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Title: UK shortsea ship owners??
Post by: Henry23 on October 27, 2014, 12:18:20 PM

Good day All,

Aside from the below UK coastal ship owners, any others to note?

This is focusing on the dry cargo side, not tankers etc.

Absolute Shipping
Amberseas Maritime
Arklow
Carisbrooke
Coastal Lines Shipping
Charles M Willie
Dundalk Shipping
Faversham Ships
Ferguson
Gillie and Blair
Great Glen Shipping
Mezeron
Scotline
Thames Shipping

Any info most welcome!

Title: Re: UK shortsea ship owners??
Post by: Phil English on October 27, 2014, 12:45:55 PM

Arklow Shipping are based in the Republic of Ireland, not U.K.

Brgds
Phil

Title: Re: UK shortsea ship owners??
Post by: Henry23 on October 27, 2014, 12:51:57 PM

A very good point!

Thanks

Title: Re: UK shortsea ship owners??
Post by: Kristian on October 27, 2014, 02:28:58 PM

Amberseas, as I understand it, no longer are owning tonnage.

Title: Re: UK shortsea ship owners??
Post by: davidships on October 27, 2014, 03:54:29 PM

Amberseas still seem to control AMBER TRADER (IMO 9180853)

Dundalk Shipping also Irish.

Cannot think of any others, apart from a few which really only estuarial (like J J Prior).

Title: Re: UK shortsea ship owners??
Post by: Phil English on October 27, 2014, 04:38:18 PM

Also Bibby Line who, according to their website, own the 2,475 dwt "Hertfordshire"
http://www.bibbyline.co.uk/vessels.php

Brgds
Phil

Title: Re: UK shortsea ship owners??
Post by: Darren on October 27, 2014, 07:43:23 PM

Exe Shipping - Devon
Torbulk - Grimsby
J Prior - Colchester
Rix & Co - Hull
James Fisher - Barrow in Furness

Regards

Darren

Title: Re: UK shortsea ship owners??
Post by: Phil English on October 28, 2014, 11:25:31 AM

Didn't Exe Shipping cease trading?

Torbulk - shipmanagement only - no ownership of vessels.

J.J. Prior - Estuarial only (as mentioned by Davidships).

As far as I know both Rix and Fishers no longer own dry cargo ships, only tankers

Brgds
Phil

Title: Re: UK shortsea ship owners??
Post by: Rexroth on October 30, 2014, 01:31:26 PM

Quote from: Phil English on October 28, 2014, 11:25:31 AM

Didn't Exe Shipping cease trading?

Brgds
Phil

Certainly not. Exe Shipping is very much in business.

Title: Re: UK shortsea ship owners??
Post by: Phil English on October 30, 2014, 01:38:38 PM

Good for them.

Title: Re: UK shortsea ship owners??
Post by: Henry23 on October 30, 2014, 09:14:39 PM

I understand Exe have 5 vsls??

Fluvius Plym, Axe, Tamar, Otter and Taw?

Managed in the Amasus pool?

Title: Re: UK shortsea ship owners??
Post by: davidships on October 30, 2014, 10:16:16 PM

Exe Shipping:  All five 'Fluvius' ships appear in the Amasus online fleet and, I think, carry their logo.

FLUVIUS AXE/PLYM/OTTER are owned by one-ship UK companies and managed by Exe Shipping. Those three companies probably have Amasus investment as there is an Amasus appointed director, Arend-Jan Rozema
FLUVIUS TAMAR/TAW  are owned by Quay Marine Services BV, apparently an Amasus subsidiary

However, the owners of Exe Shipping (Simon & Pauline Lyon-Smith and David Mason) also own Quay Marine Services Ltd - and David & Helen Mason own Quay Shipping Ltd.  So I wouldn't be surprised if they are also involved in Quay Marine Services BV