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Founded in 1948, Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) is based in Tampa, Florida, United States. [2] [3] It has offices in Tampa, Florida and Newark, Delaware, [4] with nearly 900 sea and shore-based employees. [5] In 1969, under the leadership of Raphael Recanati, OSG began acquiring tanker ships to transport oil from Alaska to the lower 48 U.S ...
MIQ Logistics was a third party logistics company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, United States.MIQ Logistics operated in global freight forwarding, customs brokerage, supply chain management, project logistics, origin consolidation, global trade management, warehouse management, and global business intelligence, with offices in North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, New ...
Some brokerage firms have developed into large companies, incorporating departments specialising in shipping's various sectors, e.g. Dry Cargo Chartering, Tanker Chartering, Container Chartering, Sale & Purchase, Demolition, Futures and Research; other "boutique" shipbroking firms concentrate on specific sectors of the shipping market.
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A shipping agency, shipping agent, or ship agency is the term used to refer to the appointed companies that handle operational and procedural (legal) requirements for a commercial vessel's call at a port for the purposes of cargo handling (loading/discharging), emergency calls, repairs, crew changes, or ship demolition, and protect the general interests of their principals on behalf of ship ...
In 1975, Univan took its first tanker ship "M.T. Sun Clipper" under technical management followed by establishing its own manning office in Mumbai, India, in 1976. Univan continued to grow over the next decade and between 1989 and 1991, Univan established its own manning office in Manila (Philippines), Yangon (Myanmar) and New Delhi (India).
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (commonly referred to as Expeditors) is an American a Fortune 500 service-based logistics company with headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, USA. [3] Expeditors generates highly optimized and customized supply chain solutions for clients with unified technology systems integrated through a global ...
In the 1850s the business involved sailing ships, but by the 1860s the company was chartering steam ships. [7] In 1872 Clarksons became shipowners with the acquisition of three schooners. [7] The company became the world's largest tanker broker in 1929 when Esso appointed Clarksons as its exclusive shipbroker. [7]