Back to overview Home Shipbuilding Readers’ Picks of the Week (June 27 – July 1, 2016) Readers’ Picks of the Week (June 27 – July 1, 2016) Business & Finance July 3, 2016 Hapag-Lloyd, UASC Agree on Merger Terms German shipping major Hapag-Lloyd and United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) have reached an agreement on the terms and conditions of a Business Combination Agreement (BCA)… Read More DSME’s Former CEO Taken into Custody Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s (DSME) former Chief Executive Officer Nam Sang-tae was taken into custody as part of an accounting probe… Read More Flinterstar’s Bow Lifted from Sea The bow of the sunken freighter Flinterstar that sank in October 2015 off the coast of Zeebrugge was successfully lifted from the sea after ten weeks of preparation… Read More Nordic Hamburg, Containerships to Build Eight Ships in China German-based Nordic Hamburg and the Finnish shipping firm Containerships have ordered up to eight short sea 1,400 TEU dual-fuel containerships … Read More Drewry: HMM Joining 2M Suggests Hidden Agenda Financially troubled Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is in talks with 2M carriers Maersk Line and MSC to join their alliance. However, these three carriers are not obvious partners, which hints at a hidden story… Read More World Maritime News Staff View post tag: Readers' Picks Share this article