Bakan Shipping: Four Decades of Maritime Experience and Zero-Tolerance Safety

Bakan Shipping: Four Decades of Maritime Experience and Zero-Tolerance Safety

WISE NEWS PRESS / ISTANBUL, TURKEY — NOVEMBER 19, 2025

Bakan Denizcilik ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti. (Bakan Shipping), leveraging experience dating back to the 1980s, is operating a modern fleet of international dry bulk carriers while setting rigorous standards for safety, environmental protection, and operational efficiency across all its maritime activities.

Founded by CEO İbrahim Yerebakan, a figure with deep experience in Istanbul’s maritime sector (including Kumcular Kooperatifi and Kumport A.Ş.), the company emphasizes a commitment to international codes (ISM/ISPS) and a strict "Zero Tolerance" policy toward substance abuse, ensuring vessels and personnel are protected against illegal activities.

Global Fleet and Comprehensive Services

Bakan Shipping’s services encompass ship owning, management, and chartering, meeting the stringent demands of international dry cargo transport.

Current Fleet and Certification:

The company owns and operates four dry bulk carriers under various flags:

• Malta Flag: 6830 DWT

• Panama Flag: 5762 DWT and 8050 DWT

• Barbados Flag: 8600 DWT

The fleet vessels are named Bakan, Burak, Yeba, and Uzay. Furthermore, the company holds MALTA and PANAMA DOC certificates, ensuring the implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) and International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Codes.

Core Services:

• Ship Owning (Armatörlük): International transport via their owned fleet of dry bulk carriers.

• Ship Management (Gemi İşletmeciliği): Comprehensive management guided by international safety and security codes.

• Ship Chartering (Gemi Kiralama): Brokering services for both their managed fleet and external client demands in sea transportation.

Environmental, Safety, and Zero Tolerance Policies

Bakan Shipping's Environmental and Safety Policy outlines clear priorities for all operations: preventing injuries and fatalities, protecting the marine environment, maintaining personnel hygiene, ensuring high technical efficiency, and safeguarding vessels/personnel against illegal activities.

The company’s Vision and Mission focuses on providing healthy and safe working conditions to prevent loss of life and damage, sustaining pollution-free practices compliant with international regulations, and providing superior service by merging experience with developing technology.

The company maintains a strict Alcohol and Drug Policy, adhering to OCIMF control principles, prohibiting the use, transportation, distribution, or sale of illicit drugs and the misuse of legal medications by personnel both on and off the vessel.

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