Trident Maritime is a third-party ship management company covering the full cycle - technical management, crew management, commercial management, sale & purchase, marine consultancy and vessel inspections - for tankers, bulkers, gas carriers, containerships and general cargo vessels. Headquartered in Odesa with offices in Hamburg, Dubai and Hong Kong, we serve owners across 17 countries. ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 and MLC certified, with 24/7 emergency response, and led by Capt. Oleksiy Smolyar - Master Mariner, DPA and ISM / ISPS / MLC Lead Auditor.
Owners retain a ship manager to keep a vessel safe, certified, trading and insurable without building an in-house superintendency. Trident carries that day-to-day responsibility under a transparent management agreement - one accountable manager across maintenance, drydock, procurement, crewing and commercial operations instead of fragmented vendors, with fees agreed by arrangement per vessel. The management plan, superintendent attendance and reporting cadence are scoped to vessel type, age and trading pattern, so a one-ship owner gets the same systems as a fleet operator, sized to the asset.
What sets the work apart is who does it. Trident is a working ship-management firm - not a desk administrator - led by a Master Mariner who has commanded vessels and audited their compliance. Technical decisions are taken by people with hands-on command, ISM-audit and class/flag coordination experience, in working familiarity with the IACS class societies (BV, DNV, LR, ABS, ClassNK, RINA) and independent of vetting platforms, so findings and reports are written for the asset, not the inspection platform.
Six service lines cover the full life of a vessel - from purchase inspection through daily technical, crew and commercial operation to eventual sale.
Maintenance and PMS, dry docking and repairs, newbuilding supervision, procurement and full SOLAS / MARPOL / ISM Code compliance, with 24/7 emergency response.
Technical management →End-to-end STCW-certified crewing - selection and vetting, training and certification, flag state and MLC documentation, payroll, welfare and planned rotation - for vessels up to 300,000-ton VLCCs.
Crew management →Chartering and fixtures, voyage estimation and optimization, post-fixture operations (bunker procurement, port agency, demurrage and laytime), freight and hire collection, market analysis.
Commercial management →S&P brokerage - market analysis and candidate search, valuation, due diligence on class and flag records, MOA / Norwegian Saleform drafting, pre-purchase inspection coordination and closing support.
Sale & purchase →Independent advisory across seven domains - ISM/ISPS/MLC and ISO audits, on/off-hire and marine warranty surveys, offshore engineering (DP/FMEA, mooring), training and green recycling support.
Marine consultancy →Independent inspections - SIRE 2.0 readiness for tankers, RightShip RISQ for dry cargo, pre-CDI for chemical tankers, sale & purchase surveys, flag and class support.
Vessel inspections →Trident manages vessels for owners wherever they are controlled from. These five markets have a dedicated page covering the local register, the inspection regime and the way a manager is judged there; other ports and jurisdictions are served from the same four offices on request.
Greek-controlled tonnage across the full management cycle, the Greek flag and the open registers Piraeus owners actually use.
Ship management in Greece →The Cyprus registry, tonnage tax and the Limassol management cluster, for owners who run their ships from the island.
Ship management in Cyprus →UK owners and operators: the UK Ship Register and MCA regime, London chartering and finance, Paris MoU inspection culture.
Ship management in United Kingdom →Singapore-controlled fleets: MPA and the Singapore registry, bunkering discipline and Tokyo MoU readiness.
Ship management in Singapore →Our Middle East office: UAE flag under the 2023 Maritime Law, Gulf port geography and Riyadh MoU readiness.
Ship management in United Arab Emirates →Each ship type carries its own technical, statutory and charterer demands - the management plan is scoped to the segment, not copied across it.
SIRE 2.0-ready tanker operations for oil, chemical, LPG and LNG carriers - cargo-system integrity, pre-CDI vetting readiness for chemical tankers, and crews with the relevant tanker and dangerous-cargo endorsements up to 300,000-ton VLCCs.
Dedicated page - comingRightShip RISQ-ready operations for bulk carriers from handysize to capesize, general cargo and containerships - hold and hatch-cover maintenance, structural and ballast monitoring, cargo-hold cleanliness.
Dedicated page - comingNewbuilding and conversion supervision with resident site teams, operational recovery of vessels, offshore consultancy (DP/FMEA, mooring analysis) and green recycling support.
Scoped per projectIndependent third-party validation of the quality, environmental and occupational-health systems your vessel is run under - and working familiarity with the class societies it is measured against.
From four offices - Odesa (HQ), Hamburg, Dubai and Hong Kong - Trident supports ship management, superintendency and inspections across Europe, the Middle East and South-East Asia.
Regular service coverage across 17 countries: Germany, UAE, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Singapore, Italy, Monaco, Qatar, Portugal, France, United Kingdom. Other ports and jurisdictions on request.
CEO and Director, Master Mariner
Master Mariner and Deep-Sea Captain; CEO and Director of Trident Maritime. Hands-on experience in technical ship management, crew management, ISM compliance, class and flag state coordination, and operational recovery of vessels.
Trident crews tankers, gas carriers, containerships and bulkers up to 300,000-ton VLCCs, with STCW training and certification, flag state and MLC documentation, payroll and planned rotation handled ashore.
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