Capramar Ship Management is an up-and-coming ship management company, who eagerly entered the shipping market at the start of 2022. The company already has an impressive fleet of ten vessels and hopes to expand this in the future. Co-Founder and Managing Director of Capramar Ship Management, Canatay Yilmaz discussed the company’s services, its current fleet numbers and its hopes for the future with Imogen Ward.
INearly in 2022, high-flyer, Capramar Ship Management has broken into the shipping market with an impressive accrual of ten vessels to its name. With headquarters in Istanbul, the company has 15 onshore workers, and an additional 250 out at sea.
The fleet, consisting of cargo ships and multi-purpose cell container ships, is full of life. With many years of future trading ahead, this company is a confident competitor within the maritime industry. All these ships are currently in operation, trading magnificently across the globe.
“We are a modern, forward-thinking ship management company,” Canatay Yilmaz, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Capramar Ship Management said. “We pride ourselves in being highly diverse in all aspects of our company.”
Salient safety
Capramar Ship Management carries out a vast number of incredibly important services, all of which are vital to the success and continuation of ship manning. Carrying out crucial inspections and audits has ensured that the company can maintain all of its ships effectively – keeping them in excellent, sea-ready conditions. Alongside this, Capramar Ship Management is already offering these services out to other companies too and hopes to provide even more companies with these valuable services in the future Staff well-being is also paramount at Capramar Ship Management. Any accidents and incidents involving crew members onboard vessels are thoroughly investigated by the company. In addition, vigorous security assessments are continuously fulfilled by the team. These include the creation and implementation of vital ship security plans, ensuring that everyone aboard can work in the best environment.
The implementation of hull and machinery damage inspections also ensures that crew members are working safely. This is reinforced by extensive planning of dry docking, which enables the company to complete hull repairs effectively and safely without the risk of overlapping schedules or risk of ship damage.
The company also plans all budgeting for any repair work and dry-docking needs. This fore-planning ensures the most stable
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A highly valuable cadet programme that promises to nurture any maritime skills and talents within the company is also a prominent part of these opportunities. All crew members are fully certified in STCW and meet all requirements of the Flag State and the MLC
and reliable process possible. At all stages of repair, Capramar Ship Management has supervisors on hand to guarantee proper conduct and that regulatory processes are executed.
The company prides itself in versatility, Mr Yilmaz said: “We aren’t just a ship management company. Our motto is, ‘providing everything you need!’ We have a wide range of tailor-made services to meet customer needs.”
Striking services
Crews at Capramar Ship Management are essential to the company’s success. To make sure that they have all the tools required to do their jobs effectively, the company has in place several top-quality training programmes. This includes both on-shore and off-shore job training.
A highly valuable cadet programme that promises to nurture any mar itime skills and talents within the company is also a prominent part of these opportunities. All crew members are fully certified in STCW and meet all requirements of the Flag State and the MLC.
Boasting technical management of the highest standard, Capramar Ship management ensures all ships are fully maintained, managed in line with promised operating price-points, and supplied with all required spare parts. The company operates in full compliance with all relevant rules, regulations, and codes – providing an efficient and safety-conscious service to all.
Capramar Ship Management is the place to go for maritime consultancy. All in-house, the company can offer technical and financial feasibility studies.
Another option is the company’s design review and plan approval process. With the team having previous experience of almost 20 years in the industry, those at the company know how to advise customers effectively. As a hands-on company Capramar Ship Management always offers to follow up on any project that has progressed into being operational, highlighting the company’s undeterred devotion to the industry.
Other appealing services that Capramar Ship Management i s dedicated to performing include S&P management. The company is committed to making the purchasing and chartering processes in shipping as stress-free as possible. Ship condition inspections are offered pre-purchase and pre-charter, requiring all ships to meet regulations and be damage free. This ensures complete and utter reliability for the customer.
Capramar can also offer a competitive insurance placement service; the company can do this consistently and assertively, using its team’s prior experience and knowledge within the industry.
Floating into the future
The company has already established good relationships with suppliers and partners through the previous experience held by those at Capramar Ship Management. Going forward, it hopes to sustain these connections and develop new ones as the company matures.
For the foreseeable future, Capramar Ship Management sees the global energy crisis and the increase of inflation as continuous challenges to adapt to and overcome. More notably, there have been reoccurring disruptions in the supply chain: this, however has not deterred the company, and Capramar Ship Management is positive about what the future will bring.
With crew well-being high up in the company’s priorities, it is determined to maintain a safe, secure, and economical operation. Further objectives include the continual promotion of first-class safety and security awareness, alongside the paramount maintenance of safe working practices amongst all team members.
The company also wishes to fine-tune the current ‘two-way street’ communication system in place between onshore and offshore crews. This is vital for improved effectiveness and the minimisation of material wastage onboard all managed ships. In addition to this, Capramar Ship Management hopes to continue improving it’s training programmes, including safety-management skills. It also hopes to reinforce paramount preparation for emergencies related to staff safety and environmental protection.
Capramar ship Management is not afraid of competition within the maritime industry and is confident going forward within the market. “We are aware that our competitors bring quality,” Mr Yilmaz concluded. “Capramar however, is the epitome of quality.” n
