Kaalbye Group
Kaalbye Shipping International Ltd or Kaalbye Group is a Ukrainian shipping company.
Officially registered in the British Virgin Islands, but with branches in other countries such as Belize, they work in commercial, chartering and technical management of cargo fleet.
In May 1998, they obtained a Safety Management Certificate which permitted them to run passenger ships in compliance with the requirements of the International Safety Management Code. Annually Kaalbye Shipping transports more than 800,000 tonnes of cargo. In 2000 they purchased the MS Shota Rustaveli, built in 1968.
On September 25, 2008, a ship named the MV Faina was captured by Somali pirates .[1] Some sources have reported Kaalbye as the owning and operating company of the ship,[2] [3][4] though a call to the company could not confirm ownership.[5]
References
- ↑ "Pirates call all the shots". Sunday Herald. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
- ↑ Talks begin to free seized Ukrainian ship
- ↑ Perry, Alex (October 3, 2008). "Arrr! The Somali Pirates and Their Troublesome Treasure". Time.
- ↑ "Греческий сухогруз Faina на самом деле украинский?". Segodnya (in Russian). October 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ↑ Somali pirates holding Ukrainians hostage