Ships Beached for Scrap as Returns Reach Record Low

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March 13, 2015
 

Pakistani shipyard workers cut up metal broken off vessels beached at one of the 127 ship-breaking plots in Geddani, west of Karachi. Photographer: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

 

 

(Bloomberg) -- Scrap yards are preparing for record numbers of freighters as shipping rates tumble to all-time lows.

Owners may demolish 40 million deadweight tons of dry bulk carriers, more than double last year’s total, according to Arctic Securities ASA in Oslo. Rates to ship commodities slumped 66 percent last year amid a glut of capacity, the worst performance since the global recession.

China’s combined imports of iron ore and coal, the market’s biggest cargoes, fell to a two year low last month, according to customs data. The

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Reuters: Greek Banks Offloading Shipping Debt to Shore Up Capital

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by Aggelos Skordas - Feb 26, 2015
 
 

Greek banks are considering offloading part of their shipping debt portfolios worth billions of dollars in a bid to shore up their capital, Reuters stressed citing banking and ship-financing sources.

Earlier this week, Athens has secured a four-month extension of its existing loan agreement but the danger of it ending up in a wreck and the threat of a hurtful Grexit still in existence, raises the risk of Greek banks facing further deposit loses in the future, the news agency estimated.

“There are several portfolios being shopped around at the moment, including shipping loans,” an unnamed banking and ship-financing source said, adding that “it makes sense for the Greek banks, which face a huge liquidity problem,

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World’s Biggest Ship Title Shifts Monthly as Rates Fall: Freight

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Ships sit under construction in a dry dock at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

With weak freight rates encouraging shipping lines to send as many goods as possible in a single voyage, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. is buying six ships capable of carrying 20,100 20-foot containers, enough to fit about 203 million iPads. Four are being built by Samsung Heavy Industries Co., the world’s third-biggest shipbuilder, and two will

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Se venden viejos buques de la Armada desde 22.000 euros

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El Confidencial 20.02.2015

La marina subasta cuatro barcos dados de baja para que sean convertidos en chatarra. Están incluidos el L-42 ‘Pizarro’ y el hidrográfico ‘Rigel’

Cuatro buques de la Armada ya dados de baja, algunos con mucha historia detrás como el ‘Pizarro’, se subastarán en los próximos meses en el Arsenal de Cádiz. Destinados a ser convertidos en chatarra, se venden desde 22.000 euros.

Las cuatro embarcaciones fueron dadas de baja hace aproximadamente 3 años, dentro del plan de reducción de buques sin uso que puso en marcha la Armada española. El más importante de todos los afectados por este proceso fue el portaaeronaves Príncipe de Asturias, cuya subasta está prevista para este 2015.

Entre el catálogo a subastar en esta

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