‘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’:

1a. HSH Nordbank to sell €1.64 bn portfolio to financial investors (The Financial Times)

1b. China Not Europe May Salvage HSH as German Bank Looks East (Bloomberg)

2. The multinational company is in trouble (The Economist)

3. Trump Is Paving the Way for China to Rule the World (New Republic)

4. China stakes a claim for globalism without liberalism (The Financial Times)

5. How Trade and Sanctions Made This Russian Fisherman a Billionaire (Bloomberg)

6. Korea Extends Aid Package to Hyundai Merchant Marine (The Wall Street Journal, Logistics Report)

7. Amazon Expands Into Ocean Freight (The Wall Street Journal)

8. BHP Billiton bypasses brokers with new online auction platform (Splash 24/7)

9. Japan’s Dirty Secret (Bloomberg)

10a. Why Saudi Arabia May Unravel OPEC’s Big Deal (Bloomberg)

10b. BP Sees a Future of Slowing Oil Demand Growth, Abundant Supplies
(Bloomberg)

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