Platou's Sale and Purchase team has for many years maintained its position as one of the leading sale and purchase brokers in the international shipping market.
RS Platou Sale & Purchase in Istanbul established in order to serve our local clients requirements. The team consists of two brokers with diverse backgrounds from S&P,Newbuilding, Offshore and Shipowning. Due to the team's diverse of experience and long exposure to Shipping projects, we are able to quickly understand the key issues in a Shipping project and identify where we can add value for our client.
Our office in Istanbul is supported fully by the head office in Oslo, thereby obtaining know-how and assistance from eight brokers with more than 70 years aggregated experience.
We cover all major markets with focus on the following types of ocean going Bulk carriers including specialised vessels such as:
Open Hatch/Forest products vessels
Tankers, Shuttle tankers, Products Chemical
LPG and LNG
Container carriers
Car carriers (PCC) and RoRo Vessels
Reefer vessels
Cruise vessels and Ferries
In addition to straight sale and purchase, we work closely with our clients on project works where typically different departments are involved, including our well recognized Economic Research department.
We also have an excellent relationship with shipping finance sector and in addition to doing their valuation work we are in many cases acting as their advisers and consultants.
As a service to our clients we are also involved in selling vessels for demolition.