TradeWinds digests the digits making the headlines this week:
Paper chase - Key figures from shipping’s favourite newspaper:
0: Container ships remaining at Norway’s Norse Management and Bergshav Management as both owners exit the sector. More...
2: Bulker newbuildings penned by Hanzevast Shipping at Chinese start-up Daoda Heavy Industry. It also has options for a further six ships. More...
4: Former Eastwind reefers gobbled up from Aozora Bank by Laskaridis Shipping of Greece. More...
10: Potential suezmax splash by Almi Tankers, with Samsung and Daewoo going head to head for the deal. More...
20: Year iron-ore freight contract which will tie up a 250,000-dwt Nippon Yusen Kaisha bulker from 2012. More...
114: Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines’ vessels finally find a new home with the South of England Protection and Indemnity Association after a UK government crackdown pushed them out of Steamship Mutual and the North of England clubs. More...
20,000: Daily charter rate required for Stolt-Nielsen’s newly acquired $53m VLGC to break even. More...
12.7m: Scrap price Sammy Ofer’s Tanker Pacific fetched for the VLCC Pacific Jewel, beating the $9.25m it paid for the ship 16 years ago. More...
17.3m: Cost of power company China Resources’ shipowning bow, as it takes in a Hsin Chien Marine bulker. More...
66m: Price paid by Spyros Vamvakas’ AB Maritime to book its first newbuildings – two 50,000-dwt bulkers at SPP Shipbuilding. More...
Digital digits - Numbers hitting the headlines on tradewinds.no:
0: Siem Offshore’s PSV spot market exposure after landing $21,000 per day deal for the Siem Sailor. More...
2: Bulkers remaining in Torm’s fleet after double sale this week. More...
3: Panamax bulkers picked up by H. Vogemann of Germany in $82m en-bloc deal. More...
9: Days it took a Russian bulker to clock up two separate port state control detentions in Canada. More...
150: Target fleet for Nordic Tankers after marriage with Clipper kicks off a consolidation drive. More...
40,000: Amount Dmitry Skarga spent on Yuri Nikitin’s credit card in his first two years in charge of Sovcomflot. More...
1.5m: Eventual sum pocketed by Nikitin simply for introducing financial advisor John Sawyer to Novoship, court hears. More...
3.2m: Loss clocked up by Golar LNG spin-off in its first two months of trading. More...
5.5m: Loss for John Fredriksen’s Frontline in the third quarter, its first red ink in seven years. More...
70m: Rights issue on the way for Greek ferry owner Attica Holdings after drop in third quarter profit. More...
125m: Dollars raised by Solstad Offshore as it becomes the latest shipowner to tap the bond market. More...
448m: Proceeds for DryShips to mark a successful return to the bond market for George Economou. More...
