Treat every ship as an investment
Someone's capital is tied up in that hull. We look after its condition, its value and its reputation as carefully as its earnings.
Maritime asset management · Commercial management · Chartering
We look after ships as if they were our own.
Maru Maritime is a maritime asset management company. Our main business is commercial management and chartering: finding the right work for ships, running each voyage well and protecting their value for the people who own them.
Shipping is a simple business that is hard to do well.
A ship makes money when it is working, at a fair rate, for a charterer who pays, without wasting fuel or days. The rest is detail, but the detail is where owners win or lose.
That detail is what we take care of. We started Maru Maritime to give owners and investors a commercial manager who is careful with their money, close to the market and honest about how their ships are doing.
More about us
What we do
All services- 1
Commercial management
We decide how a ship earns: what employment it takes, how each voyage is run, and making sure hire and freight are collected in full.
- 2
Chartering
Time charters, voyage charters and COAs, negotiated line by line with charterers we have checked out properly.
- 3
Asset management
Buying at the right price, financing sensibly, keeping the vessel in good order and knowing when to sell.
- 4
Turnkey services
Technical management, crewing, insurance and compliance, coordinated by us so the owner has one point of contact.
What we hold ourselves to
Run a tight operation
Good voyages are planned properly, cost what they should and get paid on time. Small things, done every day, add up.
Think in years, not fixtures
Freight markets move in cycles. We make decisions with the owner's whole holding period in mind, not just the next charter.
From purchase to sale.
Owners can hand us a single job or the whole lifecycle. Either way, it is one team, so nothing gets lost between hand-offs.
- Buy
- Finding the right vessel, inspecting it and negotiating the price.
- Finance
- Setting up the ownership structure and the right level of debt.
- Charter
- Securing employment that fits the market and the owner.
- Operate
- Running voyages, overseeing technical management and controlling costs.
- Report
- Monthly numbers on earnings, costs and value, in plain language.
- Sell
- Choosing the moment to exit, or renewing the fleet.
The ships we know
Our commercial experience covers the main segments of international shipping.
Dry bulk
Iron ore, coal, grain and minor bulks.
Tankers
Crude and refined products.
Containers
Feeder and intermediate tonnage.
Offshore
Support and project vessels.
More than 80% of world trade by volume travels by sea.
UNCTAD, Review of Maritime Transport
Why we think shipping is worth a look
Have a ship, a cargo or a question?
Whether you own tonnage, need a chartering partner or are looking at shipping as an investment, we would be glad to talk it through.