DryShips Inc

DryShips Inc (NASDAQ: DRYS) is a dry bulk shipping company based in Athens, Greece. As of April 2011 the company owned 35 drybulk carriers, consisting of 7 Capesize, 26 Panamax and 2 Supramax vessels. Through its 74% owned subsidiary, Ocean Rig, DryShips also owns and operates two semi-submersible oil rigs. [1]

In March 2011 one of the company's Panamax carriers, MS Oliva, was wrecked off Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha, resulting in an oil spill which damaged local wildlife.[2]

DryShips is a Marshall Islands corporation, formed in 2004. Its stock is listed on NASDAQ.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Form 20-F for the year to December 31, 2010". DryShips Inc. 2011. pp. 42-43. http://dryships.irwebpage.com/files/dryships20F2010.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-28. 
  2. ^ "Oil Spill in South Atlantic Threatens Endangered Penguins". New York Times. 22 March 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/science/earth/23spill.html. Retrieved 2011-11-28. 

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