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Articles from 1-8 of January 2019​

02.01.19

• These are the key items on the shipowners' agenda in 2019
• Oil's turbulence extends into 2019 on political and output risks
• Fredriksen company closed 2018 with purchase of several container ships
• South Korea's yards look forward to more LNG ship orders
• Iran's crude oil export drops below 1 million barrels
• Shipbreaker: 76 Indian scrapping facilities now comply with convention
• Faroe Petroleum rejects acquisition offer
• New strategy makes owner reshuffle Uni-Tankers management
• Analyst firms upgrade confidence in shipping equities for 2019
• Norwegian support for oil exploration continues

03.01.19

• Sovcomflot orders LNG-powered vessels
• MSC lost 270 containers in North Sea storm
• OPEC output falls most in almost two years as Saudi cuts begin
• Maersk to lay off 2000 at Chinese container factory
• Dry bulk shares plunged in turbulent 2018
• Liner companies' discipline crucial for improvements this year
• Hyundai Heavy increases order target for 2019
• Kitack Lim outlines IMO's main tasks in 2019
• New figures show limited premium for low-sulfur fuel
• Navigare Capital confirms order of LNG tanker

04.01.19

• China, US Vice Ministers to hold trade talks starting Monday
• Scrubbers, LNG and digital ecosystems will dominate Wärtsilä's 2019
• Container scrappings dropped to seven-year low in 2018
• Faroe Petroleum's suitor fails in equity takeover attempt
• Chemicals from MSC ship washed ashore on Dutch beach
• Interest in maritime startups exploded in 2018
• DHT Holdings' co-CEOs move from Oslo to Singapore
• CMA CGM subsidiary appoints new CEO
• Container caught fire on Hapag-Lloyd vessel
• Top analyst leaves oil venture following major loss

07.01.19

• MSC will pay for cleanup after lost containers
• Former Maersk execs' Blockshipping venture gives up on ICO
• Hapag-Lloyd has evacuated crew after fire
• Troubled Maersk company wants to dig for gold at the bottom of the sea
• Evergas sells its ethylene fleet: "Enough is enough"
• Methanol being tested as marine fuel in Asia
• Media: China officially bans open-loop scrubbers
• Uggla appointed vice chair of Maersk Drilling
• Bunker carrier Brightoil has ships arrested in Singapore
• Norwegian oil companies expect big surge in investments

08.01.19

• German minister shoots down Fehmarn CEO's time frame
• Bondholders sue HSH Nordbank for EUR 1.4 billion
• Nordic Tankers sold to Japan's MOL
• Singapore-based bunker company aims for global expansion
• Half of shippers do not choose the cheapest option
• Displeased investors approve Aegean's rescue plan
• Norwegian fund discontinues energy trading venture
• Nordic Tankers CEO: It was time for an industrial owner
• Bunker companies will now have to vouch for sulfur content in fuel
• Bunker company's bankruptcy affects Cosco