The Sale & Purchase desk advises owners across every major sector of the merchant fleet, from bulkers and tankers to container, gas, and offshore tonnage. Five offices from Athens to Shanghai hold continuous market presence, backed by in-house intelligence and live valuations.

Optima manages newbuilding projects from feasibility through contract, construction supervision, and delivery. Successful projects are defined long before steel cutting, through disciplined yard selection and alignment between the owner’s ambitions and the yard’s proven capabilities.

Optima Repairs operates through five integrated offices in Athens, Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai, and Istanbul, with continuous coverage of the global repair and conversion market. From emergency casualty response to major conversions, the desk handles yard selection, negotiation, and on-site supervision.

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Selected Projects

Casualty repairs and conversions

A look across recent mandates, from structural casualties and engine-room fires to vessels handled through our yard network.

Shanghai · Yangtze

Major Structural Casualty

A bulk carrier suffered a major structural casualty: a breached hull side and a flooded, fire-scarred cargo hold. Optima oversaw the rebuild from steel removal to fully reframed and re-primed structure.

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Dalian · China

Engine-Room Fire Recovery

An engine-room fire left machinery, cabling, and structure heavily soot-damaged. Optima coordinated the casualty repair through to a clean, class-ready engine room back in service.

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PaxOcean · Yard Network

Tankers in Dock

Vessels handled through Optima’s yard network at PaxOcean, from product tankers to bulk carriers in dry dock and afloat repair.

Zeme · Shipyard

Across the Segments

Projects delivered through the Zeme shipyard network, spanning container and dry-bulk tonnage from sea trials to redelivery.

The Ship Recycling desk advises owners on the disposal of end-of-life tonnage, from market positioning through final recycling and settlement, under a single point of responsibility. It works exclusively with established buyers and vetted yards across Turkey, India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.

The valuation desk provides independent vessel and fleet valuations supported by live market intelligence, comparable transactions, and direct insight from active S&P markets. Reports are prepared for financing, transactions, insurance, restructuring, accounting, and legal purposes.

Optima supports clients across debt and equity shipping finance, advising on acquisitions, refinancing, fleet renewal, and capital raising. An international network spanning Europe, the US, Asia, and the Middle East opens access to banks, leasing houses, credit funds, and institutional investors.

Maritime decarbonization is not a future problem, it is a present-day operational challenge that affects chartering, financing, insurance, and vessel value today. Optima helps owners navigate the regulations and turn compliance into commercial advantage.

The Research & Intelligence division delivers data-driven analysis, independent of broking-side mandates, to owners, operators, investors, and financial institutions. Dedicated analysts monitor global shipping markets daily, producing insight that goes beyond publicly available data.

The Tanker desk advises owners and charterers across spot employment, time charters, and secondhand tanker transactions. It works in close coordination with Sale & Purchase on structured deals where the asset and its employment are negotiated together.

Modern vessels run on interconnected bridge systems, engine-room OT, cargo controls, and satellite links. Ransomware, GPS spoofing, ECDIS interference, and shore-to-ship compromise now present direct operational, financial, and regulatory risk. Optima Cyber is built for that reality.