About Ultranav
Ultranav is a privately owned shipping company with offices in 17 countries. Through twelve business units, we operate in five market segments: Oil, gas, dry bulk, coastal trades, and towage & offshore. We operate a fleet of gas and chemical carriers, tankers for crude oil and clean petroleum products, bulk carriers, feeder container ships, multipurpose vessels, harbor tugs, PSVs, AHTS, pusher tugs, barges and pilot boats.
Ultranav key figures
1960
Founding year
12
Business units
17
Countries
3,700+
Staff & crew
310+
Deep sea vessels
100+
Tugs & offshore vessels
Ultranav businesses
Ultrabulk is a dry bulk operator servicing its customers in the Panamax, Supramax, Handysize, MPP and Parcel segments.
Navigator Gas is the owner and operator of the world’s largest fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers.
Cape Tankers operates Panamax and Aframax vessels trading mainly in the Americas.
Clean Product Tankers Alliance (CPTA) is an alliance operating medium range product tankers managed by PTMC.
Ultranav Chile owns and operates various vessel types involved in Chilean cabotage and regional trades.
Antares Naviera is an Argentinean shipowner and operator providing cabotage services for crude oil and refined products.
Naviera Transoceánica (Navitranso) is a Peruvian ship owner and operator providing cabotage services for crude oil, refined products, LPG and chemicals.
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Group history
1960
Started Shipowning activities. Building our first ship, the very small “Ultragas”.
1965
Built first tugboat.
1966
Regional trade in clean petroleum products in Chile.
1969
New liner service between Chile and Brazil.
1970s
Sven von Appen took over management of the Ultranav group.
1982
South American dry bulk operations in coastal trades.
1985
Entered the offshore support business.
1993
International diversification through partnerships in Peru and Argentina.
1995
Regional expansion of chemical and panamax tanker operations.
1999
Product tanker operations became regional.
2004
Acquisition of international LPG fleet.
2010
Went global in the dry bulk segment.
2012
Added Aframax tanker operations.
2014
Expanded product tanker operations.
2018
Merged tug and offshore operations in Latin America with Ultranav.
2019
Creating a main player in Chilean cabotage and regional trades.
2021
Ultragas and Navigator Gas merged their fleets and businesses, creating a market leader in the handysize segment of gas carriers.
