YAKIN DOĞU DENİZ ACENTELİĞİ A.Ş. is a company with longstanding traditions, the roots going back to 1923, when founded as 'Scandinavian Near East Shipping Agency', better known on the market with its shortened cable address of 'SNEAL Istanbul' which still in use today. The Company was converted into a Turkish Corporation by shares in 1971 and the name was changed into its present denomination of "YAKIN DOĞU DENİZ ACENTELİĞİ A.Ş.

Having sailed with the target of "excellence for service", Yakın Doğu Deniz Acenteliği A.Ş. has achieved to receive quality certificate for ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System from "Lloyd's Register" one of the leading quality certification companies in the world. The purpose of the quality auditing is to continuously improve the business processes and solution range, which have been developed for 80 years to provide superior service.