Bayraktar Shipping Group

The founder of the Bayraktar Group. Cpt. Arif Bayraktar, started the business in his teens and manage to have a respectful carrier within the industry and in the Turkish shipping society. He was the one who gave his sons, the sprit at challenging and advised them only to move ahead and ahead... In 1976 the company established their own, side industrial factory which was located in the Golden Horn area in Istanbul, within two years, the second workshop was built and the technical department of the company presently located at Tuzla and still serving the shipowners on their technical problems. The whole aim was to build their own steel structured vessels with their own capital. The first steel built vessel came into service on the late months of 1975. Then the second followed M/V Arif Kaptan which was 4250 dwcc. During the passed three years Bayraktar purchased two more vessels and increased their capacity to 28000 dwcc which gave them the courage to grow more stable and powerful, to be able to go into larger investments and purchase larger vessels. By the 21. century Bayraktar Group is willing to increase their tonnage up to 250.000 dwcc and will keep on giving service to the world wide shipping industry.

The founder of the Bayraktar Group. Cpt. Arif Bayraktar, started the business in his teens and manage to have a respectful carrier within the industry and in the Turkish shipping society. He was the one who gave his sons, the sprit at challenging and advised them only to move ahead and ahead... In 1976 the company established their own, side industrial factory which was located in the Golden Horn area in Istanbul, within two years, the second workshop was built and the technical department of the company presently located at Tuzla and still serving the shipowners on their technical problems. The whole aim was to build their own steel structured vessels with their own capital. The first steel built vessel came into service on the late months of 1975. Then the second followed M/V Arif Kaptan which was 4250 dwcc. During the passed three years Bayraktar purchased two more vessels and increased their capacity to 28000 dwcc which gave them the courage to grow more stable and powerful, to be able to go into larger investments and purchase larger vessels. By the 21. century Bayraktar Group is willing to increase their tonnage up to 250.000 dwcc and will keep on giving service to the world wide shipping industry.