TradeWinds digests the digits making the headlines this week:
Paper chase – key figures from shipping’s favourite newspaper:
5: Can it be that this was the lowly number of “club” syndication deals done last year? Dealogic says it was.
‘Club deals’ come up shy in Dealogic 2011 figures
28: Percentage fall in profitability of the Oslo based Det Norske Veritas classification society
Profit drops 28% at Det Norske Veritas
35: The percentage plunge in spot rate earnings by Atlantic trading capesize bulkers over the past week.
63: Ships reported by IUMI to be totally lost last year as 2010 statistics reach a record low.
Total loss casualties hit a record low in 2010
350: Number of ships on charter to Cargill, the "great vampire squid" of the commodity markets.
Cargill sights on Asia minerals
Corporate social responsibility: is it ‘greenwash’ or genuine commitment
9m: Remuneration package in dollars of Peter Georgiopoulos as share awards push him past Sophocles Zoullas to the top of the dry bulk pay league.
US dry bulk bosses rake in big bucks
550m: Potential value of the V Ships group as 100% of the share capital is put on the counter.
Bidders get ready to vie for V group
Digital digits – numbers hitting the headlines onwww.tradewinds.no
0: The number of ships Standard Shipping’s Paul Sa is set to own after his fleet is barred from US ports for magic pipe offences.
97: Number of pirate attacks launched from Somalia in the first quarter of 2011.
13m: Ransom in dollars Somali pirates claim to have been paid to free the Samho VLCC Irene SL from captivity.
100m: Amount in dollars that Torm plans to raise from a rights issue to avoid breaching banking covenants.
12bn: The dollars that Glencore may raise as the Swiss commodity giant launches an IPO.
400bn: Big but only Korean won so a mere $376m. The fine a mystery shipowner is facing for being rather too fond of foreign tax havens.
