Greek Ship Owners Increase Newbuilding Orders<\/p>\n
Hellenic Shipping News<\/p>\n
ore Greek owners have placed newbuilding orders over the past few days. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa noted that \u201cChinese groups led newbuilding contracting with sizable orders, while Greek owners maintained a dynamic presence. In the dry bulk segment, Shandong Shipping proceeded with an order for 10 VLOCs at Qingdao Beihai, priced at $130m per vessel. Energy One agreed with Swan Defence of India for a quarter of 92.5k dwt ammonia dual fuel bulkers, to be delivered in 2029 -2030. On the wet side, Carlova Maritime commissioned Hanwha Ocean for a single 300k dwt tanker, due in 2029, priced at $130m, while also placing an order for a 114k dwt LR2 at Hengli Shipbuilding, for 2028 delivery, at $73m. Venergy Maritime secured a pair of 157k dwt tankers at GSI, China. Similarly, Eastern Pacific booked a further pair of 157k dwt units also at the same yard, for 2028 delivery, while Swiss Maritime Capital contracted DH Shipbuilding, for a duo of 157k dwt crude carriers, at $90m apiece. In containerships, Cosco Shipping ordered 12 LNG dual fuel 14k teu boxships at Hudong Zhonghua estimated at $170m\u2013$190m each. Peter Dohle added a pair of 3.1k teu units at Chengxi Shipyard, valued at $48m apiece. Furthermore, Zhonggu Logistics placed an order for 10 vessels of 1.8k teu each at Wuhan Qingshan Shipyard, at $39.2m each. Elsewhere, JP Morgan booked a pair of VLGCs at Samsung HI, at $113m per unit. Byzantine Maritime also secured a duo of 40k cbm LPG carriers at HD Hyundai HI, due in 2029, valued at $79m per unit. Finally, CNOOC commissioned a pair of AHTS vessels at Jiangmen Hantong, at $25.4m apiece\u201d, the shipbroker said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in the S&P market, shipbroker Xclusiv said that in the dry bulk market, \u201cthis week saw a firm flow of activity across the Kamsarmax, Panamax and handysize segments, with a notable volume of modern and vintage units changing hands. On the Kamsarmax sector, the modern vessels \u201cSEACON VANCOUVER\u201d \u2013 85K\/2023 CSSC Huangpu and \u201cSEACON OSLO\u201d \u2013 85K\/2023 CSSC Huangpu were both sold for USD 36 mills each. Greek buyers acquired the \u201cJOHN M CARRAS\u201d \u2013 82K\/2012 Daewoo for USD 18.2 mills, while the \u201cDIAMANTINA\u201d \u2013 82K\/2010 Tsuneishi Zhoushan achieved USD 19 mills. In the Panamax sector, the \u201cN AMALTHIA\u201d \u2013 75K\/2006 Universal was sold for USD 10.3 mills, while Chinese buyers acquired the \u201cTAILWINDS\u201d \u2013 73K\/2004 Jiangnan Shipyard for USD 8.5 mills.<\/p>\n
The Supramax \u201cAQUAVITA BAY\u201d \u2013 55K\/2014 JMU was sold for excess USD 20 mills, while the 3-year older \u201cPLATON\u201d \u2013 58K\/2011 SPP was sold for USD 15.4 mills. The Handysize segment continued to attract strong interest. Nova Marine acquired the logs fitted and Open Hatch \u201cBERGE HALLASAN\u201d \u2013 38K\/2016 Naikai for USD 21.3 mills basis purchase option declaration. The \u201cNANAIMO BAY\u201d \u2013 34K\/2016 Namura was sold for excess USD 19 mills. Further deals include the logger \u201cSTAMFORD PIONEER\u201d \u2013 32K\/2012 Taizhou Maple at USD 8.5 mills, while the ice-classed loggers \u201cCOSCO KUNLUNSHAN\u201d \u2013 32K\/2010 Fujian Mawei and \u201cJIN WANG LING\u201d \u2013 32K\/2010 Guangzhou Huangpu were sold for USD 8.2 mills each. Finally, smaller Handies saw steady demand with the \u201cITHACA PATIENCE\u201d \u2013 28K\/2010 Shimanami achieving high USD 9 mills\u201d.<\/p>\n
In the tanker segment, \u201cthis week saw a healthy flow of activity across the suezmax and MR segments. Notably, two Suezmax units, \u201cCAP FELIX\u201d \u2013 159K\/2008 Samsung and \u201cSIENNA\u201d \u2013 150K\/2007 Universal were sold enbloc for a combined price of USD 95 mills. In the LR1 \u201cPM MONARCH\u201d \u2013 77K\/2007 Dalian achieved USD 20 mills. On the MR2 sector, activity was led by modern scrubber fitted tonnage, with the sister vessels \u201cSTI BLACK HAWK\u201d \u2013 50K\/2015 HMD and \u201cSTI BROOKLYN\u201d \u2013 50K\/2015 SPP both sold for USD 35 mills each, with delivery expected in Q2 2026. Finally, in the smaller sizes, the ice class II \u201cRINELLA M\u201d \u2013 40K\/2006 Santierul Naval was sold for USD 13.5 mills, while the \u201cYC AZALEA\u201d \u2013 20K\/2004 Shin Kurushima changed hands for USD 10.75 mills\u201d, Xclusiv concluded.<\/p>\n
Nikos Roussanoglou, Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide<\/p>\n
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