YMN Tanker Marine Management

What YMN Tanker Marine Management does

YMN Tanker Marine Management Inc. (legal name: YMN Tanker Deniz İşletmeciliği A.Ş.) is a privately held Turkish ship management and chartering company headquartered in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul. It operates in the specialty/chemical tanker segment, managing a fleet of 13 IMO Type II chemical and oil tankers ranging from approximately 8,000 to 26,000 DWT, with many vessels featuring ice class capabilities and built at Turkish shipyards between 2009 and 2022. The fleet is Malta-flagged, classified by Bureau Veritas, and covered by Skuld P&I, with vessels trading across the Mediterranean, Baltic, Atlantic, and Pacific basins. The Malta registry and Turkish build base position the company within a niche coastal-to-short-sea chemical tanker cluster.

The company generates revenue through two streams: ship management services (technical management, crew management, and HSEQ compliance) provided both to its own fleet and to third-party vessel owners, and chartering services in which it deploys owned tonnage on voyage and time charters. Operationally, YMN Tanker runs a structured shore organization covering operations, technical, chartering, procurement, crew, HSEQ, accounting/finance, and IT (including SAP data entry). It holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 certifications and operates under ISM Code Documents of Compliance. Sales and distribution are direct and enterprise in nature, targeting charterers and vessel owners globally, with no public pricing disclosure.

The company's go-to-market relies on industry presence — participation in maritime university career events, sponsorship of Dokuz Eylul University Alumni Association activities, and a corporate website — alongside direct commercial relationships. In July 2025, it signed an exclusive global bunker supply agreement with Greece-based Sekavin, covering all vessels at all ports worldwide. YMN Tanker's stated strategic priorities are continuous fleet modernization through newbuild acquisition, alternative fuel readiness, energy efficiency management via its SEEMP, and zero-incident HSSEQ operations, with disclosed expansion language pointing to further fleet growth.

Name

YMN Tanker Marine Management

Legal name

YMN Tanker Deniz İşletmeciliği A.Ş.

Website

https://ymntankers.com.tr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

YMN Tanker is a privately held Turkish ship management and chartering company that operates a 13-vessel fleet of IMO Type II chemical and oil tankers and provides technical, crew, and chartering services to third-party vessel owners worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Shipping Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883), Port and Harbor Operations (488310)

SIC

Water Transportation (4400), Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight (4412)

akta.pro primary industry

Liquid Bulk / Crude & Product Tanker Operators (VLCC/Suezmax/Aframax/MR) (TLADABAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Crude Oil Tanker Shipping (EUALADAG)

Keywords

• Chemical tanker shipping
• Ship management services
• Vessel chartering
• Maritime transportation
• Fleet management

Headquarters

HQ city

Üsküdar

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Ship Management Services: Technical and crew management services for oil/chemical tankers, providing quality ship management to third party vessel owners while operating and managing the company's own fleet.
2. Vessel Chartering: Chartering services for specialty/chemical tanker vessels, maximizing returns as freight rates fluctuate through the shipping cycle.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

YMN Tanker Marine Management provides technical ship management, crew management, and chartering services for a fleet of chemical/oil product tankers. The company is specialized in the specialty/chemical tanker segment and operates approximately 13 vessels, serving cargo customers and vessel owners requiring managed tonnage and commercial deployment.

Product overview

YMN Tanker Marine Management Inc. operates a fleet of 13 oil/chemical tankers as a unified maritime transportation offering, supplemented by technical management, crew management, and chartering services. The fleet consists of vessels named Med Adriatic, Med Antarctic, Med Arctic, Med Atlantic, Med Baltic, Med Blue Jay, Med Canary, Med Emre, Med Nordic, Med Pacific, Med Pakize, Med Serhat, and Med Tuncer — all IMO Type II Chemical & Oil Tankers, many with ice class capabilities. The company provides end-to-end ship management including technical management, crew staffing, HSEQ compliance, and chartering operations for both owned vessels and third-party owners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Technical and Crew Management Services Third-party technical ship management and crew manning services for chemical/oil product tankers, delivered to vessel owners seeking outsourced or supplementary operations support.
• Chartering Services Voyage and time chartering of chemical and product tankers to cargo customers and operators requiring specialized tonnage for liquid cargo movements.
• Operated Chemical/Product Tanker Fleet Operated fleet of approximately 13 chemical/product tankers commercially deployed by the company under chartering arrangements and used to support its management services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero spills or releases to environment
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SekavincoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2025Greece-based marine fuel supplier and trading firm Sekavin has signed an exclusive deal to handle the bunker requirements of YMN Tanker. Under this exclusive strategic bunker agreement, Sekavin will handle the bunker volumes of YMN Tanker for all vessels at all ports worldwide.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Maersk Tankers: Large product/oil tanker pool operator owned by Maersk, managing 140+ vessels globally. Overlaps with YMN in product tanker segment and offers pool-based chartering and ship management — broader incumbent at far greater scale.
• Wilhelmsen Ship Management: Norwegian global ship management provider serving tankers, gas, offshore and cargo segments. Overlaps with YMN's third-party technical/crew management services and HSEQ-driven positioning, though at significantly larger scale and broader segment mix.
• Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM): One of the world's largest third-party ship management companies with ~600 vessels under management across multiple segments. Comparable to YMN's technical/crew management services arm and a potential acquirer of or competitor for third-party ship management contracts.
• V.Ships: Global ship management group managing ~1,000 vessels across tankers, bulkers, containers and offshore. Directly comparable to YMN in the technical/crew management offering and competes for the same third-party ship management mandates.

Direct peers

• Navig8 Group: Independent ship management and vessel pool operator with substantial chemical/product tanker exposure through its Singapore-based commercial pools. Comparable to YMN's combined ship management + chartering business model in the chemical/product tanker segment.
• Hartmann Group (Hartmann Reederei): German family-owned chemical/product tanker operator with a fleet of ~30+ parcel tankers focused on Europe and intra-Atlantic trade. Highly comparable to YMN in private/family ownership profile, mid-size fleet focus and chemical tanker niche.
• Eitzen Chemical: Norwegian-headquartered chemical/specialty product tanker operator with a mid-size fleet of IMO II vessels. Comparable to YMN in vessel class focus and private operational profile; competes for the same chemical parcel cargoes globally.
• Odfjell: Norwegian-headquartered chemical tanker operator and ship manager with ~80 vessels, IMO Type II stainless steel fleet. Closest direct comparable to YMN — operates chemical/parcel tankers globally, runs third-party ship management, and pursues similar ice-class and clean-ship trading strategies.
• Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group: World's largest operator of chemical tankers with ~80+ IMO II/III vessels and integrated ship management services. Directly competes with YMN in chemical parcel trade and offers third-party technical management — same business model and customer base.

Regional players

• IINO Kaiun Kaisha (IINO Lines): Japanese chemical/product tanker operator with a fleet focused on Asia-Pacific trades. Comparable in vessel type and chemical tanker focus to YMN but geographically concentrated in Asian markets rather than the global footprint YMN claims.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/YMN.Tanker.Management
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ymn-tanker-marine-management-ltd

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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