Costamare Inc. (NYSE:CMRE) is a Greek and Marshall Islands corporation and one of the world's leading owners and providers of containerships for charter. Its headquarters are in Athens, Greece. Costamare Inc. has 37 years of history in the international shipping industry and a fleet of 56 containerships, with a total capacity of approximately 326,000 twenty foot equivalent units (TEU) including 10 newbuild containerships on order.[3][4][5]
The company's strategy is to time-charter its containerships to a geographically diverse, financially strong and loyal group of leading liner companies. The containerships operate primarily under multi-year time charters and therefore are not subject to the effect of seasonal variations in demand.
History
The founders of Costamare Inc. have a long history of operating and investing in the shipping industry. The name “Costamare” was first used in the shipping industry in 1975 when Captain Vasileios Constantakopoulos, the father of the company's chairman and chief executive officer, Konstantinos Constantakopoulos, founded Costamare Shipping Company S.A. (“Costamare Management”) to serve as the manager of the then existing fleet of ships directly or indirectly owned by the Constantakopoulos family[6][7]
Historical Highlights
1975 Costamare Management is established by a Greek Captain Vasileios Constantakopoulos. At the same time Captain Vasileios Constantakopoulos acquires his first ship, a cargo vessel of 2,000 tons.
1984 Diversification into containership ownership and management with the purchase of four containerships of 1,000 TEU capacity.
1987 Acquisition of more, younger and bigger, containerships including six of 965 TEU capacity and two ex-US Lines' owned containerships, of 2,500 TEU each.
1994 The first newbuildings are ordered - three 3,500 TEU ships from Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. to be delivered in 1996. This brings the fleet to 32 cellular ships.
1997 The founders and Costamare Management move to their new purpose-built headquarters in Athens, Greece.
1998 Five post-panamax containerships of 6,500 TEU capacity are ordered, the largest for construction in South Korea and the first post-panamaxes for an independent containership owner.
1998 Konstantinos Constantakopoulos takes over from his father as CEO of Costamare Management.
2001 CIEL Shipmanagement S.A.is launched as an independent ship management company, bringing further flexibility and benchmarking to the management of the Costamare fleet of containerships.
2003 Five ships of more than 8,000 TEU capacity each are ordered from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. to be delivered in 2006. In due course these containerships are expanded in design to 9,500 TEU capacity each.
2005 Shanghai Costamare Ship Management Co., Ltd is established in Shanghai, P.R. China.
2006 On delivery, the latest Hyundai newbuildings become five of the largest containerships afloat and commence 12-year charters to Cosco Container Lines.
2006 C-Man Maritime Inc. begins operations in the Philippines as an exclusive manning and training affiliate for Costamare Management and its management contractors.
2008 Under an agreement with German classification society Germanischer Lloyd, five of the Costamare fleet of containerships operationally pioneer a new carbon emissions indexing tool, making them the first worldwide to fully comply with new international guidelines on CO2 indexing.
2010 Delivery of the latest addition to the Costamare fleet of containerships, the 8,350 TEU capacity newbuilding containership, MSC Navarino, constructed by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co. Ltd., China.
2010 The Company successfully completes its initial public offering, issuing 13.3 million shares
2011 Company continues to expand counter cyclically its fleet, taking delivery of nine second hand vessels and contracting 10 newbuildings.[8][9]
Fleet
In 2000 it controlled 21 ships, in 2008, 53, and 43 in 2010. As of Oct 2018 it had 74 ships with 16 vessels in new or extended time charters.[10] In 2010 it completed a US$159.6 million IPO to fund an expansion of its fleet COSCO Guangzhou is a container ship, and one of the largest currently in service. Owned by Costamare and chartered to COSCO[11][12]
Vessel Class
Capacity (TEU)
Fleet
ULCS
10000+
0
VLCS
8500-10000
15
Post Panamax
5100- 8500
13
Panamax
3500- 5100
14
Sub Panamax
2000- 3500
11
Feeder
up to 2000
3
Total
56
Accidents and incidents
MV Rena
In October 2011 the MV Rena, carrying 1,368 containers, as well as 1,700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil and 200 tonnes of marine diesel, ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef near Tauranga, New Zealand. The resulting oil spill was labelled New Zealand's "worst ever environmental disaster".[13] According to Costamare "the Captain was an experienced Master and had an exemplary record. The ship was fully certified and had been inspected by the Flag State and New Zealand Port State Control (in August and September 2011 respectively). They found no problems.
On 25 May 2012, the captain and navigation officer of the Rena at the time of the incident, appeared in Tauranga District Court for sentencing. Each was sentenced to 7 months imprisonment after being found guilty under the Maritime Transport Act for operating a vessel in a manner likely to cause danger, under the Resource Management Act (RMA) for discharging a contaminant and three charges under the Crimes Act for willfully attempting to alter the course of justice by altering ship's documents after the grounding.[14][15]
Owners Daina Shipping, a subsidiary of Costamare, was reported to have spent 235 million NZD on the salvage and cleanup operations.[16][17]
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Costamare Inc NYSE CMRE is a Greek and Marshall Islands corporation and one of the world s leading owners and providers of containerships for charter Its headquarters are in Athens Greece Costamare Inc has 37 years of history in the international shipping industry and a fleet of 56 containerships with a total capacity of approximately 326 000 twenty foot equivalent units TEU including 10 newbuild containerships on order 3 4 5 CostamareTypePublicTraded asNYSE CMRERussell 2000 ComponentIndustryShippingFounded1975 47 years ago 1975 FounderVassilis C ConstantakopoulosHeadquartersAthens MonacoArea servedWorldwideRevenueUS 484 0 million 2014 1 Operating incomeUS 212 1 million 2014 1 Net incomeUS 115 1 million 2014 1 Total assetsUS 2 714 billion 2014 1 Total equityUS 933 50 million 2014 1 OwnerConstantakopoulos Family 64 5 2 Number of employees2 500 2014 1 Websitewww wbr costamare wbr com Contents 1 Mission statement 2 History 2 1 Historical Highlights 3 Fleet 4 Accidents and incidents 4 1 MV Rena 5 References 6 External linksMission statement EditThe company s strategy is to time charter its containerships to a geographically diverse financially strong and loyal group of leading liner companies The containerships operate primarily under multi year time charters and therefore are not subject to the effect of seasonal variations in demand History EditThe founders of Costamare Inc have a long history of operating and investing in the shipping industry The name Costamare was first used in the shipping industry in 1975 when Captain Vasileios Constantakopoulos the father of the company s chairman and chief executive officer Konstantinos Constantakopoulos founded Costamare Shipping Company S A Costamare Management to serve as the manager of the then existing fleet of ships directly or indirectly owned by the Constantakopoulos family 6 7 Historical Highlights Edit 1975 Costamare Management is established by a Greek Captain Vasileios Constantakopoulos At the same time Captain Vasileios Constantakopoulos acquires his first ship a cargo vessel of 2 000 tons 1984 Diversification into containership ownership and management with the purchase of four containerships of 1 000 TEU capacity 1987 Acquisition of more younger and bigger containerships including six of 965 TEU capacity and two ex US Lines owned containerships of 2 500 TEU each 1994 The first newbuildings are ordered three 3 500 TEU ships from Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd to be delivered in 1996 This brings the fleet to 32 cellular ships 1997 The founders and Costamare Management move to their new purpose built headquarters in Athens Greece 1998 Five post panamax containerships of 6 500 TEU capacity are ordered the largest for construction in South Korea and the first post panamaxes for an independent containership owner 1998 Konstantinos Constantakopoulos takes over from his father as CEO of Costamare Management 2001 CIEL Shipmanagement S A is launched as an independent ship management company bringing further flexibility and benchmarking to the management of the Costamare fleet of containerships 2003 Five ships of more than 8 000 TEU capacity each are ordered from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd to be delivered in 2006 In due course these containerships are expanded in design to 9 500 TEU capacity each 2005 Shanghai Costamare Ship Management Co Ltd is established in Shanghai P R China 2006 On delivery the latest Hyundai newbuildings become five of the largest containerships afloat and commence 12 year charters to Cosco Container Lines 2006 C Man Maritime Inc begins operations in the Philippines as an exclusive manning and training affiliate for Costamare Management and its management contractors 2008 Under an agreement with German classification society Germanischer Lloyd five of the Costamare fleet of containerships operationally pioneer a new carbon emissions indexing tool making them the first worldwide to fully comply with new international guidelines on CO2 indexing 2010 Delivery of the latest addition to the Costamare fleet of containerships the 8 350 TEU capacity newbuilding containership MSC Navarino constructed by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group Co Ltd China 2010 The Company successfully completes its initial public offering issuing 13 3 million shares 2011 Company continues to expand counter cyclically its fleet taking delivery of nine second hand vessels and contracting 10 newbuildings 8 9 Fleet EditIn 2000 it controlled 21 ships in 2008 53 and 43 in 2010 As of Oct 2018 it had 74 ships with 16 vessels in new or extended time charters 10 In 2010 it completed a US 159 6 million IPO to fund an expansion of its fleet COSCO Guangzhou is a container ship and one of the largest currently in service Owned by Costamare and chartered to COSCO 11 12 Vessel Class Capacity TEU FleetULCS 10000 0VLCS 8500 10000 15Post Panamax 5100 8500 13Panamax 3500 5100 14Sub Panamax 2000 3500 11Feeder up to 2000 3Total 56Accidents and incidents EditMV Rena Edit In October 2011 the MV Rena carrying 1 368 containers as well as 1 700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil and 200 tonnes of marine diesel ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef near Tauranga New Zealand The resulting oil spill was labelled New Zealand s worst ever environmental disaster 13 According to Costamare the Captain was an experienced Master and had an exemplary record The ship was fully certified and had been inspected by the Flag State and New Zealand Port State Control in August and September 2011 respectively They found no problems On 25 May 2012 the captain and navigation officer of the Rena at the time of the incident appeared in Tauranga District Court for sentencing Each was sentenced to 7 months imprisonment after being found guilty under the Maritime Transport Act for operating a vessel in a manner likely to cause danger under the Resource Management Act RMA for discharging a contaminant and three charges under the Crimes Act for willfully attempting to alter the course of justice by altering ship s documents after the grounding 14 15 Owners Daina Shipping a subsidiary of Costamare was reported to have spent 235 million NZD on the salvage and cleanup operations 16 17 References Edit a b c d e f CMRE ROA Costamare GuruFocus com www gurufocus com COSTAMARE INC Shareholders Board Members Managers and Company Profile MHY1771G1026 MarketScreener www marketscreener com Capital Link Shipping Archived from the original on 2012 05 14 Retrieved 2012 05 23 Yahoo Finance Costamare Inc Official Web Site Archived 2012 07 08 at archive today Bloomberg Business Week S2O Stock Analysis and MOS Price Computation S2O Costamare Official Web Site Archived from the original on 2011 09 27 Retrieved 2011 10 12 Costamare Inc Form 424B1 Filing Date Nov 4 2010 secdatabase com Retrieved May 15 2018 Fleet Employment Costamare IR Archived from the original on 2019 01 29 Retrieved 2019 01 18 Fox Business Fox Business Archived from the original on 2012 05 05 Retrieved 2012 05 23 Marinetraffic Archived from the original on 2011 12 18 Retrieved 2012 05 23 Rena worst maritime environmental disaster Stuff 2011 10 11 Retrieved 2011 10 12 Rena captain and officer sent to jail Stuff co nz Rena captain jailed for 7 months The New Zealand Herald Retrieved 14 May 2015 Rena clean up costs company 235m NZ Herald Stress Free Car Shipping Services A 1 Auto Transport Inc External links EditCostamare website Fleet list Companies portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Costamare amp oldid 1108129168, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
