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Articles from 1-8 of February 2017​

01.02.17

• DFDS accused of wage dumping in Scotland
• Fredriksen takes aim at former Seadrill management
• Alphaliner: Better Panamax market requires exit of 100 vessels
• Maersk Energy considering sale of Brazilian activities
• Investigation launched into sunken Maersk vessels
• EU Parliament pushing for ban on heavy fuel in the Arctic
• Hansa Heavy Lift appoints new managing directors
• German shipowners are frequent scrapyard users
• OOCL has benefited from Hanjin Shipping's collapse
• German union demands job guarantee from Maersk Line
• Seafarers could be hit by Trump's US entry ban

02.02.17

• Dong roars ahead after IPO
• Media: Seadrill's debt has reached USD 14 billion
• Drewry: Chemical tankers facing two tough years
• Fight for billion-dollar ballast water market is underway
• Shell profit falls short as rising crude costs sap refining
• Alphabulk: Credit rating is like financial archeology
• Stolt-Nielsen weighs spin-off of chemical tanker business
• Conflict triggers "major disruptions" in Port of Gothenburg
• Danske Bank and DNB hit by oil slump in 2016
• Jefferies: Maersk Line once again on track for profit
• Hanjin Shipping will be declared bankrupt on Feb 17

03.02.17

• IMO Secretary General maintains EU criticism in CO2 dispute
• JP Morgan believes in improved shipping markets after 2018
• Germany's MPC Capital reduces shipping exposure significantly
• Test your ShippingIQ
• Consultants: Downturn could halt ballast water market
• Pakistan introduces ban against scrapping tankers
• Media: Robert Uggla establishes his own company
• Deep Sea Supply bags contract extensions
• John Fredriksen is racing against time to save his empire
• This week's top stories on ShippingWatch

06.02.17

• DHT rejects offer from Fredriksen's Frontline
• Norwegian shipping magnates behind new offshore giant
• Taiwanese carrier beats Maersk in reliability
• Maersk Line fined by Russia for alleged price fixing
• Media: Shell pulls out of the Danish North Sea
• Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd enter slot purchase deal
• John Fredriksen: Retirement is not an option right now
• Company man says 'we can work it out' as Statoil cuts back
• Pension funds enter shipping investment
• Scorpio Bulkers ended 2016 with a loss of USD 125 million

07.02.17

• DFDS improves 2016 result by 48 percent
• Result and revenue declined at Nordic American Tankers
• Hyundai Merchant attempts recovery after Hanjin collapse
• Huge impairments hit Statoil with deficit
• DP World boosts cargo volumes despite "challenging" market
• BP just one million away from billion-dollar deficit
• DFDS chief exec eyes the beginning of a European recovery
• Oil from Johan Sverdrup now even cheaper
• Bergen Group secures profit through discontinued activities
• Fredriksen-Røkke is Norway's new powerhouse offshore team
• Ardmore Shipping takes big hit in 2016

08.02.17

• Fire on Thorco vessel off the coast of Canada
• Maersk Line expects major improvement in 2017
• Maersk chairman Rasmussen steps down
• Dryships looking ahead after loan from Greek owner
• Media: Bank puts ten Hanjin vessels up for sale
• Höegh LNG is partner in a huge Pakistani gas project
• Søren Skou calls off price war in the container industry
• Rio Tinto eyes a light at the end of the tunnel
• Here is an overview of the Maersk annual report
• Maersk picks "Mr. Digitalization" as new Chairman
• Yang Ming gets fresh capital from the state