Fortis is one of the world's leading international ship financiers. Our Global Shipping, Offshore & Oil Services team offers a complete range of integrated financial solutions customised to the requirements of clients these sectors. Our team's unique mix of sectoral and financial expertise is most useful to international shipping companies and ship-owners, in every part of the industry - wet, dry, container, specialised and offshore - and in every major shipping centre around the globe...more Arlington Tankers Ltd. is an international seaborne transporter of crude oil and petroleum products. Arlington's fleet consists exclusively of eight modern double-hulled vessels and is one of the youngest tanker fleets in the world, with an average vessel age of approximately 2.9 years. The fleet consists of two V-MAX tankers, which are specially designed very large crude carriers, two Panamax tankers and four Product tankers...more Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. is a leading financial services provider to the institutional equity and fixed income markets, with products and services including sales and trading, investment banking, and asset management. For nearly 60 years, Cantor Fitzgerald, a proven and resilient leader, has been committed to delivering a unique brand of unparalleled trading and distribution services, product expertise,...more Clarksons, the world's leading shipping services provider, is a dynamic organization at the forefront of change within the industry, an industry estimated to be worth in excess of $100 billion p.a. The company is proud of its shipbroking heritage. The combination of experience with a high level of energy has spawned a number of new ideas and initiatives which are propelling the group towards broadening its range of shipping services...more Danaos Corporation is an international owner of containerships, chartering its vessels to many of the world's largest liner companies. Its current fleet of 31 containerships aggregating 138,931 TEUs ranks Danaos among the largest containership charter owners in the world based on total TEU capacity. Danaos is the largest US listed containership company based on fleet size and market capitalization...more DryShips Inc., is an international provider of drybulk carriers. Headquartered in Athens, Greece, DryShips owns and operates a fleet of 34 drybulk carriers comprising 5 Capesize, 24 Panamax, 3 Handymax and 2 newbuilding Panamax vessels, with a combined deadweight tonnage of approximately 2.9 million...more Euroseas Ltd. was formed on May 5, 2005 under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to consolidate the ship owning interests of the Pittas family of Athens, Greece, which has been in the shipping business over the past 136 years. As of January 31, 2007, Euroseas trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker ESEA (previously it traded on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board under the ticker symbol EUSEF.OB)...more The Company is an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and a provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, such as iron ore, coal and grains, as well as bauxite, fertilizers and steel products. The company's current fleet consists of 17 vessels (ten Panamax and seven Handymax vessels) with a total carrying capacity of 1,004,930 dwt...more Howe Robinson Group, also incorporating Lambert Brothers Shipbrokers, Erlebach Shipbrokers and Angus Graham, operates a team of about eighty-five brokers based at the London head office and its branch offices in Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Shanghai, South Africa and Tokyo. Howe Robinson and Co. Ltd. is an independent shipbroking firm originally established in London in 1883. Initially acting as shipbrokers for a variety of English shipowners and merchants...more Jefferies, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, has served growing and mid-sized companies and their investors for nearly 45 years. Headquartered in New York, with more than 25 offices around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research, and asset management...more Lorentzen & Stemoco AS is a fully integrated and independent shipbroking and consulting company active in most major sectors of the shipping markets. A team of about 73 highly skilled personnel service clients on a 24 hour basis from offices in Oslo, Singapore, Shanghai and Beijing...more MJLF is the heir to a 185 year old maritime tradition. Charles Mallory is the latest link in a six generation chain that began Christmas Day in 1816 - just 40 years into the life of the young North American Nation. Less than a year later the first Charles Mallory was employed as an apprentice repairing sails; in the pioneering spirit of the time soon created his own business with the aid of partners;...more Building strong relationships with our clients is the cornerstone of the Maxim Group experience. We are committed to developing strategies that are as sophisticated and varied as the clients we serve. It is this individualized attention that sets us apart from others in the industry. Maxim Group is a leading investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Our mission is to maximize your wealth by providing unbiased advice and superior performance in each of our core disciplines...more MC Shipping Inc. is a public shipping company. Its common stock is listed on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX), under the symbol "MCX". MC Shipping operates a fleet of 19 wholly or partly owned ships, of which 15 are in the Company's core sector of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). In the last 18 months, MC Shipping has acquired 8 LPG tankers with total capacity of 275,581 m3 combined with one- to five-year contracts of employment at a total cost of $170m...more Founded in 1969 in Memphis, Tennessee, Morgan Keegan & Company is today a premier regional investment firm offering full-service investment banking, securities brokerage, trust and asset management. Morgan Keegan serves the diverse financial needs of individual investors, corporate and institutional clients throughout the U.S. and abroad. Morgan Keegan has more than 400 offices in 19 states, over 4,100 employees and $650 million in equity capital....more NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic stock market. With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, its systems trade more shares per day than any other U.S. market. NASDAQ is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology...more NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE:NYX) operates two securities exchanges: the New York Stock Exchange LLC (the "NYSE") and NYSE Arca, Inc. (formerly known as the Pacific Exchange). NYSE Group is a leading provider of securities listing, trading and market data products and services. In 2006, on an average trading day, 2.3 billion shares, valued at $86.8 billion, were traded on the exchanges of the NYSE Group...more Omega Navigation Enterprises, Inc. is an international provider of global marine transportation services through the ownership and operation of eight double hull product tankers. The current fleet includes six double hull product tankers with a carrying capacity of 366,358 dwt. These six product tankers are chartered out on three-year period time charters...more Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. ("Oppenheimer") is a leading national investment boutique that provides financial services and advice to high net worth individuals, institutions, and businesses. For over 120 years, we have provided clients with the necessary expertise and insight to meet the challenge of achieving their financial goals....more Orrick is an international law firm with more than 950 lawyers. Tracing its roots back to 1863, the firm today has an equal balance of resources on the East and West coasts of the United States and approximately 200 lawyers across Europe and in Asia. Orrick's practices are split evenly between transactional matters (including the full range of sophisticated finance and corporate transactions) and litigation (including international dispute resolution, securities litigation, intellectual property and employment)...more Quintana Maritime Limited, based in Greece, is an international provider of dry bulk cargo marine transportation services. As of today, the company owns and operates a fleet of 26 vessels, including 12 Kamsarmax bulkers, 11 Panamax size vessels and 3 Capesize vessels with a total carrying capacity of 2,309,281 dwt and an average age of 3.9 years on a dwt weighted average...more TBS is an ocean transportation services company that offers worldwide shipping solutions through liner, parcel and bulk services, and vessel chartering. TBS has developed its business around key trade routes between Latin America and China, Japan and South Korea, as well as select ports in North America, Africa and the Caribbean. TBS provides frequent regularly scheduled voyages in its network,...more The Baltic Exchange is the world's only independent source of maritime market information for the trading and settlement of physical and derivative contracts. Its international community of over 550 members encompasses the majority of world shipping interests and commits to a code of business conduct overseen by the Baltic...more Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (TEN) is one of the largest transporters of energy in the world and controls a versatile fleet of modern crude and product tankers with strong ice-class capabilities. With a fleet of 52 vessels (37 operational and 15 under construction) TEN provides worldwide marine transportation services to state and international oil majors and refineries under long, medium and short-term charters...more