Paper chase - key figures from shipping's favourite newspaper.
6.8bn: Cash spent by Greek owners in the sale-and-purchase market last year, up by two-thirds on the level seen in 2012, with Navios the most active buyer.
(Greek owners dig deep with buying bonanza)
3: Investors who initially backed the Genmar takeover of Maersk Tankers’ VLCCs but ended up on Euronav’s funding roster.
(Livid Genmar boss in legal threat)
$1.5bn: Potential value of trailblazing jack-up order which sees Evangelos Pistiolis become the first Greek to target the sector.
(Pistiolis lines up $1.5bn jack-up splash)
4.486bn: Second-hand buys completed by listed owners in 2013 amid claims they were driving up prices.
(Prices spike in focus amid a deluge of public money)
5: Vessels purchased by NG Moundreas in as many months in stealthy expansion drive.
(Moundreas quietly beefs up bulker presence)
74bn: Marine loans signed off by DNB in 2013 as the bank leads all comers for the fourth year in a row.
140m: Newbuilding order placed by Golden Union as the Greek owner takes its backlog to 16.
Digital digits - numbers hitting the headlines on www.tradewindsnews.com
735m: Loan package pending for Euronav as it completes Maersk deal which makes it the largest public pure-play crude tanker owner in the world.
(Euronav reveals VL funds / Locked and loaded)
20: Capes added by Scorpio Bulkers as the New York-listed owner fleshes out its huge orderbook.
172m: Tonnes of crude oil shifted by Unipec as it remained the largest charterer of dirty tankers in 2013.
3: VLCCs DHT now has on order after taking down a $92.7m option at Hyundai Heavy Industries.
27m: Value of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard shares purchased by Apollo Management as private equity firm becomes the shipyard’s main outside investor.
659.607bn: Dollar value of the world fleet at the start of this year, a little more than the combined mass of ICBC, China Construction Bank and JPMorgan Chase – the top three listed companies in the world.
