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03/07/2015at 14:14

Last week's top stories on ShippingWatch

The news rate in the shipping industry hast yet to descend to full-on summer levels. Here are some of this week's top stories.
Photo: /ritzau/Thomas Borberg
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

The Greek situation

Developments in Greece, and not least the uncertainties surrounding Sunday's referendum on the EU proposal, are rubbing off on the country's shipping industry:

Morgan Stanley: Greek shipping unaffected by crisis

Greek chaos causes many shipowners to consider relocation

 

The IMO elected a new Secretary General

On Tuesday this week, the IMO Council held a vote to find its new Secretary General. It became a close race between Denmark's Andreas Nordseth and South Korea's Ki-tack Lim:

South Korea wins IMO top job

Nordseth: Of course I'm disappointed

Tomorrow the IMO will elect a new Secretary General

 

CEO shuffle

Both Clipper Group and Team Tankers made changes at the chief executive level:

Chairman takes over as CEO of Clipper Group

New Clipper CEO: I am not a transitional leader

Team Tankers owners break with Jens Grønning 

Photo: Clipper

 

The bunker industry faces a new reality

The global market for bunker suppliers has changed significantly following the OW Bunker collapse:

Bunker Holding: Trust has disappeared after OW collapse

USTC group delivers record annual report

Photo: COSL
Photo: COSL

And offshore also faces a new reality:

Nordea: Hundreds of oil rigs will be retired

Norwegian shipowners: Offshore will get worse in 2016

Further reading:

Fredriksen makes his move and establishes global tanker giant

Photo: Richard Drew/AP/POLFOTO/arkiv
Photo: Richard Drew/AP/POLFOTO/arkiv

Photo: Richard Drew/AP/POLFOTO/arkiv

Maersk secures bigger share in Sverdrup field

DFDS offer on the English Channel flat-out rejected 

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Scan Global Logistics sold to private equity firm

Freight forwarder Scan Global Logistics gets a new owner only six months after the company decided to postpone sales plans.
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Palle Laursen has spent almost his entire career at Maersk where he began as a maritime engineer in 1998. He now retires as chief of fleet. | Foto: Maersk
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Maersk's chief of fleet leaves after 25 years as reshuffling continues

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Danish Scan Global has since 2016 been owned by US private equity firm AEA Investors. | Foto: Pr / Scan Global Logistics
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Scan Global confirms possible change of ownership

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Lars Jensen is a shipping analyst and founder of consultancy Vespucci Maritime. In the future, he will write two opinion pieces for ShippingWatch a month. | Foto: Magnus Møller
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Opinion: Maersk and MSC heading for direct confrontation over customers

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New Russia sanctions could eventually leave Europe in drastic need of diesel

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"Vi har nogle gange haft ry for at have et kortere aftræk end vores konkurrenter. Du kan godt regne med, at det ry vil vi gerne holde fast i," siger Jens Lund, driftsdirektør i DSV. | Foto: DSV
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DSV denies savings plan but is attentive to costs

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DSV sees one advantage of downturn: It will be cheaper to buy competitors

Acquisitions are decisive for growth at logistics group DSV, and with prospects of declining freight volumes, the prices of acquisitions will fall. DSV will use this to its advantage, according to CEO Jens Bjørn Andersen.

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Palle Laursen has spent almost his entire career at Maersk where he began as a maritime engineer in 1998. He now retires as chief of fleet. | Foto: Maersk
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Maersk's chief of fleet leaves after 25 years as reshuffling continues

Palle Laursen leaves Maersk after 25 years in the company. Another leader is also out the door, as Vincent Clerc continues to put his stamp on the shipping giant.

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Lars Jensen is a shipping analyst and founder of consultancy Vespucci Maritime. In the future, he will write two opinion pieces for ShippingWatch a month. | Foto: Magnus Møller
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Opinion: Maersk and MSC heading for direct confrontation over customers

Ahead of the 2M alliance’s final termination in 2025, Maersk and MSC will probably try to steal customers from each other, writes analyst Lars Jensen.

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