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Man makes his own shipwreck, but Smit Internationale has the favor of Neptune on its side. In business for some 170 years, Smit is a global provider of marine salvage services. It is known for its historic retrieval of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk. Smit company also transports freight in oceangoing, coastal, and river barges, and operates sheerlegs -- floating cranes used in offshore and inland construction projects. Other Smit divisions provide ocean and harbor towage services and manage marine terminals. Smit Internationale N.V. operates a fleet of more than 400 vessels, including about 230 tugboats. In April 2010, Smit was acquired by dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster for E1.4 billion (about $2 billion).

SPT (also known as Skaugen PetroTrans) may not be in the light industry sector, but it is engaged in lightering -- the offshore transfer of crude oil from the largest tankers to smaller vessels that can enter ports. It operates a fleet of two Aframax tankers and six lightering support vessels. The company performs its services around the globe, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, the US Atlantic Coast, US Pacific Coast, and the Persian Gulf. When SPT isn't lightering, it provides support services, such as overseeing fuel transfers and providing equipment and personnel. SPT Inc. is owned by I.M. Skaugen and Teekay Corporation, which bought a 50% stake in SPT in 2003.

Star Bulk is a global shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. Star Bulk's vessels transport major bulks, which include iron ore, coal and grain and minor bulks such as bauxite, fertilizers and steel products. Star Bulk was incorporated in the Marshall Islands on December 13, 2006 and maintains executive offices in Athens, Greece. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "SBLK". Currently, Star Bulk has an operating fleet of eleven dry bulk carriers with definitive agreements to build two Capesize vessels. The total fleet consists of five Capesize, and eight Supramax dry bulk vessels with a combined cargo carrying capacity of 1,287,686 deadweight tons. The average age of our current operating fleet is 10.1 years.

StealthGas Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership of a fleet of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers that provide international seaborne transportation services to LPG producers and users in Greece and internationally. It carries various petroleum and petrochemical gas products in liquefied form, including propane, butane, butadiene, isopropane, propylene, and vinyl chloride monomer, which are byproducts in the production of crude oil and natural gas. The company offers its services to producers of LPG products, such as national and other independent energy companies and energy traders; and industrial users of those products. It also charters product carriers that carry refined petroleum products comprising gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, and jet fuel, as well as edible oils and chemicals. As of June 15, 2009, StealthGas had a fleet of 39 LPG carriers with a carrying capacity of 173,499 cubic meters, as well as 2 product carriers with a capacity of 94,000 deadweight tones. StealthGas Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Kifisia, Greece.

Stolt-Nielsen is in its element in seawater. Through Stolt Tankers & Terminals and Stolt Tank Containers (STC) units, the company provides integrated parcel tanker, tank container, and marine terminal services, as well as logistics, for the worldwide transport of bulk liquids, such as chemicals, edible oils, and acids. It operates a fleet of about 160 vessels with an overall capacity of more than 2 million deadweight tons (DWT). Transportation-related operations account for more than 95% of the company's sales. Its Stolt Sea Farm business unit produces and sells turbot, sturgeon, sole, and caviar. Chairman Jacob Stolt-Nielsen and his family own a controlling stake in the company.

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