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Top 25 Vessel chartering companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 129 vessel chartering companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 3,632 professional contacts across them, including 691 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers vessel chartering companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, 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.
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 chartering companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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. | |||||
| 2 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Carisbrooke Shipping.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 141 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a shipbroking technology company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 125 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lomar is a leading ship owner and ship management group with a diversified fleet of around 25 bulk carriers and chemical tankers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 118 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are an independent shipbroker with an approach focused on expertise rather than scale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha is one of the world's leading transportation companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The UK’s largest Liner Agency company, the market leaders representing niche carriers to global destinations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thurlestone Shipping was established in London in 2004 by two long serving dry bulk shipping professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pritchard-Gordon Tankers specialises in ocean transportation of crude oil, refined petroleum products, chemicals and biofuels in environmentally sensitive areas, using purpose…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Shipping 360 is a shipbroking company established in London in July 2012.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “RB British Marine is a vessel operating and management group based in London, Singapore and Mumbai.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1994, we have spent over 28 years perfecting shipping methods across the globe specialising in International Shipping and Freight Forwarding with a global network of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1998 we are a family owned freight forwarder and logistics provider, based in Southampton, with a specialist global network of partners acting as our overseas…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Commercial Rib Charter Ltd is Europe's largest Rib operator.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Faversham Ships is a privately held UK based shipping company operating a fleet of general cargo vessels ranging from 2380 to 4850mt dwt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Armitt group of companies commenced trading in 1950 when Frank Armitt & Son Limited was formed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1979, Grange Shipping Ltd is one of the leading independent shipping, freight forwarding and logistics specialists in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Jaohar UK Limited is a Shipbroking company based in Victoria Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 9LP, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Educy Maritime & Shipping is a UK-based ship management and maritime services company working with owners and operators of dry cargo vessels trading internationally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “John Samonas & Sons Ltd act as London Agents for Golden Flame Shipping of Greece.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At DAN Shipping & Chartering, our in-depth local knowledge and understanding of the shipping world ensures we can provide high quality, cost-effective port agency services and dry…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Shipping Agents Founded in 1936 Experience in Crude Oil Tankers, Product Tankers, COMBO Vessels, Dry Bulk Vessels & Container Ships Current Main Office: 24-26 Baltic Street London…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 2013 by a team of skilled and reputable shipbrokers, Sterling Shipping Services Limited has grown into a trusted and well-respected shipbroking company operating…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Range Shipping, a privately owned shipping company with headquarters in London since 2017 has a priority focus in operating bulk carriers ranging within handysize to capesize…” 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 chartering companies. 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 chartering companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of vessel chartering companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name vessel chartering companies. 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 chartering companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 129 companies.
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 chartering companies, 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “vessel chartering companies”. 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 chartering companies), 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 chartering companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- 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, 691 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 chartering companies by metro
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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 chartering companies, 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 chartering companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 129 vessel chartering companies headquartered in the United Kingdom 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?
Zodiac Maritime, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most vessel chartering companies?
London leads with 66 headquartered companies, followed by Edinburgh (3) and Cowes (2).
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 691 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 129 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.
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