Cornships Management and Agency Inc. was a Turkish shipping company.Cornships 2007, ''Home''. The company managed and provided agency services for the fleet owned and controlled by Corn Marine Ltd. of

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. The company specialized in dry bulk cargo. Cornships was divided into four departments: operations, technical, crewing, and commercial & agency department.Cornships 2007, ''Personnel''.

History

Cornships Management was a privately held

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founded by Akin Falay and Charles Gamon. They founded the company after Falay dissolved his partnership with Semih Sohtorik in Semih Sohtorik Management and Agency (SSMA). Falay, born in 1943, was a graduate of the Law School of the University of Istanbul. He previously worked for Istanbul's Koctuc Line and in New York for eight years as the Thule Ship Agency.SSMA, ''SSMA History''. He joined SSMA in 1977. Charles Gamon commenced shipping in 1979 and founded Cornavin Shipping with Falay and Semih Sohtorik in 1982.

Fleet

Cornships' fleet initially consisted of three vessels, and grew to fourteen.Cornavin Shipping Ltd, ''Ship Positions''. The ships, categorized as minibulkers, ranged from and . All the ships were built in the 1980s.Cornships 2007, ''Fleet''. The cargo holds were shaped to admit

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s (shipping containers), and featured large open hatchcovers, as well as tween-decks that could hinge and fold up. The ships also all featured cargo cranes with a 50

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capacity. The ships were given names beginning with the word ''Corn'', for example ''Corn Rose'' and ''Corn Diva''. The fleet was broken down into two classes, the ''Corn Lilly'' class and the slightly smaller ''Corn Brook'' class. The former consisted of five ships, built between 1986 and 1988. These had a capacity of , a

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of 5,974 tons, and a

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of . The smaller ''Corn Brook'' class consisted of two ships, both built in 1984. They had a capacity of , a

of 4,983 tons, and a

of . The Cornships fleet has worked in the worldwide arena, but specialized in the Europe, Mediterranean, Black Sea and West African markets. The company dealt in cargoes such as pipes, projects, bulk-bagged cocoa, steel, bagged and general cargoes. All the ships owned by Corn Marine Ltd Malta have now been sold.

Notes

References

* * * * *{{cite web, url=http://www.cornavin.co.uk, title=Cornavin Shipping Ltd — Main Site, accessdate=2008-04-23, website=www.cornavin.co.uk

External links

Map of central office
Shipping companies of Turkey