Tankmarine Ship Management

What Tankmarine Ship Management does

Tankmarine Gemi İşletmeciliği, doing business as Tankmarine Ship Management (and as Tank Marine / TANKMARINE MANAGEMENT & TRADING LTD.), is a privately held Turkish ship management company founded in 2017 and headquartered at Yayla Mah. Kekik Sok. No:6 Tuzla, Istanbul. The company provides third-party technical ship management services — vessel technical management, crew selection and recruitment, and operational support — focused exclusively on oil chemical tankers, with a managed fleet that includes M/T LIDYA, M/T KARİA, M/T İYONYA, UNERCO BOSPHORUS, M/T MG DERİN, M/T ASENA, M/T KAYA TUNA, M/T RMA, and M/T ELİF TUBA. It sells managed services under per-vessel, contract-based arrangements to beneficial owners such as PETRO STAR and SEYİR PETROL, and references indicate a customer footprint spanning Turkey, the USA, Germany, the UK, Italy, and Spain.

The business is structured around a compact office team of 12 named personnel — including Managing Director Oktay Beşikçi, Operations Manager Orhan Kasap, Technical Manager Şiyar Perçin, Technical Superintendents, Crew Manager Cihan Akan, Finance/Account Manager Arzu Yılmaz, Purchase Manager Kaan Hakan Arslan, and IT Manager Kaan Ünal — supported by 111 total employees when seafarers and operational staff are included. Its go-to-market is direct, relationship-based enterprise sales to ship owners, supplemented by participation in maritime exhibitions (Expomaritt Exposhipping Istanbul 2025), industry seminars (WiseStella's 'Navigating Digitalisation & SIRE 2.0'), oil-major partner events (Shell's EUAF Maritime Partners), Turkish maritime summits, and university career days at Dokuz Eylül, Karadeniz Technical, and Ordu universities to build a seafarer pipeline. Revenue mechanics are managed services on per-vessel contracts, with no publicly disclosed pricing; the company has no outside funding rounds, parent company, or subsidiaries disclosed in the source material.

Name

Tankmarine Ship Management

Legal name

Tankmarine Gemi İşletmeciliği

Website

https://tankmarine.com.tr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Tankmarine Gemi İşletmeciliği is a privately held Istanbul-based ship manager founded in 2017 that provides third-party technical ship management, crew recruitment, and operational support exclusively for oil chemical tankers to international vessel owners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ship Management Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883), Other Support Activities for Water Transportation (48839)

SIC

Water Transportation (4400), Ship & Boat Building & Repairing (3730)

akta.pro primary industry

Offshore Support & Marine Logistics Vessel Operators (PSV/AHTS) (TLADABAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Piping, HVAC & Auxiliary Systems Repair (TLAKAKAH)

Keywords

• Ship management services
• Vessel technical management
• Crew management
• Oil chemical tankers
• Maritime fleet operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Istanbul

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ship Management Technical Services: Tankmarine provides third-party ship owners and operators with comprehensive ship management technical services including vessel technical management, crew management, and operational support for their fleet of oil chemical tankers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tankmarine Ship Management provides third-party ship owners and operators with technical ship management services for oil chemical tanker vessels. The offering spans vessel technical management, crew selection and recruitment, maintenance oversight, regulatory compliance (including OCIMF SIRE 2.0), and full operational support for a managed fleet of tankers.

Product overview

Tankmarine Ship Management is a ship management company that offers technical ship management services to third-party companies. The company operates a fleet of Oil Chemical Tankers and provides comprehensive services including vessel technical management, crew selection and recruitment, and fleet operations management. The core offering is a unified ship management service covering the operational, technical, and crewing needs of maritime vessels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ship Management Technical Services Technical ship management services provided to third-party ship owners and operators, including vessel technical management, maintenance oversight, and operational support for oil chemical tanker vessels such as M/T LIDYA, M/T KARİA, M/T İYONYA, UNERCO BOSPHORUS, M/T ASENA, M/T MG DERİN, M/T KAYA TUNA, M/T RMA, and M/T ELİF TUBA.
• Crew Selection and Recruitment Services Seafarer selection and recruitment services focused on rapid response to customer crewing requirements, supporting the managed oil chemical tanker fleet with qualified maritime personnel.
• Oil Chemical Tanker Fleet Operations Operational management of a fleet of Oil Chemical Tankers, including M/T LIDYA, M/T KARİA, M/T İYONYA, UNERCO BOSPHORUS, M/T MG DERİN, M/T KAYA TUNA, M/T ASENA, M/T RMA, and M/T ELİF TUBA, on behalf of third-party beneficial owners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successful OCIMF SIRE 2.0 inspection passed with excellent results and two positive observations

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ShellcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 June 2025Tankmarine's General Manager Oktay Beşikçi represented the company at the prestigious EUAF Maritime Partners event hosted by Shell, focused on 'Collaborating for Performance.' This event was part of the EUAF (European Association of Shipping) Maritime Partners network organized by Shell.
• WiseStella Pte. Ltd.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2025WiseStella Pte. Ltd. organized the 'Navigating Digitalisation & SIRE 2.0' seminar which Tankmarine attended. Tankmarine gained in-depth insights into new requirements in the digitalized maritime world and SIRE 2.0 innovations. The seminar was also attended by Captain Steve Barber, FERHAT ABUL, and Rafet Emek Kurt who shared their knowledge and experience.
• Torlak Tersanesi (Torlak Shipyard)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 3 January 2025MT Karia vessel entered Torlak Shipyard on January 3, 2025, for planned maintenance and repair works. The shipyard performed comprehensive modernization and maintenance work on the vessel, with Tankmarine's team overseeing the process. The vessel successfully completed the shipyard process on January 9, 2025.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Anglo-Eastern Ship Management: One of the largest independent ship managers globally with a heavily diversified managed fleet. Comparable as a third-party ship management services provider serving tanker, bulker, and container segments — a key global competitor for any third-party tanker management contract Tankmarine pursues.
• V.Ships (V-Group): World's largest third-party ship management company managing hundreds of vessels across all major vessel classes. Directly comparable as a peer providing outsourced technical, crew, and operational ship management services to third-party owners — though much larger and broader in scope than Tankmarine's oil/chemical tanker focus.
• Selandia Ship Management / Oldendorff Carriers' spinoff: Independent ship management firms operating broadly in Europe and Asia competing for similar third-party tanker owners. Comparable in offered service scope and customer profile.
• Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSS): Major German-headquartered ship management group with a strong tanker and offshore portfolio. Highly comparable services (technical management, crew management, commercial management) and overlapping presence in European and Middle Eastern tanker markets.
• Fleet Management Limited (Fleet Tech / Wisby): Hong Kong-based ship management group, one of the world's largest. Comparable third-party ship management services across multiple vessel classes including tankers, competing for similar owner-operator mandates globally.

Direct peers

• Columbia Shipmanagement: Independent third-party ship manager focused on tankers (chemical and product) and offshore vessels, headquartered in Cyprus. Closely comparable specialization in chemical and oil product tankers with similar buyer persona of independent shipowners seeking outsourced management.
• Wilhelmsen Ahrenkiel Ship Management: European-focused ship management joint venture specializing in chemical tanker management. Direct competitor for third-party chemical tanker management contracts and highly comparable in vessel class and customer profile.
• d'Amico Shipping Group: Italian ship management and tanker operator with product and chemical tanker exposure. Closely comparable in Italian/European customer overlap and vessel class specialization including oil/chemical tankers.
• Thenamaris (Lomar Shipping): Greek-based ship management company with significant oil/chemical tanker fleet exposure. Comparable as an independent tanker-focused manager competing for similar third-party management mandates in the chemical and product tanker segment.

Regional players

• TMS Tankers (Peters & May Group): Smaller specialized ship management company in the chemical tanker segment. Comparable in vessel class focus (chemical tankers) and service offering (technical management, crew management) for a similar owner-customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tankmarine-ship-management

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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