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Global container ships market on
downward trend
It is reported that 453 container ships or 11% of global capacity are now floating outside the harbors of Hong Kong,
Singapore and other South East Asian ports. They are unwanted by their hosts as well as their customers. In recent
days China has quietly let it be known that it wants to rid its territorial waters of these nautical squatters. Only five
years ago huge demand from China meant that all these ships, and more, were desperately needed. Between the end
of 2006 and July 2008, shipyards received enough commissions to double the world's fleet. Now these new ships more
than 9,000 vessels are taking to the water just as demand has collapsed. The world is awash with ships. To see how
the recent boom and bust has affected value, a Hong Kong broker cites a 150 tonne Cape class ship that sold in 2003
for USD 18.5 million in the used market.
Critical to the price was the prevailing charter rate, then USD 15,000 a day. By last summer this had risen to USD
175,000 a day and an identical ship sold for USD 85 million. Rates peaked shortly thereafter at USD 300,000. Today rates are back where they were in 2003. Rather than try to find a buyer for another identical ship, albeit one that
needed repairs, the owner dumped it for USD 7 million to be used as scrap.
These shipyards have good reason to play tough. Along with a loss of revenue, cancellations cause operational chaos.
Worse still, orders are booked in dollars, but to cover local production costs shipyards buy forward currency contracts,
transforming their obligations into won. The contracts are paid off in dollars by the buyers. But what if the buyer
cancels? Analysts are warning that the resulting demand for dollars to unwind currency contracts, estimated at USD 10
billion to USD 30 billion, will put further pressure on the won.
Mr Martin Stopford MD of Clarkson Research estimates the backlog in shipyards at USD 526 billion. Some of this comes
with first class payment guarantees, but not all. That requires large amounts of credit, largely from banks which are
hardly in a generous mood and are fully aware that their collateral, if the buyer stumbles, has just depreciated.
Source: Economist
downward trend
It is reported that 453 container ships or 11% of global capacity are now floating outside the harbors of Hong Kong,
Singapore and other South East Asian ports. They are unwanted by their hosts as well as their customers. In recent
days China has quietly let it be known that it wants to rid its territorial waters of these nautical squatters. Only five
years ago huge demand from China meant that all these ships, and more, were desperately needed. Between the end
of 2006 and July 2008, shipyards received enough commissions to double the world's fleet. Now these new ships more
than 9,000 vessels are taking to the water just as demand has collapsed. The world is awash with ships. To see how
the recent boom and bust has affected value, a Hong Kong broker cites a 150 tonne Cape class ship that sold in 2003
for USD 18.5 million in the used market.
Critical to the price was the prevailing charter rate, then USD 15,000 a day. By last summer this had risen to USD
175,000 a day and an identical ship sold for USD 85 million. Rates peaked shortly thereafter at USD 300,000. Today rates are back where they were in 2003. Rather than try to find a buyer for another identical ship, albeit one that
needed repairs, the owner dumped it for USD 7 million to be used as scrap.
These shipyards have good reason to play tough. Along with a loss of revenue, cancellations cause operational chaos.
Worse still, orders are booked in dollars, but to cover local production costs shipyards buy forward currency contracts,
transforming their obligations into won. The contracts are paid off in dollars by the buyers. But what if the buyer
cancels? Analysts are warning that the resulting demand for dollars to unwind currency contracts, estimated at USD 10
billion to USD 30 billion, will put further pressure on the won.
Mr Martin Stopford MD of Clarkson Research estimates the backlog in shipyards at USD 526 billion. Some of this comes
with first class payment guarantees, but not all. That requires large amounts of credit, largely from banks which are
hardly in a generous mood and are fully aware that their collateral, if the buyer stumbles, has just depreciated.
Source: Economist
Positive signs for global container
shipping sector
After more than nine months of a sharp downward trend, the global container shipping industry is showing signs of
improving in the second quarter, said a senior container shipping official. Industry officials said the first quarter of
2009 is still weak compared to the last quarter of 2008, indicating a further slowdown in activity, but project a positive
turnaround in business in the remaining part of the year. "There are growing signs that profitability will return in the
coming months. We see optimism returning, however, business is still down at the moment," Ken Bloch Soerensen,
President and CEO of United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), told Emirates Business.
He said the fact that a number of container lines are beginning to increase rates on various routes is in itself a positive
indicator for the container business. "We are still watching the market, we are not yet sure of the trend we are likely to
see for the rest of the year. But there is some hope that things will get better," added Soerensen.
UASC is planning to increase its shipping rates on some routes effective from April 1. Rates from Far East to Europe
(North Europe, Mediterranean and Black Sea) will be increased by $275 (Dh1,010) per TEU (twenty foot equivalent
units). Rates from Europe to the Far East will be increased by $100 per TEU, while rates from Europe to the Red Sea,
the Arabian Gulf and the Indian Subcontinent will be hiked by $50 per 20-foot container and $75 per 40-foot container.
The company will also adjust shipping rates to US East Coast base ports of the US (New York, Norfolk, and Savannah)
by an increase of $200 per 20-foot container and $250 per 40-foot container.
Maersk Line, the world's largest container shipping line, said recently that from May 1 rates for dry cargo shipped from
all origin points in the US and Canada to destinations in the Mediterranean and North Africa will increased by $80 per
20-foot container and $120 per 40-foot container, HighCube or 45-foot container.
French carrier CMA CGM will also next month increase rates between North Europe and the US by $160 per 20-foot dry
container and $220 per 40-foot/40-foot HighCube. Similar hikes have been announced by APL containers on its Asia-
Europe trade route.
Freight rates, the main determinant for profitability in the container shipping industry, have come under pressure since
the second half of 2008, with rates on some major trade routes falling more than 80 per cent.
In an effort to revive freight rates and improve utilisation, UASC, the world's largest container shipping company, said
it would lay-up part of its fleet throughout this year. The company will take out of service three to four ships of up to
3,000 TEUs for a while during 2009 to help narrow the widening gap between demand and supply.
The company has also started a restructuring exercise for services across its global network by placing underutilised
tonnage into trade routes where demand is relatively high.
"Some of our older ships will be idle for a while during 2009 to ease pressure on utilisation," said Soerensen "By taking
out some of the vessels, we will be able to bring back some level of utilisation on the remaining fleet, and this can help
to push up freight rates." He, however, noted that the company was in no rush to increase the number of vessels to
be laid up, adding that the decision would be based on market trends. Between 400 and 500 container vessels around
the globe are believed to be in hot or cold lay-up and the number is expected to go up if the market situation fails to
improve. Soerensen said UASC was going ahead with its restructuring programme by removing capacity from the Asia-
Europe trades that have been hit worst by a drop in demand and adding it to more active trades such as the Middle
East. Source: Emirates Business
shipping sector
After more than nine months of a sharp downward trend, the global container shipping industry is showing signs of
improving in the second quarter, said a senior container shipping official. Industry officials said the first quarter of
2009 is still weak compared to the last quarter of 2008, indicating a further slowdown in activity, but project a positive
turnaround in business in the remaining part of the year. "There are growing signs that profitability will return in the
coming months. We see optimism returning, however, business is still down at the moment," Ken Bloch Soerensen,
President and CEO of United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), told Emirates Business.
He said the fact that a number of container lines are beginning to increase rates on various routes is in itself a positive
indicator for the container business. "We are still watching the market, we are not yet sure of the trend we are likely to
see for the rest of the year. But there is some hope that things will get better," added Soerensen.
UASC is planning to increase its shipping rates on some routes effective from April 1. Rates from Far East to Europe
(North Europe, Mediterranean and Black Sea) will be increased by $275 (Dh1,010) per TEU (twenty foot equivalent
units). Rates from Europe to the Far East will be increased by $100 per TEU, while rates from Europe to the Red Sea,
the Arabian Gulf and the Indian Subcontinent will be hiked by $50 per 20-foot container and $75 per 40-foot container.
The company will also adjust shipping rates to US East Coast base ports of the US (New York, Norfolk, and Savannah)
by an increase of $200 per 20-foot container and $250 per 40-foot container.
Maersk Line, the world's largest container shipping line, said recently that from May 1 rates for dry cargo shipped from
all origin points in the US and Canada to destinations in the Mediterranean and North Africa will increased by $80 per
20-foot container and $120 per 40-foot container, HighCube or 45-foot container.
French carrier CMA CGM will also next month increase rates between North Europe and the US by $160 per 20-foot dry
container and $220 per 40-foot/40-foot HighCube. Similar hikes have been announced by APL containers on its Asia-
Europe trade route.
Freight rates, the main determinant for profitability in the container shipping industry, have come under pressure since
the second half of 2008, with rates on some major trade routes falling more than 80 per cent.
In an effort to revive freight rates and improve utilisation, UASC, the world's largest container shipping company, said
it would lay-up part of its fleet throughout this year. The company will take out of service three to four ships of up to
3,000 TEUs for a while during 2009 to help narrow the widening gap between demand and supply.
The company has also started a restructuring exercise for services across its global network by placing underutilised
tonnage into trade routes where demand is relatively high.
"Some of our older ships will be idle for a while during 2009 to ease pressure on utilisation," said Soerensen "By taking
out some of the vessels, we will be able to bring back some level of utilisation on the remaining fleet, and this can help
to push up freight rates." He, however, noted that the company was in no rush to increase the number of vessels to
be laid up, adding that the decision would be based on market trends. Between 400 and 500 container vessels around
the globe are believed to be in hot or cold lay-up and the number is expected to go up if the market situation fails to
improve. Soerensen said UASC was going ahead with its restructuring programme by removing capacity from the Asia-
Europe trades that have been hit worst by a drop in demand and adding it to more active trades such as the Middle
East. Source: Emirates Business
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1 st Officer
LJudi ...evo pokusajte.SORENTO.Tel 00390815321530 puno srece
Di,sta,kako,daj jos koju recenicu o cemu se radi.
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LJudi ...evo pokusajte.SORENTO.Tel 00390815321530 puno srece
Ovo mi je prestrasno kad ljudi vako napisu, pa daj covice ako vec oces pomoc onda reci o cemu se radi...neko bi mozda svatija ovo ka oglas za Kiu Sorento i to na neki talijanski broj
, al ipak predopostavljan da se radi o uredu MSC u Piano di Sorento u Italiji, neki direkt kontakt od kadrovske!!????walk alone
1 st Officer
E bas to,nazva bi ja odma ali sta cu kad mi se neko javi na ko zna koji jezik,i
jos ga ja pitan alo ko je to,mislija bi da san lud.(a i jesan malo
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jos ga ja pitan alo ko je to,mislija bi da san lud.(a i jesan malo
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walk alone
1 st Officer
Posla san im ja mail al nevirujen da ce bit nesto od toga,jer ipak si ti ima iskustva na tankere,ali niko nece nista izgubit ako proba.
fred perry77
New member
evo neka stranica sa popisom europskih kompanija pa šibajmo CV
http://euroship.multiservers.com/html/europe/comp/comp11.htm#top
http://euroship.multiservers.com/html/europe/comp/comp11.htm#top
Netijak
Equus asinus
Popaj, sritno ti bilo i mirno more...Evo san prvi put u ove dvi godine offhire, vanka Gibraltara, plutamo i lovimo palamide... Ne mogu virovat da ovi tukci u Londonu nemaju tereta... kraj nas dva Golar-a i ?udo jo?? brodi...
Iako mi ne smeta da jo?? ostanemo baren do posli uskrsa...
? ta je reka moj kolega Sipa sa Jadroplova "sidro je najbolja navigacija"...
jo?? 9 sedmica pa na prosvjed...
fred perry77
New member
Dalmos
New member
Ja nislim da je svako iskustvo dobro koliko god drugaciji brod bia od onoga sta ti zamisljas tj zelis u buducnosti. Stoga prika gledaj svaki brod ko novu utakmicu u kojoj moras pobjediti a sta vise pobjedujes prodajes se bolje kao pomorac a s tim dolazi sve sta pozelis
ovo je upravo 550 milijuna dolara u vitar.
Jurong seeks buyer for Petrorig I semi
Sembcorp Marine says that its wholly owned subsidiary Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd (JSPL) has completed the construction
of the semi-submersible rig, PetroRig I.
PetroRig I was ready for delivery to PetroRig I Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PetroMena ASA in early April
2009. However, as the final payment under the construction contract was not made, Jurong today terminated the
contract and will proceed to sell the rig.
PetroRig I is a sixth generation ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig built based on the Friede & Goldman Ex-D
design. The rig is capable of operating in 3,000 mwater depth and harsh environment drilling conditions and is also
suitable for operations in most of the world's known challenging deepwater arena.
Jurong says it is confident that it will be able to sell the rig and to recover all outstanding amounts owed to the shipyard
Jurong seeks buyer for Petrorig I semi
Sembcorp Marine says that its wholly owned subsidiary Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd (JSPL) has completed the construction
of the semi-submersible rig, PetroRig I.
PetroRig I was ready for delivery to PetroRig I Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PetroMena ASA in early April
2009. However, as the final payment under the construction contract was not made, Jurong today terminated the
contract and will proceed to sell the rig.
PetroRig I is a sixth generation ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig built based on the Friede & Goldman Ex-D
design. The rig is capable of operating in 3,000 mwater depth and harsh environment drilling conditions and is also
suitable for operations in most of the world's known challenging deepwater arena.
Jurong says it is confident that it will be able to sell the rig and to recover all outstanding amounts owed to the shipyard