Star Bulk has gained size in its combination with private Oceanbulk at nearly 70 vessels, with the prospect of acquiring many more. But could there be an issue of the owner getting too big?

“I don’t think a company can have too many ships,” said Spyros Capralos, Star’s chief executive-turned-chairman, in a sideline interview at Marine Money in New York.

“I do think,” he added, “that a company can have too many ships at once.”

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