Global new shipbuilding market order volume remains stable
2014-07-28 09:00
In recent weeks, newbuilding market order volume has remained stable, with new orders mainly concentrated in bulk carriers ( ship type shipyard transactions According to Golden Destiny's latest weekly report, ship owners ordered a total of 42 new vessels last week, including 19 bulk carriers, 8 oil tankers ( ship type shipyard transactions 1 liquefied gas carrier, 1 general cargo ship ( ship type shipyard transactions 4 container ships ( ship type shipyard transactions 2 cruise ships and 7 specialized vessels ( ship type shipyard transactions with a total capacity of 3,697,293 deadweight tons. Of these, the specific prices of 25 new vessels were not disclosed, while the total investment cost of the remaining 17 new vessels was approximately US$3.1049 billion. New vessel orders decreased by 22% compared to the previous week.
Data shows that bulk carrier orders were the highest last week, accounting for 45% of total orders; oil tanker orders accounted for 19%, container ship orders accounted for 10%, cruise ships accounted for 5%, liquefied gas carriers ( ship type shipyard transactions and general cargo ships each accounted for 2%, and specialized vessels accounted for 17%. Compared to the previous week, bulk carrier orders increased by 138%, from 8 to 19; container ship orders increased by 100%, from 2 to 4; oil tanker orders increased by 14%, from 7 to 8; ro-ro ship orders decreased by 100%, from 3 to 0; and liquefied gas carrier orders decreased by 96%, from 26 to 1.
In another weekly report, Clarksons Hellas pointed out that in the bulk carrier sector last week, the US Foremost Group placed an order at Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry ( location comments news for 4 180,000 DWT Capesize bulk carriers. The total number of 180,000 DWT Capesize bulk carriers ordered at Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry reached 6, with delivery expected between the end of 2015 and 2016. Reuben Brothers placed an order at JMU (Yokohama) shipyard for 2 82,000 DWT bulk carriers, expected to be delivered in early 2016. Including these 2 new vessels, the shipowner's Kamsarmax bulk carrier backlog reached 7 vessels, with the other 5 Kamsarmax bulk carriers ordered at Chengdong Shipbuilding. Four Dimensions Shipping added an order for one 60,000 DWT Ultramax bulk carrier at Onomichi Shipyard, bringing the total number of this series to 6, with the last vessel expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2017. COSCO placed an order at China Shipbuilding Chengxi ( location comments news for 4 63,800 DWT Ultramax bulk carriers and 4 38,800 DWT Handysize bulk carriers, and at Shandong Shipbuilding Heavy Industry ( location comments news for 2 38,500 DWT Handysize bulk carriers. All vessels are expected to be delivered in 2016 and 2017.
In the container ship sector, Seatrade Groningen placed an order at Ouhua Shipbuilding ( location comments news for 2 2200TEU refrigerated ( product library purchase request supply container ships, expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2016. Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. placed an order at Yangfan Group ( location comments news for 2 1100TEU feeder container ships, each priced at US$17 million, expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2016.
In other ship types, COSCO Shipping placed an order for 1 90,000 DWT semi-submersible heavy lift vessel, expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2016. Norwegian Cruise Line ordered 2 164,600 GT cruise ships at the German shipyard Meyer Werft, with delivery scheduled for late 2018 to 2019. Including these 2 new vessels, Norwegian Cruise Line has ordered 6 Breakaway-class cruise ships at Meyer Werft.
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