Global newbuilding ship prices continue to rise

2013-07-24 08:33

Global new shipbuilding prices have bottomed out since the end of last year and have shown an upward trend since the second quarter of 2013, although the increase is still negligible.

According to Clarkson Research, as of July 1, the new shipbuilding value index reached 126.6 points (P), a month-on-month increase of 0.5p. Besides bulk carriers, there are also signs of an increase in the tanker and container ship sectors. This index has maintained a slight upward trend since 125.6p at the end of March.

In particular, new container ship orders this year have increased by about three times year-on-year, and the new container ship price index has also risen from 72p at the beginning of the year to 74p on July 1.

In addition, the total number of new shipbuilding orders in the global shipbuilding industry in the first half of 2013 was 48 million DWT (749 ships, 16.7 million CGT), a year-on-year increase of 64%.

According to Clarkson statistics, from January to June this year, total new shipbuilding orders amounted to US$36.9 billion, maintaining a similar level to last year (US$37.2 billion). In particular, orders in the offshore engineering sector in the first half of the year, including drilling ships, FPSOs, and offshore support vessels, totaled US$13.4 billion, a year-on-year decrease of about 25%.

Among the orders received in June last year, bulk carriers accounted for 34%, including 28 large handysize bulk carriers and 6 small handysize bulk carriers. This is the first time since November 2012 that there have been no Cape-size bulk carrier orders.

Last month, a total of 10 product tanker orders were placed, with four going to the US General Dynamics NASSCO company and four to the Chinese Ningbo legal entity of Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea.

In addition, in the first half of this year, Chinese shipyards received orders for 21.2 million deadweight tons (347 ships, 6.6 million corrected gross tons, 13.2 million gross tons) of new ships, South Korean shipyards received orders for 16.6 million deadweight tons (184 ships, 6 million corrected gross tons, 11.8 million gross tons), and Japanese shipyards received orders for 6.7 million deadweight tons (94 ships, 2.1 million corrected gross tons, 4.3 million gross tons).

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