Maritime Directory

Panama

Santa Clarita, CA 91355, CA, United States

Rising from modest beginnings in 1965 with one ship cruising to Mexico, Princess Cruises has grown to be one of the largest cruise lines in the world. Its fleet of 10 ships carries more than 700,000 passengers each year to more worldwide destinations than any other major cruise line. Princess Cruises is part of P&O Princess Cruises plc, one of the largest international cruise companies, which consists of six of the top cruise brands around the globe: Princess Cruises in North America; P&O Cruises in the UK and in Australia; AIDA and Seetours in Germany and Swan Hellenic also in the UK. It is a leading provider of cruises to Alaska, the Caribbean, Europe, the Panama Canal and other exotic destinations. The group currently has a fleet of 18 ships offering a total of 27,370 berths. The group has 8 more new ships on order, offering a further 17,020 berths. P&O Princess Cruises has approximately 19,000 employees worldwide and in 2000 generated revenue of over $2 billion (£1.4 billion). Headquartered in London, P&O Princess Cruises’ ordinary shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange and as ADRs on the New York Stock Exchange (under the symbol "POC").

Panama City Beach, FL, United States

Quantic Engineering and Logistics Corporation, a small business, was founded on March 23, 1990 and is incorporated in the State of Florida. The President of the Corporation is Michael F. Kolesar while the Vice President is Stafford D. Purvis. Quantic occupies approximately 4,000 square feet of office space in the Promenade Mall in Panama City Beach, and has adequate space available to expand to twice the space now occupied. Centrally located on the Gulf Coast, Quantic has easy access to both Gulf Coast and East Coast shipyards.

Glyfada,, Greece

Quintana Maritime Limited is an international provider of drybulk marine transportation services through the ownership and management of dry-bulk vessels. We focus on modern Capesize and Panamax vessels.

RBS House, 6 Brookside Colne Way, Watford, United Kingdom

Realtime Business Solutions has developed TOPS into the most advanced and flexible terminal management system available in the world today. Since opening in Australia in 1991, RBS has completed TOPS installations at terminals across the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Panama, Romania, Italy, Germany, Vietnam and Egypt. RBS delivers the experienced management team, development resources and robust TOPS systems architecture to meet the most demanding requirements of the world's largest marine terminals.

Rancho Cucamonga,, CA, United States

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Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

One of the leading worldwide maritime service companies, active in harbour towage, terminals, salvage, transport and heavy lift. www.smit.com

El Dorado, Republic Of Panama

Panama

The Saybolt Group of Companies offers inspection and testing services for a wide variety of products with emphasis on the Petroleum and Petrochemical sectors, through its network of more than 150 offices and 80 laboratories worldwide.

St. Louis, MO, United States

Designs and manufactures marine mooring equipment such as; capstans, deck and dock fittings, winches, hawser reels,accommodation ladders, anchors, chain stoppers, and custom deck machinery.

Miami,, Florida, United States

Seaboard Marine is an ocean transportation company that provides direct, regular service between the United States and the Caribbean Basin, Central and South America.

Nagoya City, Aichi-Pref, Japan

Suez, Egypt

Soliman & Partners Advocates is one of the leading commercial & maritime law firms in Egypt We are group of specialist attorneys, and we are working together with a large number of the most well known consultants in Egypt. We are the legal advisor to the Egyptian Red Sea Ports chamber of shipping. Our firm is situated in the biggest cities in Egypt (Suez, Port-Said, Alexandria, We are members of Egyptian bar association. Egyptian maritime society. International bar association.

Maroussi, Athens,, Greece

Star Bulk is a global shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. Star Bulk's vessels transport major bulks, which include iron ore, coal and grain and minor bulks such as bauxite, fertilizers and steel products. Star Bulk was incorporated in the Marshall Islands on December 13, 2006 and is headquartered in Athens, Greece. Its common stock and warrants trade on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbols "SBLK" and "SBLKW" respectively. Currently, Star Bulk has an operating fleet of eleven dry bulk carriers, plus definitive agreements to acquire one Supramax dry bulk carrier and sell its Panamax dry bulk carrier. The total fleet of twelve vessels consists of three Capesize, one Panamax and eight Supramax dry bulk vessels with an average age of approximately 9.7 years and a combined cargo carrying capacity of approximately 1,033,850 deadweight tons.

Athens, Greece

Stelmar Shipping Ltd. has earned its excellent reputation for providing international product and crude oil transportation services to major oil companies, oil traders and state-owned oil companies. Headquartered in Athens, Greece, the Company owns and operates one of the world's largest and most modern Handymax and Panamax tanker fleets. On average, Stelmar's vessels are approximately seven years of age. The Company remains committed to maintaining a modern fleet and adhering to high safety and environmental standards.

Private Free Zone Area, Port Said East Port, P.O. Box 247,, Port Said,, Egypt

The Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT), located in Port Said, Egypt at the mouth of the Suez Canal on the Mediterranean Sea, is a major transshipment hub for the Eastern Mediterranean region and gateway port for local Egyptian cargoes. With the completion of a dredging project which deepened the terminal’s draft from 13.9 to 14.5 meters, and the expected complement of 24 super-post Panamax cranes at the conclusion of the Phase II expansion now underway, SCCT is capable of handling the largest containerships in the global container fleet. Scheduled to be operational in 2012, Phase II will increase annual capacity at SCCT to 5.4 million TEUs, making it the largest container terminal on the Mediterranean Sea. SCCT opened in 2004 as a Joint Venture with APM Terminals the majority shareholder and operator.

Calcutta, India

The Surrendra Overseas Limited (SOL) was incorporated in 1948. The promoters, Apeejay Surrendra Group has 100 per cent stake in the company. The Apeejay Surrendra Group is a highly diversified industrial conglomerate engaged in the following business activities: Shipping Steel Engineering Tea Hotels Construction Real estate development Industrial trade Finance The SOL owns a fleet of five bulk carriers. Further, the company has placed an order for one new Panamax bulk carrier of 74,850 DWT from Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, Korea, to be delivered by June 2001. The turnover of SOL for FY1999-2000 was Rs. 578.63 million. Future plan The company has planned to acquire new and second hand Handymax and Panamax tonnage. There are also plans to diversify into shipmanagement, chartering and tanker operations.

Greece

Chennai, India

West Asia Maritime Limited (WAM) was incorporated in 1993. The company has been promoted by Emirates Trading Agency (ETA) and Associated Construction & Investments (ASCON) based in Dubai. The ETA-ASCON group of companies has been promoted by the Al Ghurair Group of Dubai and Amana Investments of Hong Kong in 1973. The promoters have a stake of 49.50 per cent in the company. The ETA-ASCON group is a diversified organisation engaged in the following business activities: Engineering & construction Trading Shipping Leisure Manufacturing & assembling Retailing & distribution (of casual apparel, jewellery and consumer electronic goods) West Asia Maritime Limited owns three bulk carriers and has one bulk carrier on bareboat charter. WAM has a subsidiary company viz. West Asia Maritime Overseas Private Limited at Singapore. The company has established a ship management company called ETA Ship Management Company Limited (ETA SML), which manages ships of WAM. It has also promoted ETA Ports and EC Tops which among themselves own a floating crane and two 9,500 DWT self discharging barges. The turnover of WAM for the FY1999-2000 was Rs. 640.88 million. Future plan The company would be acquiring a gearless Panamax vessel for conversion into a craned hopper self-unloader for 10-year contract to Tamilnadu Electricity Board/ Poompuhar Shipping Corporation Limited.

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