New Orders Container
After quite a long period of restraint, more and more shipowners are finding the courage to order newbuildings. Most recently, Seaspan and the Greek shipowner Marinakis (6 x13,000 TEU) for Capital Maritime & Trading inked orders, in addition to some smaller Asian owners. The Canadian market leader Seaspan was acti[ds_preview]ve twice: One order for 2 x 24,000 TEU, including a 18-year charter contract »with a large line«, antoher one for 10 x 15,000 TEU dual fuel units with ZIM charter.
Secondhand Sales
Marinakis was also active in the second-hand market, buying six 3.752 TEU vessels (built 2007). Also, the tramp owner GSL (7 x 6,000 TEU, seller still unknown) and again MSC made a move. The Swiss are said to take over tonnage from German shipowners Hans Peterson (»Westermoor«), Foroohari (»BF Osprey«, »BF Mahia«) as well as Borealis and Jebsen, among others.
Demolition Sales
The scrapping market for container ships is currently very flat. »No news« was the latest word from brokers. Prices were last at $ 445 / ldt (Bangladesh), $ 440 (Pakistan), $ 435 (India) and $ 250 (Turkey). MM
