# Shipping Manager - 2026

> Be a business tycoon and grow your ship and boat empire in this ship simulator

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.trophygames.shippingmanager4](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.trophygames.shippingmanager4)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.trophygames.shippingmanager4`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Xombat Development - Airline manager games
- **Category:** GAME\_STRATEGY
- **Downloads:** 3,086,860
- **Rating:** 4.44 / 5 (23,371 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.40
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-20
- **First published:** 2022-12-01
- **Publisher country:** DK
- **Size:** 86 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trophygames.shippingmanager4)
- **Website:** [https://trophy-games.com/](https://trophy-games.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://trophy-games.com/privacy](https://trophy-games.com/privacy)

## Description

**Become the CEO of your shipping empire in Shipping Manager Tycoon 2026.** Strategize, manage fleets, and conquer the seas with realistic ships, harbors, and route planning. Create your own cargo empire and compete on leaderboards against real players.

**Key features include** vessel customization, 400+ harbors, real-time economics, global dock connections via satellite GPS, and multiplayer challenges. Build your logistics hub, grow cities, recruit staff, and unlock rewards as you scale your fleet. An internet connection enables live markets and privacy-conscious play.

## Rankings

- #33,993 — Overall
- #7 — manager
- #22 — management

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`
- `com.trophygames.shippingmanager4.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Players praise the game's realism and ownership feel, plus enjoy a largely free-to-play, immersive shipping-management experience. They repeatedly request improvements to stability, account syncing, UI polish, and additional content (more ship classes, ports). Addressing these recurring issues could preserve the core strengths while expanding depth and accessibility.

### Pros

- Realism and the feeling of actually owning a shipping company
- Privacy-friendly with minimal or optional ads and no mandatory real-money purchases
- Engaging, long-term gameplay with a daily routine and sense of progression
- Positive reception of expansion potential (desire for more ship classes and content)

### Cons

- Frequent stability and login issues after updates (crashes, loading problems, inability to login)
- UI/UX is clunky with navigation hassles and controls that disrupt gameplay
- IPO system is viewed as imbalanced or confusing
- Lack of cross-device account linking/transfer of progress
- Content gaps (missing ports/regions and certain ship types)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.trophygames.shippingmanager4)