The company's purpose is to operate a shipping company, in particular to operate cargo ships in the field of transporting liquids and chemical-mineral oil products, as well as leasing and chartering ships. Furthermore, the company provides shipping-related services, buys, sells, rents and leases ships, and trades in ships, as well as all related services and ancillary services. The company can participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and sell operational sites, real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and perform all legal transactions that may be necessary or suitable to promote the company's purpose or the development of group companies. The company can grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether through loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether for consideration or not.