Fairplay Latest Issue - 02 February 2012

Decision Makers

Shipping’s Sherlock Holmes

When engines break down and owners suspect fuel problems, they turn to Charlotte Røjgaard for solutions. Crystal Chan met her

Movers & Shakers

Breaking Brazil’s glass ceiling

Heidmar CEO Brennan resigns

Wikborg Rein appoints

Germany honours IMO’s Efthimios Mitropoulos

Sørensen becomes Maersk Tankers CEO

This Week

Lookout
Taking the long view

Review
The quest for energy

Shipping in numbers
750,000

Story of the Week

Legacy of the Class of 2010-11

Class NK chairman Noboru Ueda served as chairman of the council of IACS at a significant time for the organisation. The focus was on rules for safer shipping

Markets

Netherlands/Belgium comment: Not yet scraping the bottom

Owners seek cover as forecasts weaken

Values slump toward all-time low

Allied cure for oversupply

Comment:Chemical tankers look good – for now

Markets Data
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Newbuildings
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Regulations

Law tightens on ship KG financiers
Germany’s struggling KG marine equity sector faces severe regulatory headwinds as well as a major downturn

Drill inquiries follow tragedy
Costa Concordia disaster prompts an industry review of procedures

Sri Lanka grows armed guard support services
Galle has become a key port for transfers of armed guards on merchant ships, reports Rohan Gunasekera

Technology

Combined data tracks pirate threat
Off-the-shelf software can combine information to monitor pirate activity

Simple mods save fuel
Newbuilding’s fuel savings credited to simple but effective design tweaks

Logistics and Supply Chain

Netherlands/Belgium: Antwerp spreads its net
The Belgian port is looking to form an international network to the mutual benefit of all participants, Andrew Spurrier reports

Turbine Shipper gives rail a boost
Germany’s Enercon plans to increase intermodal project flows to ocean ports with greater rail use, Michael Hollmann reports

Innovation boosts Albania’s exports
Logistics solution doubles the volumes of iron ore from port of Durres

Seine ports make common cause
The ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris will join forces to boost their traffic

Trade and Commerce

Crisis calls for new financial order
New tools are being advocated to replace old methods and turn round shipping finance in 2012, reports Miriam Fahey

STX hints at Finnish float
Conflicting executive statements have everyone guessing about STX’s European businesses, writes John Pagni

Insight: Home’s where China’s heart is
The country’s sheer bulk and economic strength belies its weak international credentials as a global player, says Bouko de Groot

Gulf hawks’ time to strike
Iran: tanker markets remain wary as oil-rich Gulf states beef up defences in perfect season for aerial attack

Maritime cluster takes on the EC
The new European Network of Maritime Clusters head wants broader recognition, writes Andrew Spurrier

Netherlands/Belgium: Euronav restructures its orderbook
Euronav urges operators to help the tanker market to return to better health

Insurers assess Concordia fallout
Fragile markets may hurt the marine insurance sector more than the Costa Concordia incident, writes Jon Guy

China’s Great Wall of silence
Chinese charterers remain coy about payments, reports Miriam Fahey

Baltimore box beacon breakthrough
US East Coast adds another first to its increasingly competitive container trade, reports John Gallagher

Insight: Ports of Auckland calls time
New Zealand’s largest container port is at a crossroads in a worker, management and owner clash. Anne Hunter explains

Multiple Russian orders break the ice for Arctech
Russian contracts may be just the tip of a polar shipbuilding iceberg for STX Finland yard, writes John Pagni

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