Maersk’s giant poser

TradeWinds digests the digits making the headlines this week.

Paper chase - key figures from shipping's favourite newspaper.

8: Triple-E newbuildings Maersk has tried and failed to cancel, meaning the ships could be deployed in a different way to originally planned.

(Is Maersk back-pedalling on Triple-E mega-ships?)

10-15: Ships ex-BP bigwig Lars Dencker Nielsen is targeting this year with start-up Jellicoe.

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(Jellicoe on a roll with four tankers in the mix)

500m: Cash Oaktree and Oceanbulk alliance is ready to lay down for containership newbuildings.

(Partners ready boxship order)

40: Shell’s potential MR newbuilding tally should talks with European owners allow the exercising of options at Hyundai Mipo.

(Shell moves in for more MRs)

14: Percentage of 2007 purchase price Clemko has secured with the sale of a handymax bulker.

(Clemko sells handy for fraction of $61m paid)

9.9m: Cash for Zodiac as it reignites its capesize demolition crusade.

(Zodiac back to scrap with capesize sale)

17m: Dollars Fearnley Securities executive Harald Moraeus Hanssen has injected into new venture with Wilbur Ross.

(Ross sinks $17m into Ross fund)

1.3m: Fraud being investigated at Gard’s Helsinki operation with an employee already dismissed.

(Police probe fraud at Gard Helsinki)

24: Capesize bulkers now owned by Frontline 2012 following its massive expansion in the sector this year.

(Frontline 2012 capesize orderbook swells to 24)

Digital digits - numbers hitting the headlines on www.tradewindsnews.com

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9.1m: Surplus rung up by the Swedish Club in 2012 as it overturned a loss in the previous year.

(Swedish Club in profit)

433m: Loss for Zim in 2012 as axing of five newbuildings took a bite out of its bottom line.

(Zim sub-zero)

6: Police cars which raced to a CMA venue in the early hours following an altercation between a delegate and a waiter.

(Cops gatecrash CMA)

17,000: Dollars saved per day by quick-thinking Norden master who killed his engines on the way to Algeria.

(No-steaming)

55m: Cash thrown down by Nordic American Tankers to add a new suezmax to its fleet.

(Nordic buys suezmax)

6.3: Industry high profit margin for CMA CGM in 2012 as it moves back into the black.

(CMA CGM leads pack)

5: Ships in series of 14,000-teu newbuildings booked by K Line as Japanese owner takes a step up in size.

(High five for K Line)