Ross Maritime

What Ross Maritime does

Ross Maritime Inc. is a privately held shipping agency headquartered at Suite 226, Building 50, Alabama State Docks Blvd., Mobile, Alabama. The company provides agency services to vessel owners and operators, specializing in coordinating vessel passage through the Port of Mobile, the ports of the Gulf Coast, and adjacent Mexican Gulf coast ports. Leveraging approximately two decades of operating history, Ross Maritime's stated value proposition is the local presence it maintains in Mobile and along the northern Gulf Coast of Mexico, which enables a level of personalized service that the company positions as differentiated from larger, less localized competitors. Its single primary customer segment is ship owners and operators requiring port-call agency, logistical coordination, and passage management services.

Name

Ross Maritime

Legal name

Ross Maritime Inc.

Website

https://rossmaritimeusa.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ross Maritime Inc. is a Mobile, Alabama-based shipping agency providing vessel passage coordination and port-call logistics services to shipowners at the Port of Mobile and along the Gulf Coast, supported by international satellite offices and approximately two decades of regional experience.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Shipping Agency Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Pilotage Authority & Dispatch Services (Pilot Stations, Rostering, VTS Interface) (TLAHAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Maritime & Port Authorities (Public Ports, Harbors, Ferries Terminals) (BPAIALAF)

Keywords

• Shipping agency services
• Vessel port agency
• Maritime logistics coordination
• Port passage management
• Vessel husbandry services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mobile

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Shipping Agency Services: Ross Maritime operates as a shipping agency providing agency services to vessel owners and operators. The company facilitates vessel passage through the Port of Mobile and Gulf Coast ports, earning revenue through agency fees for logistical coordination and passage management services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Ross Maritime Inc. is a shipping agency located on the Alabama State Docks in Mobile, Alabama. The company streamlines the passage of vessels through the Port of Mobile, the ports of the Gulf Coast, and further, providing personalized shipping agency services to vessel owners. It specializes in delivering logistical solutions in an economical manner to meet vessel owner needs, leveraging two decades of regional maritime experience.

Product overview

Ross Maritime is a shipping agency company that provides vessel passage and logistical solutions through the Port of Mobile and Gulf Coast ports. The company offers personalized shipping agency services leveraging two decades of experience in maritime logistics, with a focus on streamlining vessel operations in an economical manner for vessel owners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Shipping Agency Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• GAC (Gulf Agency Company): GAC is a global ship agency, logistics, and marine services provider operating in over 60 countries. It competes directly with Ross Maritime in vessel port agency and is comparable in service offering but with a much larger international footprint and bundled services.
• V. Group (Veson Nautical): V. Group provides ship agency, crew management, and marine support services globally. It is comparable to Ross Maritime as a ship-agency service provider but with a broader portfolio of crew and technical management services.
• Inchcape Shipping Services: Inchcape is one of the world's largest ship agency and vessel services groups, providing port agency, husbandry, and crew change services across more than 60 countries. It is comparable to Ross Maritime as a direct ship-agency competitor but with vastly greater scale and service-line breadth.
• Wilhelmsen Port Services: Wilhelmsen Port Services provides ship agency, husbandry, and marine logistics globally as part of the Wilhelmsen group. It is comparable to Ross Maritime in vessel agency services but operates at substantially greater scale and with adjacent logistics capabilities.

Direct peers

• Norton Lilly International: Norton Lilly is a U.S.-focused ship agency with strong Gulf Coast port coverage, providing vessel agency and husbandry services. It is one of the closest direct peers to Ross Maritime in geographic focus on Gulf and South Atlantic U.S. ports with similar port-agency service offerings.
• T.F. Warren Group: T.F. Warren Group is a privately held ship agency serving U.S. ports with vessel agency and husbandry services. It is comparable to Ross Maritime in business model, geographic focus on U.S. ports, and privately held corporate structure.
• Moran Shipping Agencies: Moran Shipping Agencies provides vessel agency, husbandry, and chartering services across U.S. East Coast, Gulf, and Great Lakes ports. It is comparable to Ross Maritime as a U.S. ship-agency specialist with overlapping Gulf Coast service territory and customer base.
• Transmarine Navigation Corp: Transmarine Navigation is a U.S. ship agency serving West Coast and Gulf ports with vessel agency and husbandry services. It is comparable to Ross Maritime in its focus on U.S. port agency work and similar target customers of vessel owners and operators.

Regional players

• Coli Shipping (Coli International): Coli Shipping is a privately held U.S. ship agency focused primarily on East Coast and Gulf ports. It is comparable to Ross Maritime in its privately held, regional-agency model with similar vessel agency services.

Others

• Alabama State Port Authority: The Alabama State Port Authority operates the Port of Mobile and is Ross Maritime's primary landlord and operational counterparty. It is included as an ecosystem participant — the port's growth, policy decisions, and tariff structure directly drive Ross Maritime's addressable vessel call volumes.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ross-maritime

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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