Evangelos Marinakis And Co

[Jean_claude_killy]

CEO of Germany's largest shipping company (Hapag-LLoyd) just came on TV so I thought I'd listen, in case any relevance to EM.

He says they've had reduced demand out of Asia/China and then the West starting in March and India and others now. A ratings agency downgraded their outlook in April.

But their share price has gone up 500% in the last 12 months and 120% mostly since beginning of March.

The interviewer asks the CEO if he can give a reason why. The CEO says "No, I don't think so...we're trying to understand it. There is no obvious reason for it."

Bizarre.

As with everything else, shipping is governed by supply and demand; demand has dried up, storage is full and there are tankers at sea full of oil with nowhere to go.

This is from last weeks Investors Chronicle, a Financial Times publication:



Currently, almost 30 oil tankers are anchored as storage off the coast of southern California – tankers that would have originally gone out to the source of the supply chain and shipped it around the world. Stranded might be a better word, as they are full up with oil, but unable to deliver it. Refineries are flat out. Space is running out to fill the glut in oil, and this has led to the price of storage space doubling in just two months. Land storage is full, and tankers are filling up.

Last week, we saw what happened in WTI futures as the May contracts went negative. When storage runs out nobody wants to hold a physical product they can't store, and so it should come as no surprise that tanker stocks are swiftly moving through the gears.

But doesnt a lot of EM's shipping involve containers rather than crude? or does he do all of it? Containers are often shipping stuff that has already been sold so that shouldn't affect them being offloaded, unless of course the destination ports are closed, which then makes it a completely different ball game

I am not sure of the exact breakdown by sector but if you google Marinakis Shipping up comes a page with a picture of an Oil Tanker.

Here is an exert from the landing page:

Evangelos Marinakis is currently one of the leading figures in the global shipping business. Shipping is in his blood thanks to his family's long involvement in the industry, and Evangelos knew early in life that the industry would also be his own destiny. His career in the maritime industry began after he completed his studies as a trainee chartering broker at the British firms Harley Mullion and Elders Chartering Limited. 

A commitment to growth and ongoing development of the business through the shipping cycles is at the heart of Capital's mission. That is why Capital Maritime & Trading Corp and its affiliated group of companies are continuing to build out their state-of-the-art fleet, which currently has a total tonnage of approximately 9 million tonnes.

The group has worked closely with leading companies around the world, such as: BP, Repsol (Spain), Shell, Statoil (Norway), Cargill (USA), Cepsa (Spain), Chevron, CMA-CGM, COSCO (China), Exxon Mobil, HMM (S.Korea), Maersk Line, PEMEX (Mexico), Petrobras (Brazil), Total (France), Rio Tinto, Vale, Vitol, Glencore, MSC etc.


Looking at the number of Oil Companies in that lot you would assume he has a fair few Tankers

[Tricky]

Fair point

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Marinakis been acquitted of all charges of match fixing today, all charges been dropped, so we can put that bullshit to bed once and for all.

[ThePromisedLand]

Marinakis been acquitted of all charges of match fixing today, all charges been dropped, so we can put that bullshit to bed once and for all.

:D :D :D

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Marinakis been acquitted of all charges of match fixing today, all charges been dropped, so we can put that bullshit to bed once and for all.

:D :D :D

I did say that there was no chance of him being found guilty ages ago.

EM rules this land! (Greece).

[Mcforest]

We all knew it would be.

[Tricky]

Today is becoming a bloody good day!!!

All we need now is a result COYR

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Marinakis been acquitted of all charges of match fixing today, all charges been dropped, so we can put that bullshit to bed once and for all.

:D :D :D

That's what happens when your Godmother is the sister of the Greek Prime Minister  :cool:

[wassy04]

Genuinely surprised Sabri has survived up until now, not convinced he'll turn it around but I really like the owner showing some more patience, bodes well for the future. 

After all the doubters at the start of the summer, he's shown patience and a massive investment which given the lack of income he'll be massively underwriting. Also, what I would describe as excellent, rational and sensible business predominantly with a clear strategy.

Now just to get the new stand building work started!

[PsychoStooge]

Seeing the Greeks get the most stick I've ever seen them get tonight on Twitter, a lot of people questioning their decisions, commitment to Forest and whether they have a real plan or not. Guess it'll only get worse when Silva is confirmed to Olympiacos too.

[Redgirl]

How on earth can anyone question their commitment, they have just signed some of the best players to grace our squad for many awhile. Once these players have bedded in and we have found a system that suits the team we will shoot up the league.

We’re only 3 games in for goodness sake, Whoever takes over from Sabri ( his days are clearly numbered sadly) will have inherited one of the best squads in the league.

Talk about biting off the hand that feeds you. The man is bankrolling us with very little income, show some common sense.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Seeing the Greeks get the most stick I've ever seen them get tonight on Twitter, a lot of people questioning their decisions, commitment to Forest and whether they have a real plan or not. Guess it'll only get worse when Silva is confirmed to Olympiacos too.

Twitter?

Most of them on there don't have a brain cell between them. Most of them believe everything they read and 95% of it is just made up bullshit.