Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative Launched
Industry leaders and non-profit the Sustainable Shipping Initiative announced the launch of the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative’s (SRTI) online platform - a tool for sharing information on ship recycling to drive responsible practice.According to a press release, the platform comes nine months after a group of shipping companies first announced their collective effort to use the market-drivers that transparency brings to make responsible ship recycling the norm. Demanding transparency holds the shipping industry to account, raising the bar for current practice as well as creating fair competition among ship-owners.In 2017, 835 ships were recycled out of a world fleet of 50,000.
Maersk Profit Miss, Outlook Puts Shipping in Spotlight
Maersk management hints at hitting top of 2018 EBITDA range. A.P. Moller-Maersk's move to focus on transport and jettison oil was tested on Friday as the world's largest container shipping firm missed profit forecasts and gave what analysts saw as a conservative outlook. Shipping, which has been hit by years of overcapacity and slow economic growth, saw early signs of a turnaround in early 2017, but freight rates fell in the second half. "I'm still very optimistic on the fundamentals of the global container shipping industry," Chief Executive Soren Skou told Reuters after the quarterly results. Skou, who has staked his future on Maersk as a transport business…
Maersk Writes Down Oil Assets
Writedown pushes company into red in fourth quarter; 2016 profit to fall short of previous year. Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk tumbled to a loss of $2.5 billion in the last three months of 2015 after the shipping and energy group wrote down the value of its oil assets by the same amount. Maersk warned investors on Wednesday that it expects its underlying net result in 2016 to be significantly below 2015's $3.1 billion as it struggles with plummeting oil prices and low rates for container freight. Its shares fell as much as 9 percent in early trading and were down 4.4 percent by 0855 GMT. Chief Executive Nils Smedegaard Andersen said the oil price was the biggest short-term challenge for the company.
Fund Targets Mols-Linien
The Danish equity fund Polaris makes a tender offer on all shares of the ferry operator Mols-Linien, which sails on routes Odden-Ebeltoft and Odden-Aarhus. Polaris offered to pay 34 Danish crowns a share, valuing the ferry operator at 482 million Danish crowns ($71.7 million). The private equity group has entered an agreement with Clipper Group A/S to acquire their stake of 29.95% in Mols-Linien for an undisclosed price. In addition, Polaris received irrevocable advance commitments to purchase additional 46.24% stake in Mols-Linien from Nykredit Bank A/S, Financial Stability A/S and FS Finance III A/S. Mols-Linien operates three high-speed ferries between Jutland and Zealand that allow travellers to save 200 km compared with the route via The Great Belt Bridge.
Maersk Buying Back Shares, Earnings Up
Shares rise 5 pct after improved guidance, better quarter than expected. Maersk indicates more buybacks after first in its history. Efficiency, cost savings boost Maersk Line compared to rivals. Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk announced the first share buy-back in its 110-year history on Tuesday as an overhaul of the sprawling shipping and oil empire leaves it with more cash than it can usefully invest. Maersk shares jumped 5 percent after the company reported better than expected quarterly earnings and raised its 2014 profit guidance, as cost cuts at its container shipping arm help it navigate weakness in the global economy. "The share buy-back program ...
