Maroos Shipping and Forwarding Co., as it is known today, was established in 1994. Young as it may seem, the company can by no means be considered inexperienced as the background of it’s management is deeply rooted in the past. Mr. Roshanaei the MD is in fact a pioneer in the country's shipping sector. A ship pilot of the early seventies with a Master’s degree in shipping from US, took over as the chartering manager of the IRISL, the largest shipping line in the middle east, in early eighties. Determined to run his own business in private sector, Mr. Roshanaei started one of the first fully Iranian shipping agencies in 1983.

The decision to set up Maroos, made some ten years later, was based on the need to develop specialized capabilities in ship management, chartering, operating and freight forwarding. With the expansion of involvements in ship management, as a result of attaining ownership of a number of vessels, as well as those chartered and operated by the company, the need for in-company shipping services section was felt. This led Maroos to develop the shipping agency capabilities to an extent; they have been handling large tonnages of various types of vessels over the recent years.

Maroos Shipping & Forwarding Co. today is a totally independent entity engaged in every aspect of global transportation and heading right for the high spot.
One major factor for the company’s success is indeed the solid background experience and up to date knowledge of shipping, vested in its management. Another factor for Maroos to rely on, is our close relations at ports and the whole of the shipping industry and shipping organizations in Iran. This of course is owing to the fact that quite a few of the managerial staff of the company, happen to originate from those organizations.

Having made all necessary arrangements and supported by a dynamic team, Maroos Group is now fully active in all shipping related fields as well as global transportation.

Our current undertakings in shipping, range from running a feedering service between Persian Gulf ports to somewhat considerable tonnage chartering for shipments of major governmental trade. Management of numerous vessels of other major ship owners too, has been a part of our work for years. Notable among them are the offshore vessels owned by the NIOC. Handling cargoes in transit for CIS, is another aspect of our activities. The transit section of the company has in fact been the fastest growing during the recent years. We take pride in being one of the few trusted transportation agents to the World Food Program of the United Nations. Having handled over 100,000 MTS of food aids to Afghanistan and Iraq so far, we stand firm for any such requirements in the future.

Shipping services, especially agency work, happens to be the company’s hallmark, This is owing to the vast experiences gained through decades of agency work by the management. Besides rendering agency services to numerous ships and shipping lines, Maroos is the exclusive agents to some prestigious international companies. National Petroleum Construction Company and Norden & Denmark; can be named as examples,

In short, the main services provided by Maroos Shipping and Forwarding Co., can be classified as follows:

1. Ship management:

• Crewing for ships & off shore facilities.

• Technical support for ships.

• Survey, classification & insurance services.

• Trade management for ships.

• Operational, administrative and technical systems development for ships and

• shipping institutions.

 2. Shipping services:

• Ship agency in all Iranian ports.

• Ship chartering & brokering.

• Carriage of sea freight.

• Consultancy on Shipping.

• Stevedoring, warehousing and ship supply.

• Transportation of heavy and project cargoes.

    3. Forwarding and Global Transportation:

• Door to door transportation services (FCL & LCL).

• Transit services to C.I.S. via Iran. 

• Multimodal transportation & forwarding.

• Logistics and transportation arrangements.

• Customs formalities and clearance.