Useful Links for Seasteading Businesses
If you would like to establish a business or community on an ocean-going vessel, but have little to no maritime experience, your first port of call should probably be a ship management service.
Ship Management
Intermanager – http://www.intermanager.org/
International trade association of shipmanagement industry
V.Ships – http://www.vships.com/portal/site/shipman/
“World’s largest supplier of ship management and marine outsourcing services”
V.Ships Leisure – http://www.vshipsleisure.com/portal/site/leisure/
“Largest supplier of management and outsourcing services to the maritime leisure industry”
V.Group – http://www.vgrouplimited.com/portal/site/vships/
Parent company of V.Ships
International Shipping Partners – http://www.isp-usa.com/
Dedicated passengership manager
COLUMBIA Shipmanagement GmbH (Germany) – http://www.csm-d.com
COLUMBIA Shipmanagement Ltd. (Cyprus) – http://www.columbia-shipmanagement.com
Cruise Advance Jens Huhse – http://www.cruiseadvance.de/
Cruiseship Portal: Concessionaires & Shipmanagement Links -
http://www.cruiseshipportal.com/categories/other/concessionaires-shipmanagement.html
Maritime Web Portals
Lloyd’s List – http://www.lloydslist.com/
“Lloyd’s List’s editorial mission is to provide information, analysis and knowledge for business decision makers in the global shipping community”
Infomarin – http://www.infomarin.info/
Maritime-Database – http://www.maritime-database.com/
Maritime Sun – http://www.maritimesun.com/
Hellenic Shipping Portal
Cruise Ship Portal – http://www.cruiseshipportal.com/
Cruise Industry News – http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/
Ship Brokers
Association of Shipbrokers and Agents (USA) – http://www.asba.org/
“ASBA is an independent membership trade association, established in 1934, that brings together member Ship Brokers, Agents and Affiliates with offices in the United States and Canada”
Jon I. Stie Shipbrokers A.S – http://www.stie.no
Norwegian shipbrokers and offshore marine services
Cruise Ships for Sale and Charter
Ships4ever.com – http://ships4ever.com/
Work Boats International – http://www.workboatsinternational.com/cruise-ships-for-sale.html
The Yacht Market – http://www.theyachtmarket.com/static/boattype_cruise__passenger_ship_1.html#
Ship Finance
DVB Bank – http://www.dvbbank.com/en/solutions/shipping/index.html
Nordea – http://www.nordea.com/
KfW IPEX-Bank – http://www.kfw-ipex-bank.de/ipex/en/Business_Sectors/Shipping/index.jsp
Deutsche Schiffsbank – https://www.schiffsbank.commerzbank.de/en/home_1/homepage_3.html
Credit Agricole CIB: Shipping Finance -
http://www.ca-cib.com/business-lines/credit-agricole-cib-an-inescapable-player-in-shipping-finance.htm
BNP Paribas: Shipping Finance -
http://cib.bnpparibas.com/Products-services/Financing-your-business/Shipping-Finance/page.aspx/159
Den Norske Bank: Shipping, Offshore & Logistics
https://www.dnb.no/en/corporate/industry-expertise/shipping.html
HSH Nordbank: Shipping -
http://www.hsh-nordbank.de/en/homekundenbereiche/shippingkunden/profilshippingkunden/shippingkunden_1.jsp
Marine Money – http://www.marinemoney.com/
Financial Times: Shipping News – http://www.ft.com/intl/companies/shipping
Tufton Oceanic – http://www.tuftonoceanic.com/
“Fund management firm for the maritime, energy related and the wider global transportation and infrastructure sectors”
Ship Finance Business Directories:
http://www.infomarin.info/compe/finance.shtml
http://www.maritimesun.com/news/shipping-world/management/ship-finance/banks
http://www.maritime-database.com/activity.php?aid=26
Legal Services
Norton Rose: Shipping http://www.nortonrose.com/expertise/shipping/
Holman Fenwick Willan: Ship Finance- http://www.hfw.com/services/ship-finance
Holman Fenwick Willan: Shipping – http://www.hfw.com/sectors/shipping
Holman Fenwick Willan: Cruise – http://www.hfw.com/sectors/travel,-cruise-and-leisure
Offshore Accommodation Vessels
Intership Ltd – http://www.barges.com/
Offshore accommodation barges
Sanderson Maritime – http://www.sandersonmaritime.com
Shallow water accommodation barges
SEATEL Offshore Hotel – http://www.seateloffshore.co.uk/
ALMACO Floating Accommodation http://www.almaco.cc/business_segments/floating_accommodation
Includes apartments, offices, shopping malls and luxury hotels
Workboats International http://www.workboatsinternational.com/accommodation-work-barge-floating-hotels-for-sale-charter.html
List of accommodation vessels for sale
Derrick Offshore – http://www.deroff.com/offshore-accommodation-units.html
“World’s leading international shipbroker specialising in the offshore energy and subsea cable industries”
Prosafe – http://www.prosafe.com/
“World’s leading owner and operator of semi-submersible accommodation and service rigs”
Floatel International – http://www.floatel.se/Home__.html
“Owns and operates two DP [dynamic positioning] semi-submersible accommodation vessels”
Equinox Offshore Accommodation Ltd – http://www.equinoxnrg.com/
Accommodation and Repair Vessel (ARV) that functions as a floating accommodation, work platform and logistics support facility
Jon I. Stie Shipbrokers A.S – http://www.stie.no/stie/vessels_for_sale/barges__1
List of basic flat-top barges
Jon I. Stie Shipbrokers A.S – http://www.stie.no/stie/positions_availabilities/flattop_barges/coastels_flotels
List of Coastels and Flotels
Retrofitting
ALMACO – http://www.almaco.cc/
Provider of accommodation and food handling systems
V.Delta – http://www.vdelta.net/
Passengership conversion and refurbishment
Further Education
Cambridge Academy of Transport Distance Learning Courses – http://www.catz.co.uk/distance/
Interesting Ideas
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/hotelier-of-sea.html
Article about converting decommissioned oil rigs into offshore luxury hotels
Post on the Institute’s blog about an oil rig for sale in the North Sea
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