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]