马六甲海峽通行量
2014.02.16
一：本期头条 作为亚欧航行要道和波斯湾到中国油轮生命线,马六甲海峽之重要性世人具知. 百年來亚欧和欧亚双向船只均利用它因它提供最短的航程. 2013年海峽通行量达历史颠峰的77,973超越2008年的76,381船次. 行通行量于2005年急升22% 到2008年的76,381船次, 然后逐渐下降到2009年的71,359船次.
Malacca Straits transits hit all time high in 2013, pass 2008 peak
Tuesday, 11 February 2014 | 00:00
The key waterway linking Asian and European trade, the Malacca Straits, is a barometer for the health of world trade. Traffic volumes in the Straits peaked in 2008, falling back sharply in 2009 as the global financial crisis took its toll on trade, however, last year saw transits of the waterway reach an all time high surpassing the 2008 peak.
According to data from the Marine Department of Malaysia’s STRAITREP reporting system, compiled by the Nippon Maritime Center (NMC) in Singapore, there were 77,973 transits of the Malacca Strait last year by vessels of 300 gt or more, passing the previous high of 76,381 in 2008.
Traffic volumes in the Straits grew 22% during in the so-called super-cycle that shipping experienced from 2005 – 2008, with the number of transits growing from 62,621 in 2005 to 76,381 in 2008. However, 2009 the number of transits fell to 71,359 a year when global trade fell 12% compared to 2008. Since 2009 the number of transits of the Malacca Straits has steadily increased with the exception of a slight dip in 2011.
“The declining trend due to the 2008 financial crisis mainly affected container ships and car carriers, however VLCC traffic continued to show a strong 20% growth in the last five years. Bulk carrier traffic also showed strong growth of 23%, and tankers showed 15% growth in the last five years,” the report by NMC noted.
The increased traffic volumes on the key waterway is good news in terms of the balance of demand and supply in shipping although does present increasing challenges in terms of safety of navigation, particularly in the large tanker segment, where the deepwater route is little more than 1 km wide at its narrowest point. The alternative route to Malacca Straits for tankers from the Middle East would be the Lombok Straits which adds roughly 1,000 miles and three days additional steaming time, not accounting for slow steaming.
The number of VLCCs transits the straits hit 4,825 last year, an average of 13.2 transits a day, with the growth in Chinese crude oil imports from the Middle East seen as a major driver. Unlike many other vessel types transits for VLCCs grew even during 2009.
“China has been steadily building up its crude oil refining capacity in the last five years and is forecast to handle 12m barrels per day or equivalent of six VLCCs by year 2015. The Middle East still supplies more than half of China’s oil imports,” the report said.
Container ship transit numbers are still lower than the peak of 26,359 in 2008, and last year stood at 24,658. However, containerships have witnessed significant size growth in that time with the emergence of the ultra-large boxships of 13,000 teu and greater, and such tonnage is deployed solely on the Asia – Europe trade. 律宾
Source: Seatrade Global
一封來自 Intermanager的信劝告船东们对欧盟海事当局可能颁发禁止菲律宾高级船员在欧盟国家船上工作的法令不厂必太过紧张因该法令允许菲律宾当局在五年提高高级船员的培训和素质.
Intermanager Urges Calm over Possible Filipino Officer Ban
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Managers should put in place sensible contingency plans to guard against a worst-case scenario should Filipino officers potentially find themselves banned from working on EU-flagged vessels. This follows concerns raised by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) over the ability of the Philippine MShip maritime Administration to fully and effectively implement all provisions of the STCW Convention.
This call by InterManager is intended to put perspective on anxieties about what the EU may ultimately decide with regard to the results of EMSA’s most recent audit of the Philippines in October 2013. Meantime, the Philippine Government and industry representatives are working hand-in-hand to rectify original EMSA findings and Philippine sources are confident this continuing effort and work in progress will achieve the desired results for all stakeholders.
To mitigate the immediate impact of any possible ban that may be promulgated by the EU, InterManager is calling on all ship managers to ensure their Filipino officers have extended the validity of their CoCs prior to any ban coming into force. The EU has indicated that, if ever a ban were to take effect, this would not be levied against valid and active CoCs. By extending the validity of their CoCs, the Filipino officers are able to gain a maximum five year period of grace. Should the EU ever implement a ban, a subsequent resolution may likely be found within the five year grace period. Georgia, which has recently been subjected to a similar ban, resolved its shortcomings within two years.
Owners and managers should also look to hold discussions with various Port State Control MOUs to extend this five year window to Filipino officers serving on non-EU flagged vessels which may call on EU ports.
HMM agrees $1bn sale 经济困难的韩国现代船务公司己选国内一家投资参加竞标购买该公司之天然气船队Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has selected a local investment group as preferred bidder for its LNG fleet.
Hyundai Utopia
The Korean shipowner will sell the seven wholly owned ships and part shares in two others to IMM Investments for KRW 1.1 trillion ($1.03bn), it confirmed in a statement today.
When the deal goes through in the next few months, HMM will have raised a third of the KRW 3.3 trillion it had been targeting from asset sales.
The company has been under pressure to cut costs following two straight years of losses.
其他新闻:
1. -台湾屏东雾台乡鲁凱族原住民杜振勇42岁今年成为高雄港第一位原住民引水人(引航员).
2. -因世界商船吨位过剩中海预计2013年亏损将达 4.35亿美元.
3. -新加坡政府将投资 1,730万美元培训400名新加坡旗之高级船员.
4. -苏彝士运河从5月1日开始提高通过运河费用2.6%.
5. -新加坡公司PIL从下月开航从亚洲到美西之航线, 经过之港口为: 南沙-香港-盐田-宁波-上海-釜山-西雅图-温哥华-南沙. 该公司拥有船只50多艘,世界排名第十四.
6. -伊朗石油公司拥有油轮67艘运输量1,600万吨排名世界第二.
二：造船 (New Building)
1. -中远继上个月订造4条新船之后再次出乎订造5条 9.400-teu新船总值为 4.35亿美元, 据说这型新船将安排于亚洲-美西航线, 而亚洲-欧洲航线将派出 19,200-teu新船.
2. -今年开春之后新船订单快速增加可能是船东们赶在涨价之前下单,订单包括30万吨VLCC油轮52条, 其中一半來自亚洲船东.
三：港口 (Terminal)
1. -中国交通部颁发法令禁止40万吨矿砂石船滿载进口卸货, 变通办法是把货量减少到25万吨.
2. -美西港口西雅图2013年货箱运作量为 157万箱同比下降16.5%.
四：海难 (Casualty)
1. -新加坡港上个月在二个星期内一连串发生三起货船相撞事件, 海事局正在严查中.
MPA gets serious
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is meeting shipping industry players after launching a probe into recent accidents in its waters.
It said there had been three collisions resulting in oil spills in recent weeks and it has begun “conducting investigations to determine the causes of the collisions and if there were systemic issues that need to be addressed.”
In the meantime, it is conducting briefings with owners, managers, charterers and agents to reinforce the importance of the safety of navigation in the Singapore Strait
Circulars will be sent out on navigational safety and the port operations control centre will start broadcasts on "the importance of safe navigation and vigilance."
It added: "MPA is gravely concerned about the recent incidents in Singapore's waters. We are working with the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) to take immediate steps to raise the level of awareness of navigational safety in the shipping community.”
The latest incident on Monday saw the 2,959-teu Hammonia Thracium (built 1997) and the 12,100-dwt chemical tanker Zoey (built 2011) collide, resulting in a spill of fuel.
五：买卖/租贷 (S/P & Chartering)
1. SALE AND PURCHASE
Vessel Size Built Buyer Price
Cape Seagull 176 000 2011 Undisclosed 46,00
GL Daishan 98 000 2011 Greek 30,00
GL Qushan 98 000 2011 30,00
Prime Rose 81 516 2012 Undisclosed 33,00
Prime Daisy 81 507 2012 33,00
Prime Ginger 81 507 2012 33,00
Chengyang Pioneer 76 202 2013 SITC 27,00
Asia 57 005 2010 Greek 22,40
Metropol 56 000 2012 Greek 26,30
Amira Layan 37 554 1984 Syrian 3,70
Free Knight 24 111 1997 Chinese 3,60 As is and laid up
2. SOLD FOR DEMOLITION
Vessel name Size Ldt Built Buyer Price
CONT APL Sardonyx 65 598 21 574 1995 Indian 480
CONT Hanjin Shanghai 62 799 18 831 1995 Indian 460
CONT Santiago 32 355 10 033 1996 Undisclosed 402
MV Rising Phoenix 38 220 7 475 1985 Indian 430
3. GENERAL COMMENT
With the Chinese New Year celebration taken place over the last week, the newbuilding order activity has slowed down. We do however expect the activity to accelerate over the next weeks. Interesting to notice that Coscoshipping has released a 3 year fleet renewal program sparked by the Chinese government subsidy scheme for scrapping old tonnage and replacing them
with new Eco-version vessels from state owned domestic yards. Their newbuilding plan consist of abt. 100 vessels, and their order confirmed this week at CSSC Hudong for five 9400 TEU Container vessels is a part of this program. We expect prices to continue the firm trend backed on the strong demand.
4. ACTIVITY
Tankers and Dry Bulkers
Average Far Eastern Prices
PRICES (mill usd) This Week Last Week Low 2014 High 2014
VLCC 300´dwt 99.0 98.0 96.0 99.0
Suezmax 150´dwt 67.0 66.0 64.0 67.0
Aframax 110´dwt 54.0 54.0 52.0 54.0
Product 50´dwt 37.5 37.0 36.0 37.5
Capesize 180´dwt 56.0 55.0 55.0 56.0
Panamax 82´dwt 31.5 31.0 30.0 31.5
Handymax 64´dwt 28.0 28.0 28.0 28.0
5. NEWBUILDING CONTRACTS
Type No Size Yard Owner Del Mill$
BC 4 64000 dwt Chengxi China MerchantsEnergy 2017 26.5
CO 5 9400 teu Hudong Cosco 2016/17 86.5
CO 6 14000 teu HHI UASC 2016/17
LNG 2 173000 cbm DSME Maran Gas 2016 203.0
MT 3 320000 dwt HHI DHT 2016/17 97.3
PCTC 2 8000 ceu Tianjin Xingan Wallenius Lines 2016
六. 2014/2/12 远东2004年造二手船平均价值:
种类 油轮 干散货轮 集装箱轮 (teu)
船型 VLCC Suezmax Aframax Cape Pmax Supramax Handy P/Pax Pmax Handy
吨位(万) 31 16 11 18 7.5 5 3 6500 4000 1400
价值(万美元) +0.0% +4.0% 0.0% +0.7% -2.1% -5.1% -1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
七：2014/02/13船用燃油价格(每吨/usd)
来源: Bunkerworld
IFO 380 __IFO 180 MDO MGO
新加坡 612 628 908 918
鹿特丹 582 605 ----- 886
休士顿 593 660 ----- 1003
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备注: tbn = to be named ldt = light d/weight ton
usd = u.s.dollar mtpa = million ton per annum
cbm =cubic meter tpa =million metric ton per annu
