Mano Maritime (Hebrew: מנו ספנות, Mano Sapanut) is a shipping company founded by Moshe Mano and is a subsidiary of the Mano Holdings Group. It operates cargo ships, passenger ships and undertakes other maritime services. The company was ranked in Dun’s top companies in Israel: number 5 in the transportation services [1] and number 31 in the services companies. [2] The company also includes in BDI Code of leading companies in Israel: number 36 in the services companies, [3] number 8 in the transportations companies. [4] and number 187 in the general list [5] Mano is the owner, chairman, and president of the company.
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| Company type | Shipping |
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| Industry | Maritime transport Cruises |
| Founder | Moshe Mano |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Services | Shipping operations |
| Owner | Moshe Mano |
| Parent | Mano Holdings Group |
| Subsidiaries | Mano Holidays Mano Logistics |
| Website | mano |
History
editIn the 1930s, Moshe’s father, Mordechai Mano (born in Thessaloniki, Greece), immigrated to Israel with his family. His son, Moshe Mano was born in 1955 in Haifa and received education in the field of shipping. In his thirties, he established a shipping company, named Mano Maritime which became an independent company, active both in cruise and cargo shipping. Over the years the company diversified its activities as part of the Mano Holdings Group and has interests in other areas including real estate, hotels and technology.
Cargo Ships and Fleet
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Mano Maritime is involved in various fields of the shipping business as owner, operator, and manager of cargo ships. It also offers services in international maritime transport and serves as representative and general agent in Israel for the Japanese shipping company "K" Line and Neptune Line shipping company. Furthermore, it acts as the local agent for various shipping lines based in Spain, Russia, Ukraine, Greece, and Germany. Mano Maritime also transports coal to the Israel Electric Corporation’s power plants in Israel.
Mano Maritime owns 50% of the shares of Crown Shipping, the remaining 50% are owned by the Borchard family of England. Crown Shipping is the representative and general agent in Israel of Ocean Network Express Corporation- “ONE”.[6]
Cruise Ships
editMano Maritime operates holiday cruises from the ports of Haifa and Ashdod, Israel. The destinations are Cyprus, Greek islands, France, Croatia, Malta and Italy.
Current fleet
edit| Ship | Flag | Built | Last Refurbished | In service | Gross Tonnage | Ship Status | Photo |
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| Crown Iris |  Panama |
1992 | 2018-2019 | 2019–Present | 40,876 GRT | In Service |  |
Former fleet
edit| Ship | Flag | Built | In service | Gross Tonnage | Status | Photo |
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| Silver Star | 1964 | 1998-2003 | 6,092 | Capsized 2006 | ||
| Iris | 1982 | 2001-2010 | 12,907 | In service as Ocean Endeavour for Adventure Canada. | ,_Greenland.jpg) | |
| The Jasmine | 1981 | 2001-2006 | 9,878 | Scrapped in 2014 | ||
| Royal Iris | Panama |
1970 | 2005–2014.
Sold to Black Sea Cruises in 2017 |
14,717 GRT | In service as Knyaz Vladimir for Black Sea Cruises | 
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| Golden Iris | Panama |
1975 | 2010-2018 | 17,496 GRT | Scrapped in Aliağa,2022 | 
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ largest transportation services companies in Israel, Dun & Bradstreet
- ^ largest services companies in Israel, Dun & Bradstreet
- ^ Leading services companies in Israel
- ^ Leading transportations companies in Israel
- ^ The leading companies in Israel
- ^ "The Japanese shipping corporation ONE will be represented in Israel by Mano Shipping and Lucy Borchard". Port 2 Port (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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