Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Vessel operators worldwide
RevenueBase identified 1,103 vessel operators worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 39,982 professional contacts across them, including 5,279 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Istanbul the largest hub.
This list covers vessel operators worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026. Country and city lists for vessel operators follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest vessel operators worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,321 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “From our early beginnings with just two vessels operating on a single route, today we have grown to be one of the largest and most complex ferry systems in the world, with 37…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,937 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PT PELNI (Persero)'s main business is to provide sea mass transportation that covered passenger and goodies transport amongst the island in Indonesia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,853 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Recognized Worldwide for Diverse and Dynamic Marine Transportation Solutions Founded as Edison Chouest Boat Rental in Galliano, Louisiana, in 1960, the Edison Chouest Offshore…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,701 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Starting with a single ship, Zodiac Maritime has grown into one of the world's largest and most respected shipping companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,180 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dynacom Tankers Management Ltd.(DTM) was founded in 1991 to manage oil tankers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,056 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SAAM Towage is the leading tugboat operator in the Americas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 932 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Biggest and most modern greenfield ship yard in INDIA Engaged in Ship Building and Ship Repairs of any type of vessels Wide customer base both in India and abroad IMS accredited…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 747 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since its establishment in 2010, VRM has flourished into a prominent maritime company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 715 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1997, we operate an extensive fleet of Offshore Supply Vessels that service the Oil and Gas industry in the Middle East, South East Asia, Africa, India and the Gulf…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 679 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Marquette Transportation Company, LLC is one of the largest marine transportation service companies in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 512 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GMS operates a modern fleet of highly versatile self-propelled lift boats, across international markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 389 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Unsurpassed for 160 Years We operate a fleet of more than 60 tugboats, crew boats, and barges in 13 locations along the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 383 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Centerline Logistics is a leading provider of marine transportation services in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 363 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Vane Brothers Company has served the maritime industry for more than 125 years, providing a wide range of services that includes ship bunkering and lightering; the delivery of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 355 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “2009 yılında Medkon Denizcilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd Şti.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 351 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Harbour Towing | Shipyard | Ship Repairs | Naval Construction | Equipement Rental | Floating wharves | Barge and Worboat Rental | Salvage | Marine Transportation | Dredging Ocean…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 320 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1933, Canal Barge Company, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 306 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Liberian Registry has a long-established track record of combining the highest standards of safety for vessels and crews with the highest levels of responsive and innovative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 292 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “UZMAR was founded in 1972 by Senior Harbour Pilot Captain Altay Altug, as “The First Private Pilotage & Towage Company of Turkey”, serving various private ports and harbors in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 259 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Executive Offshore owns, operates and commercially manages high specification offshore vessels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 254 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Northern Offshore Services provides the industry with high-speed vessels for transporting staff and light equipment and offers vessel management solutions to the marine sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 247 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Global vision, customized services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 230 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Caspian Offshore Construction LLP (COC) is a leading provider of marine fleet operation and management services in the Northern Caspian.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 222 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded by Captain Vasileios Konstantakopoulos in 1975, Costamare Shipping is the exclusive ship manager of the Costamare fleet and has become one of the most respected…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 206 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tankerska Plovidba is a Croatian shipping company founded in 1955.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: vessel operators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names vessel operators.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of vessel operators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name vessel operators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Vessel operators worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among vessel operators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for vessel operators are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “vessel operators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names vessel operators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among vessel operators, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 5,279 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Vessel operators by location
6 lists · largest firstEvery Vessel operators list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names vessel operators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many vessel operators are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 1,103 vessel operators worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
BC Ferries, headquartered in Victoria, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most vessel operators?
The United States leads with 187 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (62) and the Netherlands (57). Every vessel operators list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most vessel operators?
Istanbul leads with 21 headquartered companies, followed by Singapore (14) and London (12).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 5,279 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,103 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.