Freight and tanker ship transport. The company can buy, sell, rent and lease ships, as well as charter them. Furthermore, it can trade in goods of all kinds, import and export them, take over representations and agencies, participate in other companies, and acquire, manage and sell real estate and intellectual property rights. The company can provide direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries as well as to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide collateral of all kinds for liabilities of such companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether paid or unpaid.