Boxship demolition slows to crawl
Apr, 03, 2023 Posted by Gabriel MalheirosWeek 202317
The expected tsunami of container vessels sold for demolition is evaporating. Liner operators are intent on chasing market share despite the correction in freight rates, continuing to charter boxships.
This has pushed up charter rates and dissuaded owners from scrapping more ships.
Clarksons’ Shipping Intelligence Weekly indicates that for all of March, just two container ships, MSC’s 1989-built 2,450 TEU MSC Veronique and Vasi Shipping’s 1996-built 1,694 TEU Vasi Star, were sold for scrap.
In comparison, five container ships were sold for demolition in February, while in January, Taiwanese liner operator Wan Hai Lines sold 10 elderly ships in an en bloc recycling transaction.
Clarksons remarked, “The supply of tonnage to the ship recycling market has slowed considerably, with only a handful of units currently being circulated. However, there is speculation that some of these units will instead be sold on for further trading amid some improving shipping market conditions.”
The world’s largest shipbroker noted that last week, Taiwanese liner operator Evergreen Marine Corporation circulated two 1999-built, 5,652 TEU ships, Ever Unific and Ever Uberty.
Cash buyer Global Marketing Systems suggested that declining scrap prices in the Indian subcontinent, as well as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, are also behind the slowdown in ships being offered for demolition.
The cash buyer said, “While there have been a plethora of sales at the start of the year, particularly in the container sectors, the supply has surprisingly slowed so much of late, it nearly seems like it has timed itself in sync with declining sub-continent prices.”
Source: Container-News
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