Weak freight rates wet vessel purchase activityPosted by Jespersen Carrillo on February 24th, 2021 The current decline in freight prices, specifically in the dry freight field, is beginning to hit the vessel sales and also purchase market. Prices for second-hand vessels are levelling out and also sometimes weakening, claimed shipbroker Clarkson Hellas in a regular sales and acquisition report. " This week saw the first genuine indications of damaged purchasing belief as a result of the downturn in the products market ... if this decline continues we would certainly expect to see a much more sustained down pressure on worths in the coming weeks," the report said. "There is still enquiry in the marketplace, yet much of it seems coming from buyers that are lining up tonnage with a hope that costs will certainly slide substantially over coming weeks instead of moving in immediately as they have actually mored than the previous months." In the vessel market, the Japanese-owned 47,110 t product carrier Freja Springtime, constructed in 1999, is believed to have been devoted to India-based Sanmar Team for .25 mn. Italian firm Scorpio Tankers is thought to have acquired a 40,059 t new-build resale for shipment in August from South Korea's Shina Shipbuilding for mn. On older completely dry freight vessels, the 75,864 t 4 Planet, developed by Japan's Mitsubishi in 1984, is thought to have been marketed to Greek rate of interests for .4 mn with a time charter affixed up until January 2011 at ,000 per day. The 71,240 t, 1982-built Swift Fortune has been sold to Chinese purchasers for .75 mn. The Seaforce Marianna, also integrated in 1982, has actually been sold for .1 mn to unnamed purchasers, claimed Clarkson Hellas. A busier week on scrap tonnage saw a number of big vessels devoted to purchasers in Pakistan and India, stated scrap ship buyer as well as recycler GMS. drilling fluid additives chemicals TMT-controlled huge unrefined service provider Front Sabang sold last week for 5/t to Pakistan, complied with by the Thai-owned Aframax vessel Sriracha Power at "an extremely solid" 0/t, GMS stated. "This is the highest we have actually seen for a basic tanker because the marketplaces rolled around 0/light bunch lately, a sign possibly that renovation is starting to hold." India proceeded with its scrap procurements as the buying continued at rate, although sentiment for the week was down around /t. Chinese levels faltered once again for the week, having tumbled sharply throughout the past month and also residential customers hesitant to commit to vessels. This decline in sales implies it has actually come to be increasingly tough to assess scrap prices in China.Like it? Share it! More by this author |