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Evergreen Marine Corporation Ltd. (Taiwan) is a
publicly-traded (TSEC: 2603) owner and operator of
containerships. Evergreen Marine is also involved in
a broad range of other marine transportation related
businesses, including shipping agency services, building
and operation of container terminals and marine skills
training institutes. The company operates more than
160 container vessels with more than 240 service
locations. Evergreen Marine was founded by Dr. Chang
Yung-Fa in 1968 and is controlled by the Chang family.
Geden Lines (Turkey) is a privately-owned shipping
company. Geden Lines operates a modern fleet of
49 vessels comprising crude oil tankers, product
tankers and dry bulk carriers totaling 4,505,688 dwt
with an average age of 2.49 years. The company is part
of the Çukurova Group, a leading Turkish business
conglomerate group that has interests in numerous
industries, including construction, communication and
information technologies, media, transportation and
services, financial services and energy. Geden Lines
was incorporated in 1975.
James Fisher & Sons plc (United Kingdom), listed on
the London Stock Exchange (LSE: FSJ), is a leading
provider of specialist services to the marine, oil and gas
and other high assurance industries worldwide. Since
its beginnings in 1847 as a shipowner and operator,
James Fisher has developed unparalleled expertise
in the marine environment, providing comprehensive
products, services and support to the oil and gas,
marine renewables, shipping and defence industries. On
land, James Fisher is increasingly a supplier of choice
to the nuclear construction and transportation sectors,
providing specialist knowledge, skills and capabilities
in the most safety-critical of engineering environments.
OMNI Ships Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), formerly known as
Siba Ships Pte. Ltd., is a privately-owned commercial
shipping arm of the Balzarini family who has over
50 years of experience in commercial shipping. OMNI
Ships operates a fleet of nine dry bulk carriers and four
product tankers. Thefleet has a capacity of approximately
750,000 dwt and an average age of five years.
Petròleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (Brazil) is an
integrated oil and gas company that is the largest
corporation in Brazil. It operates as an energy company
in sectors including exploration and production,
refining, oil and natural gas trade and transportation,
petrochemicals and derivatives, electric energy, biofuel
and other renewable energy source distribution.
Petrobras is publicly-listed on the São Paulo Stock
Exchange (ticker: PETR3, PETR4) and is majority owned
by the Government of Brazil.
Schoeller Holdings Ltd. (Cyprus) is a privately-owned
investment company. The Chairman and founder
of Schoeller Holdings is Mr Heinrich Schoeller,
a successful entrepreneur who built the company into a
dynamic organisation with more than 8,000 employees
worldwide. Schoeller Holdings has diverse interests
in the maritime and non-maritime businesses. In the
maritime businesses, it is engaged in ship owning,
ship management and liner services. It owns one of the
world’s largest ship management companies, Columbia
Shipmanagement Ltd. and several liner companies
including Bengal Tiger Lines, Austral Asia Line and
New Pacific Line. In the non-maritime businesses,
it is engaged in the hotels and resorts, restaurants and
horticulture businesses, primarily in Cyprus, Germany
and in Europe.
TORM A/S (Denmark) TORM was founded in 1889.
The company conducts business worldwide and is
headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. TORM’s
shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen (ticker:
TORM) and on NASDAQ in New York (ticker: TRMD).
TORM is focused on the product tanker and bulk
segment where the company will continuously optimise
earnings with a flexible approach between trading
and shipowning activities. TORM operates a fleet of
approximately 130 bulk carriers and product tankers.
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Taiwan) is
a publicly-traded (TSEC: 2609) owner and operator of
containerships, dry bulk carriers and port terminals.
As of mid-2012, Yang Ming operates a fleet of 84 vessels
comprising mainly containerships, with aggregate
capacity of 4.2 million dwt / operating capacity of
346,000 TEUs. Yang Ming was ranked the fourteenth
largest container shipping company in the world
by aggregate tonnage as at end-December 2012^.
The Taiwan Ministry of Transportation and
Communications owns 35.5% of the outstanding stock
of Yang Ming as of June 30, 2012.
OUR LESSEES*
* Information concerning our lessees was derived from their respective
websites and publicly accessible sources.
^ Source: Alphaliner
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