Bosphorus Gemi Acenteligi

Name

Bosphorus Gemi Acenteligi

Legal name

Bosphorus Gemi Acenteliği A.Ş.

Website

https://bsa-turkey.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Zincirlikuyu

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Shipping Agency Representation: BSA generates revenue as the exclusive representative of Evergreen Line in Turkey and neighboring countries, providing commercial and operational shipping agency services including port operations, documentation, and customer coordination for containerized sea trade.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Bosphorus Gemi Acenteliği A.Ş. operates as a shipping agency providing commercial and operational representation of Evergreen Line in Turkey and across the Black Sea region. Through 14 offices in six countries, it delivers port operations, documentation, cargo tracking, and customer coordination for named container shipping routes connecting Far East, Mediterranean, Black Sea, North Europe, Middle East, and African ports. Following Evergreen's June 2022 establishment of its own Turkish corporation, BSA continues as sub-agent for Black Sea territories while retaining full agency roles in Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.

Product overview

Bosphorus Gemi Acenteligi is a shipping agency representing Evergreen Line, providing commercial and operational representation services across Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Georgia, and Azerbaijan since 2001. The company operates as a single integrated service offering with multiple named shipping routes (BEX, CES, MD2, NE1, NE3, NE7, BST, GTB, ADL, BSM2, LEV) connecting ports across Far East, Mediterranean, Black Sea, and North Europe regions. Additional services include cargo tracking and technical container specifications. Following the establishment of Evergreen Shipping Agency (Turkey) Corporation in June 2022, BSA was appointed as sub-agent for Black Sea territories while continuing to represent Evergreen Line in Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bosphorus Express Service (BEX) Container shipping service connecting Pusan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Istanbul, and Odessa via the Suez Canal, for import/export clients moving cargo between Far East and Black Sea ports.
• China-Europe Shuttle Service (CES) Container shipping service connecting Xingang, Ningbo, Shanghai, and Yantian (China) to Antwerp, Hamburg, and Rotterdam (Europe) via the Suez Canal and Piraeus.
• Mediterranean Services 2 (MD2) Mediterranean shipping service connecting Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, and Hong Kong to La Spezia, Genoa, Fos Sur Mer, and Valencia via the Suez Canal.
• North Europe Service 1 (NE1) North Europe shipping route connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, and Yantian to Felixstowe, Zeebrugge, Gdansk, Wilhelmshaven, and Piraeus.
• North Europe Service 3 (NE3) North Europe shipping service from Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao, Shanghai, and Ningbo to Rotterdam, Hamburg, and Antwerp via the Suez Canal.
• North Europe Service 7 (NE7) North Europe shipping route from Xiamen, Nansha, Hong Kong, and Yantian through the Suez Canal to Hamburg, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, and Felixstowe.
• Black-Sea Turkey Service (BST) Black Sea regional service connecting Piraeus, Poti, Constanta, and Gemlik for regional feeder cargo.
• Greece-Turkey-Bulgaria Service (GTB) Regional service connecting Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Haydarpasa, Istanbul, Varna, and Gebze for Aegean and Black Sea trade.
• Adriatic Levant Service (ADL) Adriatic and Levant shipping service from Trieste, Venice, Ravenna, Ancona, and Koper to Limassol, Dekheila, Alexandria, Beirut, and Izmir.
• Black Sea Marmara Feeder Service 2 (BSM2) Black Sea feeder service connecting Piraeus, Odessa, and Novorossiysk for transshipment cargo.
• Levant Service (LEV) Levant regional shipping service connecting Piraeus, Haifa, Ashdod, Mersin, Iskenderun, and Izmir for Eastern Mediterranean cargo.
• Cargo Tracking (Yük Takibi / ShipmentLink) Online web-based shipment tracking portal branded ShipmentLink, allowing import/export clients to monitor cargo status across the Evergreen Line network served by BSA.
• Container Types and Specifications Technical reference service providing specifications and imagery for dry cargo, refrigerated, open top, and flat rack containers to assist shippers in selecting appropriate equipment.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Evergreen LineflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 July 2001BSA has been the exclusive commercial and operational representative of Evergreen Line in Turkey since July 2001. From June 2022, following the establishment of Evergreen Shipping Agency (Turkey) Corporation, BSA was appointed as sub-agent to represent Evergreen Line specifically in Black Sea territories. BSA also manages Evergreen Line representation in Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Georgia, and Azerbaijan through local offices.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• GAC (Gulf Agency Company): Global ship agency and logistics group providing liner and tramp agency, husbandry and logistics across the same Far East–Mediterranean–Black Sea corridors BSA serves. GAC competes head-to-head for carrier representation mandates at major regional ports.
• Inchcape Shipping Services: One of the world's largest port agency and ship services providers, offering commercial agency, husbandry and crew services globally. Directly comparable business model to BSA — exclusive carrier representation at ports — and a direct competitor for liner agency mandates.
• Wilhelmsen Port Services: Wilhelmsen's ship agency division provides commercial and operational agency services to shipowners and operators across the Mediterranean, Black Sea and beyond. Overlaps with BSA's Turkish and Black Sea ports and competes for similar carrier mandates.

Regional players

• Arkas Line / Arkas Shipping Agency: Turkish shipping group with strong domestic and Black Sea agency presence, operating its own feeder and liner services. Directly comparable to BSA in Turkish port coverage and customer overlap on import/export flows.
• Hellenic Shipping News / Transimar Shipping Agency: Regional shipping agencies based in Piraeus that focus on Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea liner representation. They compete with BSA on Levant, Aegean and Black Sea trades and serve overlapping Turkish port accounts.
• Turkon Logistics (Turkey): Turkish-headquartered container line and logistics provider with its own agency and feeder network in the Black Sea and Mediterranean. Competes with BSA on shipper-direct offerings and on Evergreen-coordinated cargo flows.

Emerging players

• Samskip Multimodal: Pan-European short-sea and multimodal operator that increasingly books feeder capacity through Turkish and Black Sea ports. Competes with BSA-coordinated liner services for shipper cargo on intra-Europe and feeder connections.

Broad incumbents

• COSCO Shipping Lines Agency (Turkey / Black Sea): State-owned Chinese carrier with growing agency representation across the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Operates parallel to BSA on many of the same Far East–Europe trade lanes and competes for shipper accounts.
• MSC Mediterranean Shipping Agency: Largest container line globally with its own agency representation at major Turkish and Black Sea ports. Competes with BSA both for shipper mindshare and as a carrier whose own direct agency model reduces reliance on third-party agencies like BSA.
• Maersk Agency / Maersk Logistics & Services: Carrier-owned agency function providing global liner agency representation, including in Turkey and the Black Sea. As a major carrier, Maersk represents both direct competition to BSA's agency role and a counterpart that competing carriers (like Evergreen) must coordinate with at shared ports.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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