Nakkas Shipping & Trading Co.

Nakkas Shipping & Trading Co. is one of the oldest Turkish shipping companies, established originally in 1860. The company headquarters is in Istanbul, with branch offices in Mersin, Iskenderun and several other port cities in Turkey. The core of the business is chartering, agency and ship management. In chartering, the company focuses on the trade within the Mediterranean, Black Sea, North Europe, North Africa, Persian Gulf and North America, from coaster size up to supramax size, both on an exclusive and competitive basis. As for agency, Nakkas Shipping and Trading Co. provides a reliable and comprehensive ship agency service in all Turkish ports as well as at the Bosphorus & Dardanelles straits. Commodities range between grains, project cargoes, minerals, steels and also vegoil and palm oil. The company started to give ship management services in 1999, mainly to handy bulkers of 16,000-18,000 DWT. The company currently gives management services to both chemical tankers and bulk carriers with a strong team of professionals.