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Global company strategy - excel maritime carriers - Q4 2014
Excel Maritime Carriers is a Greek owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and a provider of s eaborne trans portation s ervices for dry bulk carg o. The company is a lis ted corporation and its s hares trade on the New York Stock Exchang e (NYSE). The company's his tory dates back to February 1989 , when it was lis ted on the AMEX and NASDAQ under the name B+H Maritime Carriers . In October 1997,
B&H Maritime, which had ceas ed operations and dis pos ed of its as s ets , was acquired in order to s erve as a vehicle to acces s the US capital markets . In May 1998 , the name of the company was chang ed to Excel Maritime Carriers , and operations beg an.