This week's top stories on ShippingWatch
What's up and down in OW Bunker?
The race to place the responsibility for the OW Bunker meltdown continued this week, where the lawyers representing the company's management entered the scene for real:
Major shareholder got out of OW Bunker in time
OW Bunker crash now hitting carriers
OW's management knew about giant Singapore credits
Pension giants to scrutinize OW Bunker collapse
Maersk Broker open to merger
Like several other global brokerage houses, Maersk Broker is now also open to finding new partners, CEO Anders Hald told ShippingWatch:
Maersk Broker considering merger
Platou sold to Clarksons for GBP 281.2 million
The container game
Maersk Line CEO Søren Skou talked about the plans for 2M, while Lars Mikael Jensen, who had been appointed CEO of the collapsed P3 alliance, presented his view of the Asian container market:
Skou: Maersk Line and MSC must be equally reliable
Lars Mikael Jensen: Asia is far from mainstream Europe
SeaIntel: Far too many big container ships next year
Bleak prospects: Asset values headed for new dive
The crisis could postpone equity funds' exit from shipping
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