Baltic Exchange Dry Index 2942 UP 156
BCI Baltic Exchange Capesize Index 4797 UP 454
BPI Baltic Exchange Panamax Index 2369 UP 76
BSI Baltic Exchange Supramax Index 1830 DOWN 7
BHSI Baltic Exchange Handysize Index 871 UP 2
27/5 2009 11:43 fcras 0
12205 BULK - Optimism returns in the dry bulk market
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009
After several months of dim prospects, which of course haven’t faded (rather the opposite), at least the recent and continuous rallyof the Baltic Dry Index has been enough to allow room for more optimism in the market.
With the capesize sector leading the pack, yesterday the BDI managed to post its 18th consecutive rise, to end the session at 2,942 points , while the Capesize Index (BCI) gained an impressive 454 points at 4,797 points. This has brought average time charter equivalent rates up by $5,476 to a total of $50,481, since the sector also gained a further 25% during the course of the previous week.
The market has not been at this level since last September. In the period market, several forward fixtures of varying periods were signed on newbuildings at midtwenties levels, depending on vessel type and delivery date.
The news of the day was the deal reached between Australian miner Rio Tinto and Japanese steel Nippon Group, for a price reduction for term iron ore annual contract ranging from 33% up to 44%. Still, as Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS) noted in its latest annual report, frenetic stockpiling in China continues to chase up the market, with Chinese mills apparently anticipating a rise in domestic steel prices later in the year.
BRS also reflected the current trends in terms of dry bulk tonnage supply. “Delays in newbuilding deliveries are also propping up the market: some 200-plus Capes are contractually due for delivery this year, excluding recent cancellations. However, after nearly five months of the year we have seen just 30 Capes handed over, equal to around 5m deadweight. (Around one-fifth of this total was itself delayed from 2008.)
With cancellations slowing and shipowners unable to defer deliveries indefinitely, the theoretical orderbook for 2009-2012 delivery remains around 40m deadweight per year. In short, this suggests shipowners and shippers would be wise to proceed cautiously, despite the fact Cape rates have now returned to 2005/2006 averages” said BRS.
In the panamax front, there were still lots of vessels open end May and early June, but owners are not in a hurry to fix out and most are still asking US$16,500/17,000/day for a round voyage.
There is still a good supply of coal cargos, mostly from ec Australia but also from Indonesia, NOPAC and South Africa, and it is possible for even prompt vessels to pick up business for the ballast leg. “Charterers are monitoring the market and are reluctant to overpay due to the number of potential candidates, accepting a contract once they approach the deadline for nomination. Some vessels were reported fixed but failed, noted BRS.
Nikos Roussanoglou, Hellenic Shipping News
http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49180&Itemid=93
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009
After several months of dim prospects, which of course haven’t faded (rather the opposite), at least the recent and continuous rallyof the Baltic Dry Index has been enough to allow room for more optimism in the market.
With the capesize sector leading the pack, yesterday the BDI managed to post its 18th consecutive rise, to end the session at 2,942 points , while the Capesize Index (BCI) gained an impressive 454 points at 4,797 points. This has brought average time charter equivalent rates up by $5,476 to a total of $50,481, since the sector also gained a further 25% during the course of the previous week.
The market has not been at this level since last September. In the period market, several forward fixtures of varying periods were signed on newbuildings at midtwenties levels, depending on vessel type and delivery date.
The news of the day was the deal reached between Australian miner Rio Tinto and Japanese steel Nippon Group, for a price reduction for term iron ore annual contract ranging from 33% up to 44%. Still, as Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS) noted in its latest annual report, frenetic stockpiling in China continues to chase up the market, with Chinese mills apparently anticipating a rise in domestic steel prices later in the year.
BRS also reflected the current trends in terms of dry bulk tonnage supply. “Delays in newbuilding deliveries are also propping up the market: some 200-plus Capes are contractually due for delivery this year, excluding recent cancellations. However, after nearly five months of the year we have seen just 30 Capes handed over, equal to around 5m deadweight. (Around one-fifth of this total was itself delayed from 2008.)
With cancellations slowing and shipowners unable to defer deliveries indefinitely, the theoretical orderbook for 2009-2012 delivery remains around 40m deadweight per year. In short, this suggests shipowners and shippers would be wise to proceed cautiously, despite the fact Cape rates have now returned to 2005/2006 averages” said BRS.
In the panamax front, there were still lots of vessels open end May and early June, but owners are not in a hurry to fix out and most are still asking US$16,500/17,000/day for a round voyage.
There is still a good supply of coal cargos, mostly from ec Australia but also from Indonesia, NOPAC and South Africa, and it is possible for even prompt vessels to pick up business for the ballast leg. “Charterers are monitoring the market and are reluctant to overpay due to the number of potential candidates, accepting a contract once they approach the deadline for nomination. Some vessels were reported fixed but failed, noted BRS.
Nikos Roussanoglou, Hellenic Shipping News
http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49180&Itemid=93
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27/5 2009 11:55 fcras 012208 :
YARD - Chances of cancellations, ‘insignificant’
Wednesday, 27 May 2009 02:50
Recently, the possibility of shipbuilding order cancellation and renegotiation is mounting in South Korea due to the fall in newbuilding prices , but a security company says the scenario is less likely going forward.
Seoul-based Daewoo Securities analyst Seong Ki-jong said considering domestic large shipbuilders have contracted new ship orders mostly with large-scale shipowners and the prices for raw materials are likely to rise in the second half, only 3% of the entire orderbook at the major shipbuilders may suffer order cancellations or renegotiations.
"Particularly, South Korean shipbuilders have less bulkers on their orderbook and they have mostly signed newbuilding contracts with standard payment method of five 20% installments," he said.
"With raw material prices expected to rise in the latter half 2009, the possibility of order cancellation and renegotiation would decrease."
Seong said, "In the second half, shipbuilding industry could expect orders from offshore plant sector while conventional merchant ship sector lagging behind. Offshore energy development projects which faltered due to global financial crisis could recover from the latter half."
http://www.vinamaso.net/news-events/shipbuilding-repair/chances-of-cancellations-insignificant.html
YARD - Chances of cancellations, ‘insignificant’
Wednesday, 27 May 2009 02:50
Recently, the possibility of shipbuilding order cancellation and renegotiation is mounting in South Korea due to the fall in newbuilding prices , but a security company says the scenario is less likely going forward.
Seoul-based Daewoo Securities analyst Seong Ki-jong said considering domestic large shipbuilders have contracted new ship orders mostly with large-scale shipowners and the prices for raw materials are likely to rise in the second half, only 3% of the entire orderbook at the major shipbuilders may suffer order cancellations or renegotiations.
"Particularly, South Korean shipbuilders have less bulkers on their orderbook and they have mostly signed newbuilding contracts with standard payment method of five 20% installments," he said.
"With raw material prices expected to rise in the latter half 2009, the possibility of order cancellation and renegotiation would decrease."
Seong said, "In the second half, shipbuilding industry could expect orders from offshore plant sector while conventional merchant ship sector lagging behind. Offshore energy development projects which faltered due to global financial crisis could recover from the latter half."
http://www.vinamaso.net/news-events/shipbuilding-repair/chances-of-cancellations-insignificant.html
