nasdaq drys industry shipping founded 2004 headquarters athens greece key people george economou chairman owner george economou 16.7 % 1 parent ocean rig website http www.dryships.com dryships inc is a dry bulk shipping company based in athens greece . it is a marshall islands corporation formed in 2004 . as of june 2015 the company owns through its subsidiaries a fleet of 39 drybulk carriers consisting of 13 capesize 24 panamax and two supramax vessels which have a combined deadweight tonnage of approximately 4.3 million deadweight tonnage ; six drilling units two modern fifth generation advanced capability ultra deepwater semisubmersible offshore drilling rigs and four sixth generation advanced capability ultra deepwater drillships and five tankers four aframax tankers saga daytona belmar and calida and one suezmax tanker vilamoura . through its 59.4 % owned subsidiary ocean rig dryships also owns and operates 11 semi submersible oil rigs . as of december 28 2013 dryships owned and operated two 5th generation ultra deepwater semi submersible offshore drilling rigs the leiv eiriksson which can drill from 70 m 223 ft to 2 285 m 7 500 ft and the eirik raude which can drill from 500 m 1 640 ft to 2 500 m 8 200 ft . and 9 advanced capability ultra deepwater drillships four 6th generation ships ocean rig olympia poseidon mykonos corcovado and five 7th generation ships ocean rig mylos skyros athena apollo santorini . ocean rig skyros was delivered december 20 2013 and can drill from 500 m 1 640 ft to 3 650 m 12 000 ft 2 in march 2011 one of the company s panamax carriers ms oliva was wrecked off nightingale island tristan da cunha resulting in an oil spill which damaged local wildlife . 3 in may 2014 dryships finalised the buying of a capesize bulk carrier which has been under discussion since march 2014 . 4 the company bought the ship originally names conches that was built in 2011 5 the vessel was renamed raiatea and officially changed hands on 24 april 2014 and cost approximately 53 million . 6 references edit http www .4 traders.com dryships inc 9087 company form 20 f for the year to december 31 2010 pdf . dryships inc. 2011 . pp. 42 43 . retrieved 2011 11 28 . oil spill in south atlantic threatens endangered penguins . new york times . 22 march 2011 . retrieved 2011 11 28 . http www.tradewindsnews.com drycargo article334082.ece5 http www.tradewindsnews.com vessel id 937166f1d981d1f2 http www.tradewindsnews.com shipsales 337975 cape deal sealed external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dryships inc & oldid 696360811 categories dry bulk shipping companiescompanies listed on nasdaqshipping companies of greece navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 december 2015 at 16 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view