Splash Wrap: Raids, record orders and rewired trade

US forces seized the VLCC Skipper off Venezuela as the battle between Washington and Caracas intensified with the Trump administration suggesting other vessels could be hijacked, too.  China’s state-run shipping COSCO, the world’s largest shipowner, placed a massive order for 87 newbuildings worth more than $7bn with yards under China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), sealing …