Yavuz Tursin

Yavuz Tursin

Commercial shipping, chartering, shipbroking, and freight markets.

I work in chartering at German Tanker Shipping and study Shipping & Chartering at Hochschule Bremen. I use this site to share personal reflections and selected maritime photos.

Chartering Werkstudent at German Tanker Shipping
B.Sc. Shipping & Chartering at Hochschule Bremen
Based in Bremen

About

Work, study, and interests in shipping.

I am originally from Türkiye and now based in Bremen. At the moment, I am learning shipping through two things at the same time: day-to-day work in chartering and my studies at Hochschule Bremen.

My main long-term interest is the commercial side of shipping, especially shipbroking. Tankers are still a real interest for me because of their connection to oil, energy, and freight, but I want to stay open to the wider commercial side of the industry as well.

Portrait of Yavuz Tursin
Yavuz Tursin · Bremen

Writing

Writing from work and study.

I use this site mainly to record what I am learning from work, study, and the commercial side of shipping. At the moment, the writing here is focused on personal reflections rather than professional articles.

Reflections

Personal reflections.

These pieces are more direct and personal, written to record what I am learning while I am still early in the industry.

Published

First month in chartering — what stood out to me early on

A short reflection on the first month at German Tanker Shipping: what the desk feels like in real life, what starts to matter quickly, and what looks different once you are actually inside it.

April 2026 Reflection German Tanker Shipping

Articles

Professional articles.

Professional articles may be added later, once I have the time and enough substance to write them properly.

No professional articles published at the moment.

Experience

Current work and study.

Still early, but already tied to real work in shipping.

Mar 2026 — Present
Bremen · DE

German Tanker Shipping — Chartering Werkstudent

I work with the chartering team and support day-to-day commercial work around the company’s tanker fleet. That includes vessel and emissions data, tonnage records, and the information used in daily decisions. The most useful part is seeing how a live desk actually works.

2024 — Present
Bremen · DE

Hochschule Bremen — B.Sc. Shipping & Chartering

The degree is focused on shipping itself rather than broad business theory. Doing it alongside chartering work makes the material much easier to connect to real situations.

Focus Areas

What I read and track.

These are the topics I keep coming back to most.

  1. 01 Commercial shipping markets How freight markets behave across segments, and how commercial logic shapes decisions.
  2. 02 Shipbroking and chartering How cargo, tonnage, timing, and relationships come together on the commercial side of shipping.
  3. 03 Freight and route dynamics How disruptions, rerouting, and distance changes reshape utilisation and market balance.
  4. 04 Shipping politics and sanctions How regulation, sanctions, and political decisions reshape trade routes, fleet use, and freight demand.
  5. 05 Energy markets and oil economy How oil flows, refinery geography, and energy economics connect back to shipping demand.
  6. 06 Fleet supply and tonnage Orderbook, scrapping, yard capacity, and age profile across shipping markets.
  7. 07 Voyage economics and charter-party logic TCEs, bunkers, port costs, and the contractual logic behind commercial decisions.

Current Interests

What I am paying attention to at the moment.

A few simple ideas behind how I want to grow in the industry.

  1. 01

    Getting used to how a commercial desk actually works.

    A lot of things make more sense once they are tied to real timing, real workflow, and real people instead of just theory.

  2. 02

    Keeping my interests broad inside shipping.

    Tankers are a real interest of mine, especially because of oil and energy, but I also want to stay open to the wider commercial side of shipping and shipbroking.

  3. 03

    Using writing to sort out what I actually think.

    Some pieces here will be more professional and some more personal. Both are useful because writing shows very quickly what is clear and what is still vague.

  4. 04

    Paying attention to markets, not just job titles.

    What matters to me is learning how the commercial side of shipping really works over time, not just trying to look impressive too early.

Contact

Get in touch.

Open to serious conversations about shipping, chartering, shipbroking, freight markets, and related opportunities.

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