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Articles from 1-8 of January 2016​

04.01.16

• Korea pumps USD 1.2 billion into ailing shipping sector
• Panama Canal inauguration postponed once again
• Law firm: Oil industry could face zombie phenomenon
• First crude has left the US after lift of export ban
• DNV GL now also affected by the shipping crisis
• Atlantic Petroleum unable to pay planned loan installment
• Fearnley: Bulk asset values to remain under pressure
• Asian yards prepare for fresh beating in 2016
• Bimco: Hope fades for improved market in 2016
• Baltic Sea carriers hit by increased border control

05.01.16

• Star Bulk Carriers sheds newbuildings in new fire sale
• Russian icebreaker sets Northern Sea Route record
• A look at the EU's maritime agenda in 2016
• Deep Sea Supply suffers new rate slide
• EU to launch proposal for controversial scrapping fund
• Media: Tankoil CEO in secret settlement with Noble Group
• Sulfur monitoring initiative to include drone project
• Former APM Terminals CCO joins Wrist Executive Board
• MOL wreck spurs updated requirements for container ships
• Statoil renews contracts for USD 1.2 billion

06.01.16

• Thorco Shipping gets new equity injection from owners
• Maersk in talks to develop Iranian oil fields
• Wrist Ship Supply upscales growth plan in Asia
• Deutsche Bank: Bulk crisis will force carriers to scrap
• Sellers of large bulk vessels under severe pressure
• Drewry: Shippers reap big declines in contract prices
• Maersk waits while competitors are in full swing in Iran
• Analysis: 2016 could kick-start wave of Chinese bulk bankruptcies
• NGO: Sustainable scrapping will collapse without fund
• 30 meter monster wave crushed 17 windows on rig

07.01.16

• Thorco owners: Still complete confidence in the carrier
• BBC Chartering: The project cargo market collapsed
• Report: 2016 is the year of acquisitions in the oil industry
• The World Bank cuts growth projections for 2016
• Port of Rotterdam hit by 24 hour strike
• India's coal import in serious dive
• Bunker industry haunted by banking ghost
• Drewry: Container carriers to lose more money in 2016
• Viking embarks on South Korean joint venture
• Fire sale of tanker shares in brutal shipping market

08.01.16

• Svitzer to use Maersk name to enter Asia
• Nordic Tankers and Crystal get green light from EU
• Struggling mining companies must cut back again
• Union issues strike notice against Svitzer
• Just one new Norwegian oil field is profitable
• Rotterdam port workers prepared for more strikes
• "The bank knows what we're doing and we know what they want"
• Nordea: Maersk Oil must make more cuts in 2016
• South Korea's top shipbuilders exit 2015 with record loss
• This week's top stories on ShippingWatch
• Svitzer in Asia: Employees must be super fit