Pacific Basin Shipping Limited

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited
太平洋航運集團有限公司

Type	Public
Traded as	SEHK: 2343
Founded	1998
Headquarters	Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
Area served	Hong Kong
Key people	David Muir Turnbull (Chairman) Mats Henrik Berglund (CEO)
Website	http://www.pacificbasin.com/

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited is a marine transportation company engaged in international dry bulk shipping services through the operation of a fleet of vessels.^[1] Pacific Basin operates the largest fleet of Handysize vessels globally, with a total of 197 dry bulk vessels including Handymax and Post-Panamax.^[2][3] Its vessels are chartered on both spot and long-term cargo contracts to transport commodities such as forest products, cement, fertilizer, iron and steel products, and grains.

Cape Nelson in the San Francisco Bay, 2014

Pacific Basin was first founded as Pacific Basin Bulk Shipping Limited, a bulk carrier operator, in 1987, but it was acquired and privatised by an independent company in 1996. However, the former senior management reestablished the company as Pacific Basin Shipping Limited in 1998. Pacific Basin Shipping Limited was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2004.^[4] As of 2015, Pacific Basin has 12 offices in the following locations: Auckland, Dalian, Dubai, Durban, Hong Kong (Head), London, Manila, Melbourne, Santiago, Stamford, Tokyo, and Vancouver.^[5]

References

1. "Company Profile". Pacific Basin Shipping Limited. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12.
2. Yan, Dexter (30 July 2015). "Pacific Basin returns to profit". IHS Maritime 360. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
3. "Annual Report 2014" (PDF). Pacific Basin Shipping Limited. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
4. Pacific Basin Shipping Company Development
5. "Interim Report 2015" (PDF). Pacific Basin Shipping Limited. Retrieved 2015-09-18.