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Articles from 1-8 of January 2018​

02.01.18

• Two tankers seized in South Korea
• South Korea's shipbuilders project a surge in orders in 2018
• MAN Diesel & Turbo hit by maritime crisis
• Huge fine to Keppel yard is a new record for a Singapore company
• UK oil companies show strong optimism for 2018
• Oil price climbs after turmoil in Iran
• Partners sell Crystal Nordic to German operator
• Natural gas supplier eyes rise in LNG orders
• Carriers generated more equity capital in 2017
• Swedish carrier risks fine for breaching Danish immigration law
• Trafigura denies involvement in illicit North Korea oil transfer

03.01.18

• P&O Ferries transports record freight volumes on the English Channel
• New charges against eight executives in Petrobras case
• Maersk Broker has doubled its dry bulk organization
• Shipowners ordered far more container vessels in 2017
• Hyundai Merchant CEO: This is how we double the fleet in 2022
• Surprising growth forecast suggests recovery in Norway's oil capital
• CEO defends Nordic Tankers' divestment in weak market
• Shanghai's container port broke record last year
• CEO foresees tough year for Hyundai Heavy Industries
• Petrobras enters billion-dollar settlement in US case
• Clarksons: Turning point ahead for tanker after slow end to 2017

04.01.18

• DFDS chief exec vs hackers: "It will happen some day"
• Trump said to seek biggest offshore drilling increase in decades
• Why Singapore's monitoring of bunker suppliers is working
• Essberger to move Crystal Nordic from Copenhagen to Hamburg
• CEO: Japanese merger will be turning point for MOL
• Broker: New LNG vessels threaten growth in coming years
• Maersk Drilling gets criticism after fatal accident
• Cargill earned less money – but the carrier made gains
• Seaspan gets new shareholder and partner
• The first Global Maritime Forum to be held in Hong Kong

05.01.18

• Taiwanese trader suspected of selling oil to North Korea
• Ramboll merges oil and gas with renewables
• 500 dry bulk vessels waiting to offload at Asian ports
• Law firm: Chinese major will dominate terminals in a few years
• Executives leave Danish bunker company Endofa
• North Korea keeps sneaking in oil with secret ship transfers
• Shipbuilders foresee tougher times and lower their forecasts
• Scorpio appoints Dencker Nielsen as new commercial director
• This week's top picks on ShippingWatch
• Bromance to break-up: 4 ways the OPEC deal could end early

08.01.18

• Tanker in flames after collision while crew is missing and one is confirmed killed
• Esvagt looks to expand fleet after large capital injection
• Nor-Shipping launches first conference outside of Norway
• Western Bulk Chartering CEO expects a black bottom line
• Endofa closes headquarters and winds down activities
• Terminal giant expects double-digit growth for 2017
• Bunker suppliers to pay for carriers' scrubbers
• Top analysts nominate the best shipping and oil assets in 2018
• UK fund takes large debt item off hands of HSH Nordbank
• Media: OW Bunker investors seek to combine lawsuits