Reminder: 21 Shipping and Offshore Companies and 31 Market Experts to Participate at Capital Link's 7th Annual Invest in International Shipping Forum in New York Thursday, March 21, 2013, 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Mar 12, 2013) - Capital Link's 7th Annual Invest in International Shipping Forum will take place on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. An investor-focused event held every year in New York, influential C-level executives -- belonging to U.S. and foreign listed shipping companies -- will come together to discuss and examine the macroeconomic issues that are shaping and transforming international shipping today. The forum will provide a comprehensive review and outlook on the various shipping markets -- containers, dry bulk, LNG, tankers -- made more relevant by the annual release of companies' performance results. It also examines other critical issues facing shipping today, especially access to capital through the capital markets, banking and private equity.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Mrs. Katharina Stanzel, Managing Director at INTERTANKO, will give the luncheon keynote address.
FORUM STRUCTURE & PRESENTERS
The forum is structured into two parallel tracks in which panel discussions and sector presentations will take place alongside company presentations. Analysts, senior executives from leading shipping companies, and experts from law firms, banks, investment companies, and marine services firms will come together to provide valuable insight and analyses.
SHIPPING COMPANY EXECUTIVES:
Cargill Americas
Danaos Corporation (NYSE: DAC)
DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS)
ER Shiffart
EuroSeas (NASDAQ: ESEA)
EXMAR (EXM:BB)
Hapag Lloyd (HPL:GR)
Maersk Lloyd (MAERSKb:CO)
Navios Maritime Acquisition (NYSE: NNA)
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NM)
Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NYSE: NMM)
Ocean Rig (NASDAQ: ORIG)
Oceanbulk Maritime (USA) Inc.
Prospector Offshore Drilling (OSLO: PROS)
Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE: SB)
Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ: SBLK)
Scorpio Group (NYSE: STNG)
Sevan Drilling (SEVDR:NO)
Ship Finance International (NYSE: SFL)
Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (NYSE: TNP)
Vantage Drilling (NYSE MKT: VTG)
ANALYSTS:
Citigroup
Jefferies & Co.
Evercore Partners
Knight Capital Americas, L.P.
Morgan Stanley
RS Platou Markets
Wells Fargo Securities
OTHER EXPERTS:
ABN AMRO Bank
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Black Stone Group
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Citigroup
Clarkson Capital Markets
DVB Transport (US) LLC
Ernst & Young
Evercore Partners
Global Marketing Systems, Inc. (GMS)
Jefferies & Co.
Marshall Islands Registry
Miller Buckfire & Co LLC
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
NAMEPA
PwC Greece
RS Platou Markets
Watson, Farley & Williams LLP
Wells Fargo Securities
SPONSORS, SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS & MEDIA PARTNERS
In Cooperation With: NYSE Euronext, NASDAQ OMX
Global Lead Sponsors: ABN AMRO, Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd
Global Gold Sponsor: DVB Bank
Global Sponsors: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Clarkson Capital Markets, Ernst & Young, Global Marketing Systems (GMS), Jeffries & Co., The Marshall Islands Registry, Moelis & Company, PwC Greece, RS Platou Markets, Watson, Farley & Williams LLP, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Event Sponsors: Evercore Partners, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Supporting Organizations & Media Partners: BarclaysHedge, TradeWinds, Worldoils
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER, PLEASE VISIT:
http://forums.capitallink.com/shipping/2013newyork/index.html
ABOUT THE ORGANIZER -- CAPITAL LINK, INC.
Capital Link is a New York-based Investor Relations and Financial Communications firm. Capitalizing on its in-depth knowledge of the shipping industry and capital markets, Capital Link has made a strategic commitment to the industry, becoming the largest provider of Investor Relations and Financial Communications services to international shipping companies listed on the US and European Exchanges. Capital Link's headquarters are in New York with a presence in London and Athens. Capital Link is a member of the Baltic Exchange.
