New Orders Container
Again, interest in containership newbuilding activity was focused on the feeder segment. Additional information regarding[ds_preview] the Evergreen and Wan Hai orders on which we had reported were announced. Evergreen will be chartering up to 24 of the 1,800TEU newbuildings from Shoei Kisen, Pacific Ship Management and Mitsui. Shoei Kisen will provide 16 vessels, to be built at sister company Imabari. Mitsui assured 6 units, which will come from HMD, while Pacific will provide 2 vessels, to be constructed at Yangzijiang.
Wan Hai ordered six 1,900TEU vessels plus two options at JMU, while Huangpu Wenchong will build four firm ships plus two options.
Huanghai ordered eight 2,800TEU ships, with two consecutive options. The vessels will be built at JMU.
Secondhand Sales Container
The activity in the S&P market increased. The biggest container vessels sold were three 10,600TEU ships, picked up by Ship Finance International. Built in 2015, they were acquired in combination with long term time charters to Maersk, running for a period of between 6 and 10 years. In the feeder segment, Arkas Line purchased the 2011 built »Reecon Whale« and »Reecon Emre«. The 1,022-TEU-ships were acquired for 13,5mill. $.
Demolition Sales
The pace of demolition was subdued during this reporting period. On the Indian sub-continent, the 1992 built feeder »Esm Cremona« was sold for 447 $ per ldt.
Jan Göldner
