freight Carriers (Container, Bulk, Tanker)

SECONDARYTLACABAH

Project & OOG/Breakbulk Ocean Forwarding (Out-of-Gauge, RoRo)

Transportation & Logistics/Freight Forwarding & Customs Brokerage/Ocean Freight Forwarding (FCL/LCL)

Keywords

• Ocean freight services
• Multipurpose vessel transport
• Breakbulk cargo shipping
• Tonnage chartering services
• Container liner shipping

Headquarters

HQ city

Bremen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ocean Freight Transport Services: Regular conventional ocean transport services between Northern Europe and West Africa via monthly MPP-liner service. Revenue generated through freight charges based on cargo type, volume, and routing requirements.
2. Tonnage Chartering: Exclusive vessel chartering services for customers requiring dedicated tonnage. Charter arrangements for complete vessels or tailored transport solutions.
3. Logistics Services: Precarriage, handling, intermediate storage, and oncarriage services through extensive network of partners covering all major ports and inland areas in Europe and West Africa.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

BOCS operates a monthly MPP-liner service between Northern Europe and the West African coast using a modern fleet of five geared vessels, transporting breakbulk, project, and containerized cargoes including IMO/Dangerous Goods. In addition to scheduled liner sailings, the company offers tonnage chartering for exclusive vessel use and full logistics services (precarriage, handling, intermediate storage, and oncarriage) delivered through its own offices in Germany and West Africa and an extensive partner network.

Product overview

BOCS (Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping) operates as a single unified shipping service platform offering regular conventional ocean transports between Northern Europe and West Africa. The core offering consists of a monthly MPP-liner service operated by a fleet of five modern geared vessels (MV BOCS Vision, MV BOCS Bremen, MV BOCS Spirit, and MV BOCS Passion), supplemented by chartering services and logistics handling. The vessels range from 7,800 to 34,064 dwt with lifting capacities up to 160 tonnes, transporting breakbulk, project cargo, containerized cargoes including IMO/Dangerous Goods, as well as tropical timber and cocoa on northbound routes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Monthly MPP-Liner Service (Northern Europe–West Africa) Regular monthly ocean transport service between Northern Europe and the West African coast, operated by BOCS's own fleet of five geared MPP vessels. Transports breakbulk, project, and containerized cargoes including IMO/Dangerous Goods for industrial, manufacturing, and commodity customers.
• Chartering Services Tonnage chartering solutions for customers requiring exclusive vessel use. BOCS identifies possibilities for complete or combinable cargo lots on conventional and project shipments across all worldwide trading routes, leveraging an established partner network.
• Logistics Services Precarriage, handling, intermediate storage, and oncarriage services covering all major ports and inland areas in Europe and West Africa, delivered through BOCS's extensive network of partners and own offices.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SAL Heavy Lift: SAL Heavy Lift is a Bremen/Hamburg-based heavy-lift and project cargo carrier operating geared MPP tonnage globally. It addresses the same breakbulk and oversized cargo market as BOCS.
• AAL Shipping: AAL Shipping operates one of the world's largest fleets of MPP/project cargo vessels, serving breakbulk and heavy-lift customers worldwide. It is highly comparable to BOCS's core containerized, breakbulk, and project offering.
• BBC Chartering: BBC Chartering is the world's largest operator of multipurpose and project cargo vessels, headquartered in Bremen. It directly competes with BOCS in the same breakbulk, project, and MPP liner space and shares the Northern Europe trade lane footprint.
• Spliethoff: Spliethoff is a Dutch shipping group operating a large fleet of multipurpose and heavy-lift vessels serving similar breakbulk and project shippers. It competes head-to-head with BOCS for industrial and project cargo customers.
• Grimaldi Group: Grimaldi operates multipurpose, con-ro, and ro-ro services linking Europe with West African and other Atlantic ports. Its Europe-West Africa lines and ability to handle rolling and project cargo overlap directly with BOCS's route network.
• Amasus Shipping: Amasus Shipping is a Dutch short-sea and MPP operator running geared multipurpose tonnage in European and West African trades. It serves similar breakbulk and project cargo customers in adjacent geographies.
• Martin Bencher: Martin Bencher is a Danish project cargo forwarder and breakbulk operator offering worldwide ocean transport for industrial and project cargo. It is highly comparable to BOCS's chartering, project, and door-to-door logistics offering.
• Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers: Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers operates a global fleet of multipurpose and heavy-lift vessels carrying project, breakbulk, and oversized cargo. It competes for the same complex ocean shippers that BOCS serves.

Broad incumbents

• Hapag-Lloyd: Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world's largest container carriers, headquartered in Hamburg, with services covering Europe–West Africa trade lanes and an expanding breakbulk/project presence. It is a broader incumbent competing for the same import-export flows.
• CMA CGM: CMA CGM is a global liner and logistics group with strong dedicated Europe-Africa services (e.g., Delmas heritage routes). As a broad incumbent, it overlaps with BOCS on Europe-West Africa containerized trade while operating a vastly larger network.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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