Pacific Basin Shipping Limited

Hong Kong shipping company

David Muir Turnbull (Chairman)

Martin Fruergaard (CEO)

Websitewww.pacificbasin.com

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited is a maritime transport company engaged in international dry bulk shipping through the operation of a fleet of vessels to carry diverse cargoes for many of the world's leading commodity groups. Pacific Basin operates a fleet of Handysize and Supramax vessels globally.

History

Pacific Basin was first founded as Pacific Basin Bulk Shipping Limited, a bulk carrier operator, in 1987, but it was acquired and privatized by an independent company in 1996.^[1]^{[better source needed]} However, the former senior management reestablished the company as Pacific Basin Shipping Limited in 1998. Pacific Basin Shipping Limited was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2004.^[1]

Bass Strait

Pacific Basin is the owner and operator of Bass Strait, a cargo ship that launched a series of drones that surveilled and harassed United States Navy ships, including the USS Paul Hamilton, in waters off of Southern California in 2019, according to documents released to The Drive under the Freedom of Information Act.^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Our History". Pacific Basin Shipping Limited. Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
^ Kehoe, Adam; Cecotti, Marc (2022-06-10). "Drone Swarms That Harassed Navy Ships Off California Demystified In New Documents". The Drive. Archived from the original on 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
^ Kehoe, Adam; Cecotti, Marc (June 15, 2022). "Navy Releases Videos From Mysterious Drone Swarms Around Warships Off California". The Drive. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.