Maritime Directory

New York,, NY, United States

The Apex Marine Group is comprised of Apex Marine Ship Management Co., L.L.C. and Apex Bulk Carriers. The company history dates back to 1967, when it purchased its first tanker from the Lemos group. Over the years Apex has been involved in the construction, ownership and management of VLCC’s, clean and dirty product tankers, handymax and panamax bulk carriers, container vessels, ro-ro’s and other special purpose vessels. Business relationships during the 1970’s and 1980’s included companies such as Crowley Maritime, Lasco, Texaco, Amerada Hess, Ultramar, and American Petrofina. The company has also worked with the Agency for International Development and the Israeli Grain Mission in bulk grain movements. In addition, we have managed vessels for the United States Maritime Administration and Military Sealift Command and participated in the “Operation Desert Storm” and “Maintain Democracy” campaigns. In 1998, John Calicchio purchased the assets of Apex Marine Corporation and embarked on an aggressive vessel acquisition program. Over a two-year period the company acquired eight (8) handymax bulk carriers that operate in the international bulk commodity trade. We presently have relationships with organizations like Atlas Shipping A/S, Armada Shipping SA, China Ocean Shipping, EDF & Man, Lauritzen AS, Oldendorff Carriers, Tschudi & Eitzen, Van Ommeren Clipper and others. The group manages its assets and conducts operations from our corporate offices that are located in lower Manhattan.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, United States

Bay Ship Management Inc. operates oceangoing, military vessels important to the strategic sealift of the United States. We operate the eight Fast Sealift ships which carried 12% of the tonnage to the Persian Gulf during the Gulf War. We also operate five Large Medium Speed RO/RO (LMSR) vessels for Military Sealift Command, and we have operated five tankers for the Maritime Administration (MarAd).