TradeWinds digests the digits making the headlines this week:
Paper chase – key figures from shipping’s favourite newspaper:
20%: Rise in spot rates for capesize bulkers over the past week.
(Capesize spot-rate rise fails to spark optimism)
$600m: Value of new boxship orders South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding is said to be on the verge of tying up.
(STX Offshore lines up box orders of $600m)
(Frontline share price plunges to new low)
2: Greek shipowner Thenamaris is rumoured to be entering the LNG race with an order for a pair of LNG carriers from Samsung Heavy Industries.
(Thenamaris closing in on LNG debut)
10: Maersk is said to be lining up an order for more boxships despite having splashed out $3.8bn recently.
$12m: Fee pocketed by Norway’s Knutsen OAS Shipping for selling two ageing tankers to a Nigerian buyer.
(Knutsen OAS sells veteran products pair)
Digital digits – numbers hitting the headlines onwww.tradewinds.no
$120m: The windfall that Hoegh LNG has pulled in from its Oslo IPO, $25m less than originally planned.
( Hoegh LNG nets $100m from IPO)
$32,000: Daily rate that John Fredriksen’s Frontline will net from fixing a VLCC to Statoil for floating storage.
$16,500: Rate Gunvor will fork out to charter a suezmax from Centrofin for the same purpose.
$14m: Fee that Norwegian ferry operator Hurtigruten may be forced to hand back to the government if a new ruling is enforced.
$480m: Market value of ships captured by pirates over the past twelve months.
$1.7bn: Loan Chinese shipbuilder Rongsheng has secured to revamp its facilities.