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Port Hercules. During the 6th-century BC. Phocaeans Greeks from Massalia (modern day Marseille) founded the colony of Mònoikos. [2] The name of the colony derives from the local veneration of the Greek demigod and mythological hero Hercules, also later adopted by the Romans, who was said to have constructed the ancient path that passed through the region from Spain to Italy. [2]
MarineTraffic is a maritime analytics provider, [1] which provides real-time information on the movements of ships and the current location of ships in harbors and ports. [2] A database of information on the vessels includes for example details of the location where they were built plus dimensions of the vessels, gross tonnage and International ...
In 1976, Italian businessman Glauco Lolli-Ghetti founded Scorpio Ship Management in New York and soon returned to Europe, settling in Monaco. [3] In 2003, Scorpio Ship Management was headed by the businessman's grandson, 24-year-old Emanuele A. Lauro. [4] In 2009, the tanker fleet was separated into a separate structure, Scorpio Tankers. [3]
In August 2018, ZM-owned LPG ship Zodiac operated LPG tanker Northumberland. Zodiac Maritime Ltd is an international ship management company that owns and charters out large vessels. [1] It is part of Ofer Global based in Monaco and chaired by Eyal Ofer. [2] It has a long-standing business relationship with Mediterranean Shipping Company.
Furthermore, some of the world's main waterways such as the Suez Canal and Singapore Strait restrict the maximum dimensions of a ship that can pass through them. In 2016, Prokopowicz and Berg-Andreassen defined a container ship with a capacity of 10,000 to 20,000 TEU as a Very Large Container Ship (VLCS), and one with a capacity greater than ...
In February 2021, the company’s name change to Eneti Inc. was approved at an extraordinary general meeting. [9] Company’s exit from dry bulk sector and name change is seen as a part of its transition to a sustainable future. [10] Eneti’s Board of Directors authorized the company to sell its remaining dry bulk vessels during 2021. [11]
This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of February 2024, according to Alphaliner, ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet. [1] In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996. [ 2 ]
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