Capital Product Partners L.P. (NASDAQ:CPLP) a Marshall Islands master limited partnership, is an international owner of modern double hull tankers. Following the acquisition of the M/T Aristofanis and the M/T Amore Mio II, which were announced on February 25, 2008, Capital Product Partners L.P. will own sixteen vessels and has an agreement to purchase two additional product tankers from Capital Maritime & Trading Corp....more d'Amico International Shipping S.A. (BORSA ITALIANA: DIS) is a subsidiary of d'Amico Società di Navigazione S.p.A., one of the world's leading privately owned marine transportation companies, and operates in the product tankers sector, comprising vessels that typically carry refined petroleum products, chemical and vegetable oils. d'Amico International Shipping S.A. controls, either through ownership or charter arrangements, a modern, high-tech and double-hulled fleet, ranging from 35,000 and 51,000 deadweight tons....more Danaos Corporation (NYSE: DAC) is an international owner of containerships, chartering its vessels to many of the world's largest liner companies. Its current fleet of 36 containerships aggregating 145,318 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. Furthermore, the company has a contracted fleet of 36 additional containerships aggregating 247,868 TEU with scheduled deliveries up to 2011....more DryShips Inc., (NASDAQ: DRYS) based in Greece, is an owner and operator of drybulk carriers that operate worldwide. Since its IPO in 2005 when it started out with a fleet of 6 vessels with an average age of 19 years, DryShips has grown to the biggest drybulk company listed in the US with a fleet comprising of 46 vessels with an average age of 8.8 years. DryShips owns a fleet of 46 drybulk carriers comprising 5 Capesize, 31 Panamax, 2 Supramax and 8 newbuilding drybulk vessels...more Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA) 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. Euroseas trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker ESEA. Euroseas operates in the dry cargo, drybulk and container shipping markets. Euroseas' operations are managed by Eurobulk Ltd., an ISO 9001:2000 certified affiliated ship management company....more Excel Maritime Carriers LTD (NYSE: EXM) 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 18 vessels (ten Panamax, two Supramax and six Handymax vessels) with a total carrying capacity of 1,074,022 deadweight tons. The Company was incorporated in 1988 and its common stock had been listed on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) since 1998. As of September 15, 2005 Excel Maritime is listed on the New York Stock Exchange...more Global Oceanic Carriers Limited (GO Carriers) (AIM: GOC) is a global provider of marine transportation services for dry bulk cargoes through the ownership, management and chartering of dry bulk carriers. The company is incorporated in Jersey and has its principal executive offices in Athens, Greece.The company's current fleet includes seven dry bulk carriers, comprised of one Capesize, two Panamax, three Handymax and one Handysize vessel, with an aggregate carrying capacity of 456,273 dwt. The company's strategy is to seek visible cash flows through the employment of its vessels predominantly under fixed period time charters with first class charterers...more Globus Maritime Ltd. (AIM: GLBS) is a global provider of seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, including among others iron ore, coal, grain, cement, and fertilizers, along worldwide shipping routes. It currently owns and operates six Handymax vessels and two Panamax vessels, with a weighted average age of approximately 10.7 years as at December 31, 2007 and a total carrying capacity of 415,558 dwt. Seven of the eight vessels are geared. Five out of the eight vessels in Globus' fleet are on medium to long term time charters to reputable charterers...more Goldenport Holdings Inc. (LSE: GPRT) is an international shipping company that owns a fleet of thirty-three container and dry-bulk vessels that transport cargo worldwide. The fleet consists of eighteen container vessels (including two new-build vessels with deliveries scheduled for 2010 and 2011) and fifteen dry-bulk carriers (including six new-build vessels with deliveries scheduled for 2008 and 2009). Goldenport is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker GPRT...more Hellenic Carriers Limited (AIM: HCL) owns and operates a fleet of dry bulk vessels that transport iron ore, coal, grain, steel products, cement, alumina, and other dry bulk cargoes worldwide. Its current fleet consists of four vessels, comprising three Panamaxes and one Handymax. The Company has also contracted to acquire a Supramax vessel with expected delivery between 1 March and 30 April 2008 and a Panamax vessel with expected delivery between 1 March and May 31 2008....more Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc. ("Navios") (NYSE:NM) is one of the leading global brands in seaborne shipping, specializing in the worldwide carriage, trading, storage and related logistics of international bulk cargoes. For over 50 years, leading raw materials producers, agricultural traders and exporters, industrial end users, ship owners, charterers, ship and derivative brokers, agents, and financial business partners have relied on Navios to meet their needs....more Navios Maritime Partners L.P., (NYSE: NMM) an owner and operator of drybulk carriers, was newly formed by Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NM), a vertically integrated seaborne shipping company with over 50 years of operating history in the drybulk shipping industry. Navios Partners operates a fleet of seven drybulk carriers comprised of five owned Panamaxes and two chartered-in vessels (one Capesize and one Panamax), with a total carrying capacity of 626,100 dwt....more Ocean Tankers Holdings Public Company Limited (Cyprus: OCT) focuses on oil and chemical tankers ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 dwt. The company was incorporated in Cyprus on June 30, 2005 and was the first shipping company to be listed on the Cyprus Stock Exchange on December 6, 2006. Since its listing the company's fleet has grown from an original 3 vessels to 16 with a total capacity of 213,566 dwt (including two newbuildings to be delivered during the second half of 2008). The fleet comprises high quality double hull double bottom vessels, 8 of which are Ice-Class A and can trade in the Northern Sea, with an average age of 6.6 years...more OceanFreight, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCNF) was incorporated in 2006 to acquire high quality secondhand vessels and deploy them on medium and long term charters. The Company began operations with the delivery of its first vessel in June 2007 and currently owns and operates a fleet of eleven vessels, consisting of one Capesize drybulk carrier, eight Panamax drybulk carriers, one Suezmax tanker and one Aframax tanker with a total carrying capacity of 978,889 dwt. OceanFreight provides exposure to a variety of shipping sectors...more Omega Navigation Enterprises (NASDAQ: ONAV) is an international provider of global marine transportation services through the ownership and operation of eight double hull product tankers. The current fleet includes eight double hull product tankers with a carrying capacity of 512,358 dwt. These eight product tankers are chartered out under three-year period time charters. Furthermore, the company recently announced the signing of shipbuilding contracts to construct and acquire five newbuilding double hull Handymax product tankers each with a capacity of 37,000 dwt scheduled for delivery between March 2010 and early in 2011. With the addition of these five vessels, the Omega fleet will expand to 13 product tankers with a total deadweight capacity of 697,358 tons...more Quintana Maritime (NASDAQ: QMAR) based in Greece, is an international provider of dry bulk cargo marine transportation services. Quintana currently owns a fleet of 22 vessels and, together with 7 Panamax vessels under bareboat charters, operates 29 vessels (14 Kamsarmax, 11 Panamax and 4 Capesize vessels) with a total carrying capacity of 2.6 million DWT tons. The DWT weighted average age of vessels Quintana owns is 3.3 years In addition, Quintana has ordered 8 Capesize newbuilding vessels, one of which will be wholly owned and the remaining seven of which will be partially owned through joint ventures. Once all acquisitions and newbuilding orders are completed and assuming no vessel disposals, Quintana will operate a fleet of 37 dry bulk vessels (14 Kamsarmax, 11 Panamax and 12 Capesize vessels) with a total capacity of 4.1 million DWT...more Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK) 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...more TBS International Limited (NASDAQ: TBSI) is an ocean transportation services company that offers worldwide shipping solutions through liner, parcel and bulk services, and vessel chartering. TBS International Limited was incorporated in Bermuda in 1997 and has developed its franchise 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 is also active in the Middle East and the Mediterranean regions. TBS provides frequent regularly scheduled voyages in its network, as well as cargo scheduling, loading and discharge for its customers...more TOP Ships Inc. was incorporated in 1999 under the name of Top Tankers Inc. and listed on NASDAQ in July 2004 under the sign "TOPT". Today TOP Ships Inc Inc. is an international provider of worldwide seaborne crude oil and petroleum products and of drybulk transportation services. The Company operates a combined tanker and drybulk fleet as follows: a fleet of 18 tankers, consisting of 10 double-hull Suezmax tankers and 8 double-hull Handymax tankers...more