About Geden
Geden (Genel Denizcilik Nakliyati A.S.) is a specialist tanker management company headquartered in Istanbul. Founded in 1975, the company has spent fifty years building one of the strongest reputations in the maritime industry.
Our purpose
Our mission
Our vision
Our expertise
Category for long-term T/C operators.
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Crude oil tankers are employed under long-term T/Cs with MOCs.
For fifty years, we have managed vessels in one of the most demanding segments of the shipping industry the only way we know how - as if they were our own.
Today we manage a fleet of 33 tankers, with a significant newbuilding supervision programme under way, all under long-term time charter to the world’s most demanding oil majors.
The foundation of everything Geden is built on is a single truth: our motivation for quality goes beyond any contract. This is a consequence of who the company is and what it does.
This is what oil majors have recognised for decades. Shell, TotalEnergies and other energy majors do not maintain long-term charter relationships without sustained evidence that standards are held. What we do isn’t a business model; it’s built from decades at sea with passion and care at its core.
We are specialist tanker managers. In one of the most technically demanding and compliance-intensive segments in shipping, concentration is a source of confidence. Every decision is made for this segment.
Our pioneering operation of LNG dual-fuel VLCCs reflects an approach that has always chosen to lead rather than follow.
Our location in Istanbul is not a geographical advantage alone. We have supervised more than 150 newbuildings across Korea, Japan, China, and Indonesia, while maintaining direct long-term relationships with European oil majors. The combination of East and West reach – built over five decades – is one few managers can genuinely offer.
Geden is defined not by scale but by quality, accountability, and the standard we hold ourselves to on every vessel we manage.
Our Values
What sets us apart
Owner's
commitment
We manage every vessel as if it were our own – because that is the only standard we know.
Technical
excellence
Fifty years of tanker focus has produced the deepest technical excellence in the market.
Enduring
trust
Our relationships are measured in decades, not contracts.
Pioneer
spirit
We are first when the evidence supports it – and we commit fully when we commit.
East–West
intelligence
Positioned where the world’s trade routes converge – 50 years of relationships built in the East and the West.
Our team
Experienced leadership, global perspective
Our team is our most powerful asset. Key figures have served 30 to 40 years in their roles. They are the people who have seen the highs and the lows and truly understand our industry. The institutional knowledge they carry across vessel operations, oil major relationships, newbuilding supervision, and crewing cannot be replicated.