Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd is an international ship management company. Zodiac is also a large ship owner and charters out these vessels.[1] It is managed by the Ofer family, who are originally from Israel.[2] Zodiac was involved in the MSC Napoli, the container ship that ran into difficulty in the English Channel.[3][4] In late 2009 and early 2010, two of its ships (St James Park and Asian Glory) were captured by Somali pirates.[5]