Maritime Directory

Hamburg, Germany

Toepfer International is a trading company for agricultural products, with its headquarters located in Hamburg, Germany and with more than 40 branch offices worldwide.Toepfer International ist ein weltweit tätiges Handelshaus für Agrarprodukte mit Sitz in Hamburg, Deutschland und über 40 Filialen in der Welt.

Indonesia

Republic Of Panama

BOYD Steamship Corporation is the oldest and largest ships’ agency at the Panama Canal. Founded by William Y. Boyd, who was later joined by his brother, Robert J. Boyd, and General George W. Goethals, the famed builder of the Panama Canal. Goethals was an active partner in the company until his retirement in 1926. In 1919, in the city of Colon, the Boyds opened the first bonded warehouse, precursor of the now flourishing and international famous Colon Free Zone. During this period, the Boyd Corporation operateda fleet of shipstransporting cargoes throughout the Caribbean and down the coast of South America. During the Second World War, they operated some 40 oil tankers out of the Port of Balboa. Throughout the period, the Boyd organization continued their business as agents for vessels transiting the Panama Canal. Long considered the premier ships’ agency at the Panama Canal, BOYD Steamship Corporation provides their clients with the most up-to-date information about Canal conditions, expedites ships transits by virtue of having an experienced staff on duty 24 hours per day, renders final invoices within 15 days of a vessel’s sailing plus many other services that a ship owner or operator may require.

Brooklyn, NY, United States

Brooklyn Severe-Duty Equipment Corp. manufactures an extensive line of long-life, hazardous and severe-duty air conditioners and water coolers designed to operate in the world's toughest environments.

Odonaka, Kita - ku,, Osaka City, Japan

Marine transportation, such as large merchant ships, tankers, freighter, etc. have been supporting the world of material flow/logistics since a long time ago. Further, nowadays, safer and eco-friendly marine navigation is increasingly attracting attention. The ship engines which have been flourishing in the "sea" of all around the world together with the history of marine transportation are sort of a region of DAIHATSU DIESEL's face. Accordingly, reliability of products is very high, and DAIHATSU has been building up actual achievements of high performance engines which integrate all factors such as durability supported by mature technologies, sufficient consideration to earth's environment and working environment conservation, reduction of NOx, low noise/low vibration, etc. at high level.

South Korea

Baar, Switzerland

Glencore International AG, a privately-owned company organised under the laws of Switzerland and, together with its subsidiaries ("Glencore") is a leading, diversified natural resources group with worldwide activity in the mining, smelting, refining, processing and marketing of metals and minerals, energy products and agricultural products. Glencore is engaged in the physical trading of commodities on a global basis, purchasing physical commodities as principal, mostly from producers and selling and delivering these commodities to industrial consumers such as car manufacturers, steel mills, public utilities and flour mills. Glencore also provides financing, logistics, marketing and purchasing services to producers and consumers of commodities. These activities are supported by strategic investments in industrial assets relating to Glencore's core physical trading business. Turnover for the 2001 fiscal year was US$ 44,5 billion, Total Assets were US$ 10,8 billion and Total Shareholder's Equity was US$ 2,3 billion at 31 December 2001. Glencore International AG is rated BBB+ and Baa2 by Standard & Poor's and Moody's respectively.

Blairgowrie, Perthshire, United Kingdom

Providers of food commodities and packaged foods, Lebensmittel in Groß- und Konsumentengebinden

Montreal,, PQ,, Canada

The Shipping Federation of Canada is the pre-eminent voice of shipowners and agents involved in Canada's overseas trade. The Federation has a core membership of eighty-five Canadian companies that own, operate or act as agents for some 300 steamship lines throughout the world. The Federation also has a significant number of affiliated members who are either directly involved in the maritime industry or work in areas closely related thereto. The Federation's mandate is to promote and protect the interests of its members by forging consensus on emerging issues, and working with governments to develop policies, laws and regulations that enable the industry to flourish as a key contributor to the Canadian economy. The Federation's main activities include the dissemination of information to members on general and technical matters, representation of members' interests before government and other regulatory authorities, monitoring of relevant policy and legislative developments, communicating with media and other maritime organizations, development and delivery of training courses and educational programs, and provision of advice / support on technical and operational matters.