News
Accountancy rule changes force time charters onto balance sheets
New standards front-load liabilities, eating into companies’ profits
- Devil in the detail
- New accountancy rules highlight subsidiary issues
- The hows and whys of impairment
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Product tankers on the cusp of revolution as Jubail refinery to open
New wave of Saudi production sites will reshape global trade patterns
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Brussels moves to prevent price abuse at European ports
Proposed market-access rules exclude cargo handling and passenger services
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HNA-owned SinOceanic ‘facilitates’ 10 post-panamax boxships deal
Unit will manage ships built for ‘foreign interests’ at Jinhai Heavy Industries
Sentiment over ultra-large boxship orders is...
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Shipping crisis may intensify, warns HSH Nordbank chief
Bank’s exposure as a proportion of assets remains high
Shipping still a ‘major challenge’ for HSH Nordbank -
Devil in the detail
Deals may need to be judged case by case, says Ernst & Young
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Containers
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Southampton braces itself for UK box port oversupply
New cranes and more flexible labour aim to boost customer service levels
- What next for the Cosco shuffle?
- Ports gear up for 18,000 teu leviathans
- Germanischer Lloyd will classify CSCL ultra-large boxships
- Ceva reports disappointing first quarter
- Diana Containerships raises funds
Dry Cargo
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Economou takes two carrier contracts from DryShips
Nasdaq-listed owner axes four newbuildings to lighten its yard bills
- Diana slips to its first loss
- Sincere and Shih Wei results highlight low rates
- Navios unveils joint venture with Japanese owner
- Diana Shipping lends up to $50m to box affiliate
- Rising panamax prices will spur dry bulk rates recovery in 2014
Tankers
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Fresh orders throw crude tanker upturn into further doubt
Concern over speculative newbuilding as nations shore up industrial base to...
- BLT secures US approval for Indonesia court decision
- Mexican crude boosts aframax market
- VLGC rates spike amid fresh cargoes and Indian port delays
- Vegoil fleet utilisation forecast to reach 96% in 2015
- Improved supply-demand balance shrinks Maersk Tankers’ losses
Ports & Logistics
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Maasvlakte 2 opens $194m below budget
Reclaimed site is now accessible by road, rail and water, says Smits
- Cosco Pacific plans to sell stake in container-maker CIMC to its parent
- APM Terminals’ posts flat throughput as box volumes fall in US and Europe
- Goldfield stands down at Dover
- HHLA sees first-quarter throughput rise as total revenue falls
- Liverpool dockers ponder ballot on industrial action
Nordic and Baltic focus: Norway
Optimism prevails in Oslo
North America
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Mexican crude boosts aframax market
Spate of fixtures removes ships from spot market
Middle East
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VLGC rates spike amid fresh cargoes and Indian port delays
Earnings hit nine-month high, topping $70 per tonne
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Finance
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Global trends create credit winners and losers, says Moody’s
Game changers include falling US oil imports, onshoring and ecoships
- Unit holders flock to Rickmers Maritime $81.5m rights issue
- Rickmers bond may top 9% coupon
- Chinese banks ink more agreements for Greek owners
- Commerzbank plans internal warehousing scheme
- Banking exposure to Greek owners shrank less than 3% last year
Insurance
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West of England’s low claim levels push it closer to breakeven
Investment return of 4% ‘eliminates’ underwriting loss
- Insurance market clashes over MLC provisions for unpaid wages
- Groom to step down from Standard Club
- Steamship Mutual investment gains offset adverse underwriting result
- TT Club improves net result despite MSC Flaminia and Sandy losses
- Record year of claims hits Britannia
Ship Operations
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Singapore Shipping Corp posts 12% rise in annual profit
Car carrier firm forecasts $2m fiscal-year shortfall as vessels go offline
- Demolition rates prove resilient
- Japan doubles its export orders in April
- Guangzhou Shipyard International confirms restructuring drive
- Fishing boats bear brunt of attacks
- DSME profits slide
Regulation
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Typhon rethinks its business model as Somalia threat dwindles
Private security start-up axes close-vessel protection and eyes West Africa...
- Estonia and Slovenia pull out of Atalanta
- Concordia passengers prompt probe into Costa’s board
- Germany passes private maritime security accreditation laws
- Hammond denies failure to support private maritime security firms
- Philippines election strengthens government’s maritime reform effort
