‘Shipshape 10 List’, a list of news and articles published in the current week that a senior executive in shipping, shipping finance, commodities, energy, supply chain and infrastructure should had noticed; news and articles that are shaping the agenda and the course of the maritime industry.

Sometimes seemingly tangential, sometimes humorous, occasionally sarcastic, but always insightful and topical.

And, this week’s ‘Shipshape 10’:

While on business traveling to Europe, newsworthy shipping articles fit to print; there are many more business developments and stories that best left untold:

On strategic objectives in shipping:
1. How China rules the waves (from the Financial Times)

On the ongoing Hanjin saga:
2. Sale of Container Terminal Takes Center Stage in Hanjin Bankruptcy (from the Wall Street Journal)

The way of the future?
3. Alibaba will sell you anything, including a spot on a container ship

Taking a minute to contemplate history:                                                                               
4. The simple steel box that transformed global trade (from the BBC)

Hans Hummel: Hamburg’s last water carrier (Hans Hummel No 114 Statue); image credit: Karatzas Images

Possibly substituting for shipping?
5. ’China freight train’ in first trip to Barking (from the BBC)

Good news, but what’s left for the bottom line?
6. Container Cargo Imports Surged at End of 2016 (from the Wall Street Journal)

Consolidation in the containership liner segment:
7. Why OOCL will tempt many (from Splash)

Good news, bad news:                                                                                                        
8. New Record for Youngest Container Ship Demolition (from the Maritime Executive)

It’s all about money (for shipping) these days:
9. Shadow Bank Stretches Into Loans (from Bloomberg)

But shipping banks have to thin otherwise:
10. Shipping Loans Weigh Down Banks (from Handelsblatt)

Bonus feature: the aftershocks of the Lehman Brothers and changing landscape for investment banks:
11. Morgan Stanley in talks to sell oil tanker stake (from the Financial Times)

And, please make sure to look for news emanating from Naftemporiki’s 3rd Shipping Conference held at the Megaron in Athens this week on January 19th, 2017.

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