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While we don't subscribe to the modern belief that "everyone should get a trophy," we would like to acknowledge how difficult the offshore market has been for the last several years, and to recognize the fact that almost any deal that was concluded in 2018 was worthy of note,

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With apologies to the Chinese calendar, 2018 was the year of the deal. How do we count the ways? There were companies acquired, ships purchased, and even some capital markets transactions executed to finance them.

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The International shipping industry has no shortage of passionate entrepreneurs, sophisticated financial engineers, talented commercial chartering gurus, generously engaged industry association contributors, committed engineers, quality technical operators, and those with a heart for the human element.

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CSIC Leasing Co. ordered a new VLCC for its own account at Dalian shipyard which is part of the CSIC Group, the world’s largest shipbuilder.