As 2014 draws to a close we thought we would take a look back at what were the most read news stories on Seatrade Global over the last year.

Coming in as the 10th most read story of the year was from back in January when Shanghai reconfirmed its status as the world’s largest container port.

10. Shanghai retains crown as world’s busiest container port in 2013

At number nine comes the first of several casualties with the fatal sinking of a PACC Offshore Services semi-submersible barge off Indonesia that left three dead.

9. POSH semi-submersible barge sinks – three dead

At the number eight spot was another story involving Singapore’s offshore and marine sector with Australia’s Mermaid Marine buying Jaya Holdings.

8. Mermaid Marine to buy Jaya Holdings operations for $495m

The woes of Excel Maritime Carriers founder Gabriel 'Villy' Panayotides when the Greek shipowners’ offices were raided by Excel’s new owners attracted a lot of reader interest.

7. Panayotides' offices raided by Excel Maritime's new owners

In a year that was to the world’s first 19,000 teu containership steam out on the world’s oceans the prospect of 24,000 teu boxships in two years was the sixth most read story of the year.

6. The 24,000 teu containership just two years away

The fifth most read story of 2014 sees the second casualty of the year and one of no less than three boxship accidents to make the top five.

5. Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk boxships collide in the Suez Canal

The fourth most read story was also a boxship casualty when to containerships collided in Port Klang causing a fire.

4. Two containerships catch fire after collision in Port Klang

The years third most read story on a short story minimum wage for seafarers sparked a lot of interest on social media.

3. ILO sets minimum wage for seafarers

The third and the most read of the containership casualty stories in the top 10 was when the Svendborg Maersk encountered heavy weather in the Bay of Biscay and lost over 520 boxes overboard.

2. Svendborg Maersk lost 520 containers overboard

The single most read story of the year on Seatrade Global was on the alleged fraud and risk management losses that led to the dramatic collapse of OW Bunker, which two months later continues to reverberate around the industry.

1. OW Bunker’s Dynamic Oil Trading hit by $125m fraud