THE charter
hire rates for container vessels continue to drop this week, with the New
ConTex dropping 9 points (or more than 2 per cent) to 391 points, according to
IHS Maritime 360.
The market
barometer, which is published by the Hamburg Shipbrokers' Association (VHSS),
fell last week by 3 per cent, weighed down especially by heavy losses for large
gearless tonnage. The index covers bellwether box ship types with slot intakes
between 1,100 and 4,250 TEU.
Fixing levels
for 4,250
TEU baby Panamax ships have been the first to plunge below last year's
levels, with 24-month periods now being assessed at US$9,765 per day and 12-month
durations at $7,688 daily. Some units were reportedly committed to charterers
for flexible short- and medium-periods at levels below $7,000 a day last week.
Some brokers
suggested that a rate of $6,000 a day may soon become the benchmark for baby Panamax
tramp vessels in Asia.
The segment
has been hit particularly hard by the latest slump in the container ship
charter market, caused by unusually weak cargo growth and rapid redeliveries
and idling of tonnage.
According to French
broker Barry Rogliano Salles' Alphaliner service, the number of idle
container ships of 3,000-5,099 TEU on October 19, had risen by about 30 per
cent to 50 units within a fortnight. This includes liner-controlled vessels
without service assignment and charter-free tramp vessels plus vessels in
repair or under arrest.
Source :
HKSG.
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