10.4.7.1Vertical
Crew Management & Manning Agencies
Companies recruiting and managing seafarer crew.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Ship Management & Crewing (10.4.7), the segment that Crew Management & Manning Agencies sits within — not Crew Management & Manning Agencies on its own.
FragmentationConsolidatingEstimate
Ship management and crewing are global maritime services largely outside U.S. Census scope and are not separately disclosed, so the segment is not separately sized here.
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Management fees and crewing-services revenue
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- High
- EBITDA margin
- Asset-light maritime-services economics
- Capex intensity
- Low
recurring management contracts
Characteristics
- Operates vessels on behalf of owners.
- Led by V.Group, Anglo-Eastern, Bernhard Schulte.
- Crewing, technical management, and compliance core.
M&A deal context
Deal activityModerate
Who’s acquiring
- Global ship managers
- Maritime-services consolidators
- PE-backed platforms
What’s driving deals
- Outsourcing of vessel operations.
- Scale and operational excellence.
- Compliance and decarbonization management.
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