Danaos Corp. engages in the provision of marine and seaborne transportation services. The company is headquartered in Athina, Attiki and currently employs 1,558 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2006-10-06. The firm's principal business is the acquisition and operation of vessels. The firm conducts its operations through the vessel owning companies, whose principal activity is the ownership and operation of containerships that are under the management of a related party of the company. The firm's manager is Danaos Shipping Company Limited (Danaos Shipping). The firm has a fleet of over 50 containerships aggregating approximately 329,590 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Its containership fleet includes approximately 53 containerships deployed on time charters and approximately two containerships deployed on bareboat charter. Gemini Shipholdings Corporation (Gemini), a company beneficially owned by the Company, owns approximately four additional containerships of over 24,000 TEU aggregate capacity.