Paper chase - key figures from shipping's favourite newspaper.
1: London holds on to the title of the world's foremost shipping centre.
(London keeps top ranking despite high costs)
$1.75m: Average annual cost to a shipping company of operating an office in London compared to $300,000 in Shanghai.
(How do prominent shipping centres stack up?)
10: VLCCs that China Merchants is set to order at local yards.
(China Merchants poised to ink up to 10 VLCCs at home)
90: The number of Chinese shipyards that have run out of work, according to Clarksons data.
(Chinese yards feel the pain)
8: LNG carriers tendered for by Malaysia’s MISC for parent company Petronas.
(MISC issues tender for up to eight LNG newbuildings)
900%: Overnight leap in spot rates for large anchor handlers in the North Sea.
(North Sea spot rates in 900% overnight surge)
$275m: Rise in annual fuel costs that Micky Arison’s Carnival Corp expects when new sulphur restrictions are introduced in 2015.
(Carnival scales up expected trajectory of emissions costs)
Digital digits - numbers hitting the headlines on www.tradewindsnews.com
$230m: Raised by Scorpio Tankers via a share placement to fund its newbuilding binge.
(Scorpio strikes again)
$2.8bn: Offer made by Malaysian oil firm Petronas for the remaining 37.33% stake in MISC.
(Petronas plots MISC buy-out)
15: Number of boxships that hungry Seaspan could yet order this year in addition to the 14 ships recently added.
(Seaspan to supersize)
4: Handysize bulkers sold for $30m by Victor Restis-backed Seanergy Maritime as it continues to cut debt.
(Seanergy purge continues)
2,500: Small cargo vessels the Indonesian government wants to order at Chinese yards to improve connectivity between the country’s isands.
(Indonesia thinks big)
$35m: Fourth quarter loss suffered by Evangelos Marinakis’ Capital Product Partners following disposal of two VLCCs.
(CPP hit by sale)
