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China’s long game
China’s maritime dominance is about to become all encompassing. National strategic long-term plans mapped out in the 1990s are now…
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Digital tsunami threatens to wipe many out
I am afraid to tell you that I think too many shipowners and ship financiers have little or no understanding…
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The finance case for Oslo
There are endless polls on which city ranks highest as an international maritime hub with invariably Singapore ranking top. Even…
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German banks thaw out
Like spring, the snow is beginning to melt at German banks – the thaw is finally here. In the year…
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Americas
Trump in a different light
There has been so much knee jerk, doom and gloom drudgery written in the days following the election of Donald…
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Burnt German banks will not be back in strength in international ship finance
It is SMM time, with the shipping world descending on Hamburg for the huge event, which for me means it’s…
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Posidonia talking points (part one)
Dagfinn Lunde, gearing up for his tenth Posidonia, providers readers with likely topics for discussion at the world’s most famous…
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Lowest of the low
I will not hide it from you, dear reader, 2016 will be worse than last year. What surprises me is…
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China on track to top ship finance leaderboard
Ship finance is a funny old beast that on the face of it does not look to be in step…
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RBS quitting leaves huge hole in London’s shipping claims
Back in the late 1970s and the early ‘80s as CFO at Klaveness I was a very, very regular visitor…
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Why Norway works so well as a maritime cluster
Nor-Shipping is nearly upon us. My calendar is full of receptions to attend in Oslo and I am looking forward…
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Contrasting sentiments
Dagfinn Lunde experiences a resurgent US economy and a downcast shipping mood while attending this year’s CMA. I have recently…
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Overcapacity concerns
So here we are at the end of another tumultuous year for shipping, one finishing with much talk of overcapacity…
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Bright spots amid the gloom
So here we are about to mark six years since Lehman Brothers fell and shipping remains in the doldrums. I…
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