Karatzas Marine Advisors & Co.

Karatzas Marine Advisors & Co. is a well-established, international shipping finance advisory, ship brokerage and maritime consulting firm. Services are provided to financial owners and institutions for ship brokerage and industry intelligence, and also to independent shipowners for financial advisory, private placements and capital raising. The firm is superbly qualified for vessel valuations, ship appraisals and expert testimony; notable assignments have included judicial sales and liquidation trustee services for the sale of marine assets. Market segments covered include tanker, dry bulk, containership, offshore assets and also pelagic tuna fishing vessels, for vessels flying both open-registry flags and also national flags – including Jones Act and American-flagged vessels. The firm has acted in the newbuilding, secondary sale-and-purchase market and also the demolition markets. The firm is headquartered in the Financial District in Manhattan and a satellite office in Hamburg, Germany, but maintains a world-wide footprint of “blue chip” clientele, business correspondents and affiliates, and also professional memberships.

Our proposition

We have an exceptional record of dedication and enthusiasm, market knowledge and skill, reputation and credibility in the maritime and finance industries, and we have the list of loyal clients to show for on behalf of whom we have executed on challenging assignments and delivered superior value. We sail the extra mile on behalf of the client!