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King Edward was sold for USD5,047,645 or
USD415/ldt in the only sale to India last week. Photo: Dietmar Hasenpusch/IHS
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Cash buyers became more
bullish last week as sentiment picked up in South Asia's ship recycling market.
Prices in Bangladesh
improved to USD385/ldt for bulkers and USD410/ ldt for tankers, compared with
USD380/ldt and USD400/ldt two weeks ago.
Prices in India trailed
levels in Bangladesh by USD5/ldt while bulkers and tankers are going for
USD375/ldt and USD400/ldt in Pakistan.
Cash buyer Global
Marketing Systems (GMS) said, "Steel prices and currencies in the
subcontinent have finally begun to display a modicum of positivity and this has
led to a raft of new vessels being concluded to eager end buyers. It seems that
present rates are proving tempting enough for owners [particularly in the dry
bulk sector] as charter rates continue to flounder."
Dalian Haida Shipping's
1985-built Handymax bulker Merry Trans was committed for a very firm
USD4,177,080 or USD410/ldt, as owners started to see levels once again that
made it worth to scrap their overaged tonnage.
GMS, however, cautioned
that the oversupplied dry bulk carrier market and the poor freight market for
this sector would ensure there would be no shortage of older ships up for scrap
and this would prevent a surge in scrap prices.
The company said,
"Scrapping in the Panamax bulker sector is likewise expected to pick up
again as prices improve. It is perhaps this oversupply of tonnage that may just
keep prices in check rather than seeing constant heady improvements as we had seen
during the first half of last year when levels pushed over and above
USD500/ldt."
The market in India is
picking up as the rupee has been trading comfortably at INR62 to the US dollar
and as local steel plate prices have gained over USD20/ldt over the past few
weeks.
The 1985-built general
cargo ship King Edward was sold for USD5,047,645 or USD415/ldt in the only sale
to India last week.
Source: ihs
maritime360. 7 April 2015
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