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Overseas Shipholding Group

Overseas Shipholding Group

United States-flag shipping company

Overseas Shipholding Group is the operator of a fleet of twenty-four oil tankers and oil tug-barges. It is based in Tampa, Florida, United States, and was founded in 1948.[1][2]

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Overseas Sophie in dock in Fredericia, Little Belt, Denmark

In 1969, under the leadership of Raphael Recanati, OSG began acquiring tanker ships to transport oil from Alaska to the lower 48 U.S. states.[3]

In the 1990s, OSG began to acquire luxury cruise liners. In 1995, the cruise ships resulted in losses of over $12 million to OSG. As a result of the losses, Michael Recanati, the son of Raphael Recanati, was reported to have been forced to leave OSG.[4]

OSG has offices in Tampa, Florida and Newark, Delaware[5] with nearly 900 sea and shore-based employees.[6]

The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2012 after the SEC accused CEO Morten Arntzen and CFO Miles Itkin of falsifying financial statements.[7] In 2017, the company paid a $75,000 fine to the SEC to settle the securities fraud allegations. Former CFO Miles Itkin also paid a separate $75,000 fine.[8] The executives were sued by OSG and agreed to pay a $16.25 million settlement in 2015.[9]

Spin-off of international business and fleet

In 2016, as part of its restructuring, OSG spun-off its large international fleet and business, concentrating solely on its U.S. flag business.

The international activities and fleet were re-incorporated into a new company, International Seaways, Inc., based in New York City, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under ticker NYSE: INSW.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Company Overview of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc". Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Corporate Profile: Fast Facts". OSG. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  3. [3]
    Roland, Alex; Bolster, W. Jeffrey; Keyssar, Alexander (2008). The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisoned, 1600-2000. John Wiley & Sons. p. 401. ISBN 9780470136003.
  4. [4]
    ""Bloomberg": Rafael Recanati Dismissed Son from Family Shipping Co Management - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). 7 November 1996. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
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    "Contact".
  6. [6]
    "Stocks". Bloomberg News. August 2023.
  7. [7]
    "OSG Sails out of bankruptcy". Bloomberg News. 7 August 2014.
  8. [8]
    "OSG to pay small fine after SEC finds it guilty of fraud". fairplay.ihs.com. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  9. [9]
    "Overseas Shipholding investors settle lawsuit with execs, others". Reuters. August 7, 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
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