The Cyprus Shipping Company

What The Cyprus Shipping Company does

The Cyprus Shipping Company is a privately held maritime services firm headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus, operating under the same name since its founding in 1939. It provides ship agency, cruise handling, advisory, and bunkering services to maritime clients — covering the operational tasks required when a vessel calls at a port, including coordination with authorities, husbandry services for cruise ships, brokerage of marine fuels, and commercial or technical advisory. These are relationship-driven, locally executed services where the company acts as an intermediary between ship owners/operators and Cypriot port, regulatory, and supply-side counterparties.

The firm operates with a small headcount (11–50 employees) consistent with a boutique port-services provider rather than a scaling platform. The website (thecyprusshipping.com) is the primary public-facing channel, though the data sources show only a verification/loading page was accessible, indicating thin publicly disclosed information about its operating model, technology stack, products, pricing, and customer base. No funding rounds, parent company, acquisitions, management team, or product launches are recorded in the available data.

The business model is service-fee based: ship agency work is typically billed via port call fees or commission on services procured; cruise handling is event-based; bunkering is typically commission on traded volume; and advisory is fee-for-service. With Limassol serving as one of the Mediterranean’s principal ship management and transshipment hubs, the company’s revenue base is geographically anchored to vessel traffic in and around Cyprus. The lack of disclosed financials, customer logos, or pricing detail limits visibility into revenue mechanics, customer concentration, and unit economics.

Name

The Cyprus Shipping Company

Website

https://thecyprusshipping.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1939

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Cyprus Shipping Company is a privately held maritime services firm in Limassol, Cyprus, founded in 1939, providing ship agency, cruise handling, advisory, and bunkering services to vessel owners, cruise operators, and other maritime clients calling at Cypriot ports.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Port Agency Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883), Port and Harbor Operations (488310), Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

Spare Parts, Ship Chandlery & Logistics to Vessel (TLAHAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Port Agents & Ground Handling Services (THAEAFAE), Port Stakeholder Coordination (Terminal, Agents, Customs, Pilots, Tugs) (TLAHAFAJ)

Keywords

• Ship agency services
• Cruise handling services
• Maritime bunkering services
• Shipping advisory services
• Port agency services

Headquarters

HQ city

Limassol

HQ country

Cyprus

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

The Cyprus Shipping Company provides ship agency, cruise handling, advisory, and bunkering services to maritime clients. It serves as a port representative for vessels calling at Cyprus, coordinating logistics, vessel calls, cruise operations, fuel supply, and advisory support for shipping companies and cruise operators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ship Agency Services Port agency representation for vessels calling at Cyprus, coordinating vessel call logistics, regulatory liaison, and acting as the local point of contact for shipowners and operators.
• Cruise Handling Services Coordination of cruise vessel calls at Cyprus, including passenger logistics, port handling, and support services for cruise operators and their passengers.
• Advisory Services Maritime advisory services for shipping clients, covering regulatory, procedural, and operational guidance relevant to vessels calling at Cyprus.
• Bunkering Services Marine fuel (bunker) supply and coordination services for vessels calling at Cyprus ports.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• V.Group: Global maritime services group providing ship management, crew, and technical services; a broader incumbent whose ship-management portfolio places it adjacent to the anchor's agency and advisory services.
• Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement: Large, diversified maritime group with ship management, agency, and advisory services; broader in scope but overlapping on ship agency and advisory functions offered by the anchor.

Direct peers

• GAC Group: Global ship agency, cruise services, and logistics provider headquartered in Dubai, offering the same ship agency, husbandry, and cruise handling services as The Cyprus Shipping Company across a much wider port network.
• Wilhelmsen Ship Management: Global maritime services group offering ship agency, marine products, and technical services through Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding, addressing the same ship agency and chandlery needs as the anchor company.
• Inchcape Shipping Services: One of the largest ship agency and port-services providers worldwide, directly competing in ship agency, cruise handling, and port-call coordination for commercial and cruise vessel operators.
• Wrist Ship Supply: Leading ship supply and ship agency group, directly comparable on the chandlery and vessel logistics portion of The Cyprus Shipping Company's service portfolio.
• Noatum Maritime (formerly Marmedsa): Mediterranean-focused ship agency and maritime services provider with strong overlap in port-call services, husbandry, and crew change logistics similar to the anchor company.
• Minerva Bunkering: Physical marine fuel supplier offering bunkering services globally, directly comparable to the bunkering segment of The Cyprus Shipping Company's service offering.

Emerging players

• Peninsula Petroleum: Independent marine fuel supplier with Mediterranean and global presence, comparable on the bunkering side of the anchor's service mix and increasingly competing in port-call-led fuel delivery.

Regional players

• Olympic Maritime: Limassol-based ship management and maritime services company, a directly relevant regional comparison given the same home-port advantage and overlapping service set.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/thecyprusshipping

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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