Kaftas Shipping is the world’s leading independent ship management firm, as well as a world leader in technology, innovation, and services for global vessel owners. Kaftas Shipping, with over years of experience managing boats in the shipping, cruise, and energy industries, is dedicated to delivering safe and compliant operations via transparency, proactivity, and solid partnerships. Kaftas Shipping offers ship owners and operators across the world a full range of ship management and marine support services, as well as the flexibility to blend those services together in innovative combinations to fulfill individual customer demands.

Kaftas Shipping manages 600 assets, ranging from tankers, bulk carriers, and gas carriers to cruise, offshore, passenger boats, and containerships, and has access to an international network of over 44,000 seafarers from various industries. They are supported by an onshore workforce of over 1,000 associates located in regional offices across 30 countries. We combine our global reach with specialists and operational hubs across the world to provide our customers with the most comprehensive service and multi-disciplined support. We are capable of establishing, measuring, and delivering industry-leading standards for safety, compliance, environmental protection, and service quality. We exhibit the know-how, passion, and drive to assist all of our customers in achieving their objectives through cost-effective, safe, and performance-enhancing asset management – wherever they are located.

Tanker Management

Kaftas Shipping has been providing ship management and crewing services to tanker boats for over 30 years, managing almost 300 tankers. As a global leader, we have unrivaled experience managing tanker boats at sea and on land on product, crude, storage, LNG, and LPG tankers. Everything we do is focused on safety. This is shown in the continually high safety performance of our managed tanker fleet, which improves year after year. According to our most recent Group performance statistics, our Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) average is less than 0.25, while our Total Recordable Case Frequency (TRCF) average is 0.8.

Our track record and reputation for safety and compliance are crucial to our seafarers, shore employees, and clients, and it has allowed us to retain strong relationships with Oil Majors at all levels of the organization. Kaftas Shipping is actively promoting a number of industry safety efforts, such as becoming a founding partner of the HiLo Risk Management, which develops risk models for tanker boats. Kaftas Shipping also participates in Partners in Maritime Safety, an industry safety program that has contributed to a 200% reduction in serious accidents.

Bulk Carrier

Kaftas Shipping is a renowned third-party ship management of bulk carrier vessels, having extensive expertise managing geared and gearless bulk carriers of various sizes at sea and ashore. With a global fleet of more than 14 bulk carriers, our established global network enables us to share best practices throughout our broad and diverse fleet while providing a convenient choice of geographically dispersed ship management hubs. Everything we do is based on safety. This is shown in our managed fleet’s consistently high safety performance, which continues to improve year after year. According to our most recent Group performance statistics, our Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) average is less than 0.25, while our Total Recordable Case Frequency (TRCF) average is 0.8.

Our safety and compliance record is vital to our sailors, shore workers, and clients alike, and it has allowed us to retain strong partnerships with large bulk cargo operators. With an excellent RightShip rating, we ensure that boats under control are kept in top shape while minimizing technical off hire. Our digital ship management software will assist with the intelligent analysis of data to maximize your fleet’s operational efficiency and help realize your vessel’s prospects for measurable effect. Our platform helps your decision-making process by analyzing critical real-time data from every aspect of your bulk carrier’s operations, such as monitoring vessel speed, minimizing fuel usage and associated environmental consequences, and assuring charter compliance.

LNG Ship Management

Kaftas Shipping offers LNG and LNG-fueled vessel owners comprehensive ship management and crewing services. We have unrivaled industry understanding of managing LNG vessels, particularly LNG bunker boats, as a global leader, paired with substantial experience at sea and ashore with all containment and propulsion types. Our safety and compliance record is crucial to our seafarers, shore employees, and customers alike. This has enabled us to retain strong working relationships with Oil Majors at all levels of the organization, all while maintaining vettings and positive vetting clearance.

Our crew management division, Kaftas Shipping, has a global presence and specializes in attracting, recruiting, training, deploying, and managing seafarer personnel. We can fulfill any crewing requirements for your LNG boats’ operations with our current network of 1,000 crew, including over 200 LNG crew, the largest independent crew network in Turkey. We can respond promptly to the needs of our seafarers, customers, and the vessels we manage because of our global network. Because of our experience in delivering experienced LNG crew, we have developed a solid LNG crewing and training framework. As the global LNG fleet increases significantly over the next decade, LNG as a fuel training and the transfer of LPG management and seafaring knowledge will be critical to facilitating this growth.