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Wednesday, 16 January 19
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - INTERMODAL
 As we go through the first days of the year and just a few weeks before the Chinese New Year, the ship repair sector is witnessing a big difference between the current workload and the one expected a few months down the line. Indeed, shipyards around the world are going through a relatively slack beginning of the year, which includes also includes backlog from the end of 2018, while at the same time they are expecting the start of one of the busiest periods for ship repair sector within the next couple of months. The workload, which is anticipated to be well above the working capacity of yards, is estimated to last till mid-2020.
After almost 4 years of recession in ship repair sector, we are looking at an obvious upturn which is going to pencil a full year and a half of clear benefit to the shipyards. Additionally, shipyards are looking into allocating their work force into the most efficient way, securing the slots for repeated customers and trying to select projects which will give them maximum returns.
Knowing that the boosting factor for the booming repair market derives from the scrubber retrofit wave, the main challenges for the yards are the specialized piping workforce required and of course the long-lasting occupancy of shipyard’s berthing facilities. With regards to the piping workforce, respective certified pipe workers with relatively adequate workmanship are required in order to ensure the success of the respective project. If this requirement is not met, Owners will most likely face delays during installation and post refit malfunctions.
While accessing the overall trend for scrubber retrofits, demand for further retrofits has slowed down, with the number of owners investing in retrofits pretty much defined. Owners that have already purchased scrubber units are those giving almost the full picture of the current scrubber market, which is not likely to expand a lot. Nevertheless, those Owners already involved are still considering
retrofitting more of their ships based on speculation or charterer demands.
Once more, projections in regards to the fuel price spread are also highly diversified. Following the conservative side, some predict the fuel spread price will become more and narrower. The one thing that hasn’t changed is the commitment made by Oil Majors that they will be ready by 2020, but without disclosing the exact technicalities on how they will achieve a stable fuel. This is adding into the uncertainty in regards to the range of the fuel price spread.
After the decision of the Singaporean and Chinese port authorities to not accept open loop scrubbers, another option Owners are taking into consideration is the hybrid or closed loop scrubbers. However, with hybrid scrubber retrofits being a much more expensive solution when it comes both to OPEX and CAPEX compared to open loop, Owners are trying to avoid this more complicated and expensive investment. A good choice for Owners remains the hybrid-ready scrubbers, which can be converted to hybrid in case of need but initially are planned to be used as open loop, having this way all the advantages of the open loop.
By Vassilis Vassiliou
Ship-repair Broker
Compiled by:
Intermodal Research & Valuations
Analysts:
Ms Eva Tzima
George Panagopoulos
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Tuesday, 26 February 19
CHINA RESTRICTS SEABORNE COAL IMPORTS - WOOD MACKENZIE
In response to news on China's Dalian port restricting seaborne coal imports, Wood Mackenzie's experts provide the following commentary.
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Tuesday, 26 February 19
THE RELATIVELY DISAPPOINTING SCENE PORTRAYED IN THE DRY BULK MARKET RIGHT NOW - ALLIED SHIPBROKING
The relatively disappointing scene portrayed in the dry bulk market right now (especially in the Capesize segment) is undoubtedly one of the prevai ...
Friday, 22 February 19
AUSTRALIAN HIGH CV THERMAL COAL PRICES AT 19-MONTH LOW, BUT NOT FOR LONG - WOOD MACKENZIE
The benchmark Newcastle high energy thermal coal price has fallen from US$100/tonne at the turn of the new year to US$88/tonne. Thermal coal has be ...
Wednesday, 20 February 19
EFFECTIVE NOTICES OF ARBITRATION - AVOIDING WASTED COSTS AND A POTENTIALLY TIME-BARRED CLAIM
KNOWLEDGE TO ELEVATE
In a recent case, The Amity [2017], charterers successfully set aside an arbitration award on the basis that ow ...
Wednesday, 20 February 19
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - INERMODAL
Market experts mostly agree that the recent dry bulk market downtrend was caused by seasonal slowdown amid the Chinese New Year celebrations in com ...
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- PTC India Limited - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- White Energy Company Limited
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Parliament of New Zealand
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- VISA Power Limited - India
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Australian Coal Association
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Planning Commission, India
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- The University of Queensland
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
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