and agency inc. type corporation 1 industry ship transport 1 headquarters istanbul 1 turkey 1 key people akin falay founder website http www.cornships.com index.htm 1 cornships management and agency inc. often known as cornships is a turkish shipping company . 1 the company manages and provides agency services for the fleet owned and controlled by corn marine ltd. of malta . 1 the company specializes in dry bulk cargo . 1 cornships is divided into four departments operations technical crewing and the commercial & agency department . 1 contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 notes 4 references 5 external links history edit cornships management is a privately held corporation founded by akin falay . 1 falay founded the company after dissolving his partnership with semih sohtorik in semih sohtorik management and agency ssma . 1 falay born in 1943 is 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 . 2 he joined ssma in 1977 . 2 fleet edit cornships fleet initially consisted of three vessels and now has seven . 1 3 the ships categorized as minibulkers range from 8 038 tonnes deadweight dwt and 9 653 dwt . 4 all the ships were built in the 1980s . 4 the cargo holds are shaped to admit intermodal containers shipping containers and feature large open hatchcovers as well as tween decks that are hinged and fold up . 4 the ships also all feature cargo cranes with a 50 metric ton capacity . 4 the ships are given names beginning with the word corn for example corn rose and corn diva . 4 the fleet is broken down into two classes the corn lilly class and the slightly smaller corn brook class . 3 the former consists of five ships built between 1986 and 1988 . 3 these have a capacity of 9 653 dwt a gross tonnage of 5 974 tons and a length overall of 113 metres 371 ft . 3 the smaller corn brook class consists of two ships both built in 1984 . 3 these have a capacity of 8 038 dwt a gross tonnage of 4 983 tons and a length overall of 106.29 metres 348.7 ft . 3 the cornships fleet has worked in the worldwide arena but specializes in the europe mediterranean black sea and west african markets . 4 the company deals in cargoes such as pipe projects bulk bagged cocoa steel bagged and general cargoes . 4 notes edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o cornships 2007 home . cite error invalid ref tag ; name cornhome defined multiple times with different content see the help page . a b ssma ssma history . a b c d e f cornavin shipping ltd ship positions . a b c d e f g cornships 2007 fleet . references edit cornships 2007 05 27 . home . cornships management and agency inc. retrieved 2008 04 21 . semih sohtorik management and agency ssma . semih sohtorik management and agency history . ssma website . ssma . archived from the original on august 26 2004 . retrieved 2008 04 23 . cornships management and agency inc. fleet . cornships management and agency inc. retrieved 2008 04 23 . cornships management and agency inc. personnel . cornships management and agency inc. retrieved 2008 04 23 . cornavin shipping ltd. ship positions . cornavin shipping ltd. retrieved 2008 04 23 . external links edit map of central office photo of the corn brook retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cornships management and agency & oldid 738771431 categories shipping companies of turkeyhidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference namespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 10 september 2016 at 23 56 . 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