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Weekly Market Report th Issue: Week 36 |Tuesday 08 September 2020 Market insight Chartering (Wet: Soft- / Dry: Soft-) By Yiannis Parganas Momentum in the dry bulk market remains soft, with consecutive nega- Market Analyst tive closings being noted across all sizes. Capesize and Panamax perfor- mance witnessed most of the pressure with substantial earnings dis- counts reported w-o-w. The BDI today (08/09/2020) closed at 1328 The uneventful summer lull which is coming to an end soon has left its stig- points, down by 21 points compared to Monday’s (07/09/2020) levels ma on the newbuilding market, which has already been devastated by the and decreased by 143 points when compared to previous Tuesday’s global social and economic effects of Covid-19 pandemic during the first half closing (01/09/2020). Rates in the crude carrier market are still pointed of 2020. south, with average earnings hovering below OPEX levels across every The newbuilding sector has been rather discouraging in terms of its activity sector. The BDTI today (08/09/2020) closed at 446, decreased by 20 levels over the past summer lull period of time. Over the past summer points and the BCTI at 465, a decrease of 17 point compared to previous months, the asset investment decision between purchasing a newbuilding Tuesday’s (01/09/2020) levels. versus a modern secondhand dry bulk vessel has been illustrated. Owners are inclined to choose respective modern ships owing to the lucrative price Sale & Purchase (Wet: Stable+ / Dry: Firm+) discounts on display over pricey, time and capital intensive newbuildings. Sale and Purchase activity remained healthy in the dry bulk sector realm Both vessel investments do not differ significantly in terms of operational for yet another week. Tanker sales were subdued w-o-w with deals fo- efficiencies. Sectoral newbuilding analysis has shown that dry bulk vessel cusing on older vessels (above 15 years of age) while clean product car- orders remained at significant lows over the past summer months whereas riers were the most common secondhand transactions. All bulker seg- tanker candidates (especially MR and clean product vessels) monopolized ments exhibited healthy transactional volumes. In the tanker sector we the global vessel orderbook with volumes however being at low levels. had the sale of the “PETROPAVLOVSK” (106,532dwt-blt ‘02, Japan), which was sold to U.A.E based owner, Kasco, for a price in the region of Owners are not able to pin down their future green fleet-composition strate- $10.2m. On the dry bulker side sector we had the sale of the “CAPE gies adding an extra burden on shipyards which are already struggling to VANGUARD” (206,180dwt-blt ‘06, Japan), which was sold to Chinese stay afloat during the pandemic. The shipping industry’s “divided” view on buyers, for a price in the region of $14.7m. the commercial and long-term implementation feasibility of eco-friendliness and sustainability is causing concern and investment ambiguity. The key Newbuilding (Wet: Soft- / Dry: Stable+) rationale behind this uncertainty is that there is a need to promote decar- bonization in shipping by reducing its carbon footprint. This will be achieved Some spark of life has emerged in the Newbuilding dry bulk front; how- through the further digitization of vessels and their navigation technologies. ever, the overall contracting activity remain soft, a trend which has con- Current eco-friendly alternatives in shipping include LNG-fueled vessels & tinued from the start of the year. Among the recently surfacing orders, carrier of ammonia, alternative propulsion fuels and batteries. The path owners kept showing no particular interest for crude carrier vessels with towards greener shipping is non-trivial and most definitely non-obvious. their appetite concentrating on the chemical sector. As far as the dry Therefore, this cloud of uncertainty regarding eco-friendliness has adversely bulk orders are concerned, interest has been for another week dis- impacted newbuilding orders. played on the Ultramax and Kamsarmax sizes while the four firm plus four options Kamsarmax order from China Minsheng Trust at Chengxi This widespread scepticism is more than justified when taking the example shipyard made the headlines. It remains to be seen how the market of scrubbers into consideration. Up to now scrubber installations have simul- activity and the criteria that shape it will develop over the remaining last taneously seen a decent amount of praise and criticism. Scrubbers have not quarter with its current volume being at significant low levels. In terms yet been proven to be environmentally friendly and their exact effects on of recently reported deals, Japanese owner, Noma Kaiun, placed an the environment remain to be seen. In the end of 2019, the low Sulphur to order for two firm Ultramax vessels (64,000 dwt) at Tsuneishi Cebu, in high Sulphur fuel oil price differential was over $350/ton, which rendered Philippines, for a price in the region of $28.0m each and delivery set in the decision to install scrubbers an intuitive one. However, with the differen- 2022. tial falling to below half the aforementioned value, scrubber adoptions have seen a rapid cessation, and this has adversely impacted the respective inves- Demolition (Wet: Stable+ / Dry: Stable+) tor sentiment for eco-friendly newbuildings further. The Demolition market kept being a lucrative option for owners willing The last quarter of the year is ahead us, however the economic fundamen- to dispose their units, with scrap prices hovering at an average level of tals remain weak and poised towards a bleak year over year newbuilding mid USD 300/LDT in the Indian subcontinent regions. During the past orderbook. The soft freight market activity in both the dry bulk and tanker days, the supply of tonnage offering for scraping have increased with sector coupled with the aforementioned necessity for environmentally cash buyers have been anything but reserved with their bids and ab- friendly adoptions have pushed potential newbuilding investors to the side- sorbing all the available tonnage. Pakistani breakers remain the most lines. This new reality, has intensified the competition among shipyards for profitable option for non-green recycling units followed by Bangladesh the less available newbuilding order market share. Nonetheless, in every and India in due order, with the latter having a respectable share of HKC crisis there is always a story silver lining which in the newbuilding front is candidates. The fact that Pakistan has emerged as the biggest player in depicted by the smiles of owners who are destined to see a substantial over- the region, has boosted the competition, with Bangladesh seems that all fleet supply decrease with the current year contracting activity being now have the momentum to prove its leading role in the coming analogous to the 2017 very low levels. months. Average prices in the different markets this week for tankers ranged between $205-360/ldt and those for dry bulk units between $200-340/ldt. Tanker Market Spot Rates Indicative Period Charters Week 36 Week 35 2019 2018 $/day - 4 to 6 mos - 'BABYLON' 2020 300,000 dwt Vessel Routes WS WS $/day $/day ±% $/day $/day - - $37,000/day - cnr points points 265k MEG-SPORE 25 8,904 30 13,658 -34.8% 45,517 20,265 280k MEG-USG 18 160 19 1,164 -86.3% 35,659 5,635 VLCC 260k WAF-CHINA 29 13,515 32 16,333 -17.3% 41,077 18,362 TD3 TD6 TD9 DIRTY - WS RATES 130k MED-MED 47 8,498 52 11,986 -29.1% 30,857 20,320 500 130k WAF-UKC 34 4,948 43 9,602 -48.5% 25,082 11,031 400 Suezmax 140k BSEA-MED 49 2,505 54 4,859 -48.4% 30,857 20,320 80k MEG-EAST 68 8,235 71 8,422 -2.2% 24,248 12,563 300 80k MED-MED 59 1,510 56 -1,182 227.7% 25,771 18,589 200 WSpoints 100k BALTIC/UKC 50 4,948 54 6,507 -24.0% 25,842 14,943 Aframax 100 70k CARIBS-USG 57 1,224 64 2,959 -58.6% 20,886 19,039 0 75k MEG-JAPAN 88 17,403 96 19,486 -10.7% 22,050 11,119 55k MEG-JAPAN 75 8,773 98 14,167 -38.1% 15,071 8,449 Clean 37K UKC-USAC 118 12,644 115 11,392 11.0% 12,367 7,529 30K MED-MED 137 11,856 95 510 2224.7% 14,008 5,487 55K UKC-USG 59 2,880 58 1,671 72.4% 15,960 9,527 TC1 TC2 TC5 TC6 CLEAN - WS RATES 750 55K MED-USG 59 2,812 58 1,697 65.7% 15,327 9,059 Dirty 50k CARIBS-USG 80 5,932 82 5,642 5.1% 18,781 10,637 600 450 300 WSpoints TC Rates 150 0 $/day Week 36 Week 35 ±% Diff 2019 2018 300k 1yr TC 32,000 36,000 -11.1% -4000 37,462 25,394 VLCC 300k 3yr TC 34,000 35,000 -2.9% -1000 35,777 31,306 150k 1yr TC 21,000 22,000 -4.5% -1000 26,808 17,668 Suezmax 150k 3yr TC 26,000 26,000 0.0% 0 25,988 21,743 110k 1yr TC 19,000 19,500 -2.6% -500 21,990 15,543 Indicative Market Values ($ Million) - Tankers Aframax Sep-20 Aug-20 110k 3yr TC 21,250 21,750 -2.3% -500 22,426 18,532 Vessel 5yrs old ±% 2019 2018 2017 avg avg 75k 1yr TC 16,000 16,000 0.0% 0 16,635 13,192 Panamax VLCC 300KT DH 67.0 67.8 -1.1% 69.6 64.5 62.0 75k 3yr TC 15,750 15,750 0.0% 0 16,916 15,032 Suezmax 52k 1yr TC 14,500 14,500 0.0% 0 15,269 13,721 150KT DH 47.0 47.4 -0.8% 49.0 43.8 41.4 MR 52k 3yr TC 16,000 16,000 0.0% 0 16,181 15,065 Aframax 110KT DH 35.5 35.5 0.0% 37.1 32.1 30.4 36k 1yr TC 13,250 13,250 0.0% 0 13,856 12,264 LR1 75KT DH 29.0 29.0 0.0% 31.5 29.6 27.6 Handy 36k 3yr TC 14,000 14,000 0.0% 0 13,753 13,431 MR 52KT DH 25.0 25.0 0.0% 28.5 26.6 23.4 Chartering Sale & Purchase Owners of crude carrier vessels seem unable to provide any meaningful In the Aframax sector we had the sale of the “PETROPAVLOVSK” resistance for another week, with charterers kept lowering their bids and (106,532dwt-blt ‘02, Japan), which was sold to U.A.E based owner, Kasco, pushing rates at even lower levels.