Mano Maritime

Mano Maritime Ltd
Type	Shipping
Industry	Cruise line; Transportation; Tourism
Founder	Moshe Mano
Headquarters	Haifa, Israel
Area served	Worldwide
Services	Shipping operations
Owner	Moshe Mano
Parent	Mano Holdings Group
Subsidiaries	Mano Holidays; Mano Logistics
Website	mano.co.il

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, passengers ships and undertakes other maritime services. The company was ranked among Dun’s top 100 companies in Israel.[1] Mano is the owner, chairman and president of the company.

History

In 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 Lines and Fleet

Capture bulk carrier

Mano Maritime is involved in various fields of the shipping business as owner, operator and manager of cargo liners. 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 the Neptune Line shipping company. Furthermore, it acts as the local agent for various shipping lines based in Spain, Ukraine, Greece, Germany and Russia. 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 exclusive representative and general agent in Israel of Ocean Network Express Corporation- “ONE”.[2]

Cruise Ship

The MS Crown Iris

196,000 DWT - Meters 300 LOA.

MS Crown Iris has been owned by the company 2018. During the cruise season in Israel, which usually lasts from March through November, the ship cruises along the coasts of the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and to various destinations in Europe.

Current fleet

Ship	Flag	Built	Last Refurbished	In service	Gross Tonnage	Photo
MS Crown Iris	Panama	1992	2018-2019	2019–Present	40,876 GRT

Out of Service

Ship	Flag	Built	In service	Gross Tonnage	Photo
MS Golden Iris	Panama	1975	2010–2018	17,496 GRT

Former ship

Ship	Flag	Built	In service	Gross Tonnage	Photo
MS Royal Iris	Panama	1970	2005-2014. Sold to Black Sea Cruises in 2017	14,717 GRT

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References

Mano Holdings - Services
"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.

External links

Mano Holdings

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[1] Mano Holdings - Services

[2] "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.