“It is very difficult for somebody coming in from Asia or Germany or the US to try to take that business away from us.”

Team Tankers International executive chairman Morten Arntzen marks his territory and shows some Greek spirit as he challenges his competitors: “Come and get them”.

Chem tanker execs see opportunity in orderbook

“Anyone who has a burning desire to put more money into shipping would do far better to invest in shipping stocks at levels below (net asset value) than to buy more vessels.”

Wilbur L Ross has some pretty straightforward advice on those crazy lads who want to put more money into shipping.

Buy shares not ships, Wilbur Ross counsels

“We might potentially be interested in Gener8 but only if we were satisfied that the deal was going to be accretive to our existing shareholders."

What is the magic word for Euronav’s Paddy Rodgers in order to move forward with the deal? “Accretive” of course.

Rodgers open to possible bid for Gener8 

“We’re still very excited about gas, we’re very excited about the shipping space, and we’re very excited about FSRUs.”

Excitement is all over Simon Crowe, finance chief of GasLog, we hope it will last.

GasLog focuses FSRU drive on securing right fixed-term deal

“Everyone is talking to everyone in our industry. You wouldn’t expect us to join 2M though.”

Rolf Habben Jansen of Hapag-Lloyd confirms there is a lot of chatting but the audience is waiting for the deals.

Hapag CEO: Liner landscape changing

“We have long regarded ourselves to be a public company.”

So what is left in order to make you a truly public company, Mr Kolesnikov of SCF? Yes, an IPO.

SCF Group highlights increasing potential in Russian bank market

“These small yards are not selling their gantry cranes for scrap steel.”

Newbuilding broker Li Sheng of HIT Marine says small Chinese small yards are not surrendering.

Small yard capacity proves hard to take out

“Shipowners certainly aren’t losing money.”

Hard to believe but a Greek broker says local owners aren’t losing money. On condition of anonymity of course.

Ferry S&P heats up as economics brighten

“I have no interest in pursuing the shipowners in regards to their administrative flagging ... because I don’t want to lose the ability to sue them.”

Remy Carreira-Fransceschi of Panama City-based Carreira-Pitti Abogados is brave and we wish him good luck.

Ship arrests still core for Carreira-Pitti 30 years on

“The private buyer doesn’t want to be public. He doesn’t want to report.”

Christos Papanicolaou of Charles Weber describes a reality which would make our lives easier if changed.

‘Savvy decisions’ by owners and charterers behind recent spate of VLCC period deals