Maritime Services Marketplace

You rarely deal with the principal directly. An agent or aggregator sits in between, controls the relationship, sets the terms, and takes margin. Your pricing power, your reputation, your client relationship all run through someone else's decision. You do the work, they own the access.

You've built a reputation locally. But a vessel owner in Hamburg or a charterer in Singapore will never know you exist. There's no place to list your services, no way to be searched, no profile that shows what you can do. Discovery is referral only. If nobody refers you, nobody calls.

The software in this industry is built for buyers. Enterprise tools serve vessel owners and charterers. ShipServ is for supplies, not services. And the platforms that do exist cost more per month than some jobs pay. Small providers are priced out of the tools that could help them grow.

The service is done, the vessel has sailed, and you're waiting. The settlement sits with the agent, the agent is waiting on the owner, the owner is disputing a line item that has nothing to do with you. Weeks become months. Your cash flow depends on a chain you have no control over.