Norden establishes a new business structure and a new senior management team. This will entail increased growth in the carrier's tanker pool and investments in port logistics for an annual USD 20-40 million, CEO Jan Rindbo tells ShippingWatch.

With the mobilization of investments of up to EUR 300 billion over the coming years, the EU proposes a counter move to Chinese investments in ports and infrastructure. However, very little of it seems to pertain to expanding the transport sector.

Container lines could go from booming to plummeting freight rates in a couple of years, warns Danish Ship Finance in a new report. An armada of new container vessels could prompt overcapacity in the years to come.

Danish frigate Esbern Snare's firefight with assumed pirates in the Gulf of Guinea calls for sharpened focus on security in the area, says ECSA. According to Danish Minister of Defence Trine Bramsen, the attack on the warship came as a surprise.

By the end of last week, Maersk had 84 ships that had on average been idling for 18 days outside the world's ports, says Chairman of the Board Jim Hagemann Snabe in an interview with CNBC.