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Danaos Corporation is a leading international owner of containerships, chartering vessels to many of the world's largest liner companies. Danaos as of June 6, 2013, Danaos has a fleet of 61 container ships aggregating 352,065 TEUs, making it among the largest container ship charter owners in the world. Danaos charters its containerships to a geographically diverse group of liner companies, including most of the largest ones globally. Such customers include Hyundai Merchant Marine, CMA-CGM, Hanjin Shipping, Yang Ming, Zim Integrated Shipping Services, Mediterranean Shipping Company, China Shipping, Maersk, Simatech Shipping LLC, COSCO, Hapag-Lloyd, Neptune Orient Lines, Norasia Container Lines Ltd and Wan Hai Lines. The headquarters are located in Piraeus Greece, but there is also a Branch Office in Pusan for Technical Support provided by own Riding Team. Moreover, a substantial part of Danaos chartering operations is carried out through Danaos Hamburg office, while the two offices based in Ukraine (Odessa, Mariupol), the one in Russia (St. Petersburg) and the one in Tanzania (Zanzibar), assist Crewing department with the task of globally coordinating manning of Danaos vessels. == History == Dimitris Coustas born in 1928 and worked professionally in the field of footwear. Managed to create a self-made one shoe industry employed 250 workers. In the early '60s D. Koustas with Nicholas Gregory founded the shipping company Roumeli Shipping and they bought their first vessel, which they named "Amalia". The company in 1966 ran three ships. The year 1970 D. Coustas bought the entire company and within five years has created a fleet of five ships with capacity of 35,000 tons. After the regime change, the company was renamed Danaos Shipping. In 1981, on the eve of the great maritime crisis D. Coustas kept a ship, 'John' (after his son) and proceeded to build three more ships, which were delivered in 1984. In 1986 he founded together with his friend Dimitris Theodossiou company Danaos Management Consultants who created innovative and dynamic software navigation, essential for the functioning of companies and ships. In 1987 his son, Dr. John Coustas took full control of the company. At that time fleet had only three bulk carriers. Three years later, in 1990, Dr. John Coustas decides to make the big turn. Bought seven containers ships of 2.700 teu, which were leased to the Korean company Hanjin for five years. In 2000 Danaos had 17 ships with a capacity of 720,000 tonnes. In 2003 he commissioned ships 8.100 teu. In 2006 entered the shipping company Danaos on the New York stock exchange market (trades in NYSE under the symbol DAC) and in a few years was able to dominate the field of containers. In 2007 the company had 40 ships, in 2010 51 ships, in 2012 65 ships and today in 2013 a Fleet of 61 vessels. Having developed sea transport services throughout its history, Danaos forged a reputation for operational support to liner companies and other charterers throughout the world. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Danaos Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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