(Bloomberg) — Golden Ocean Group Ltd., the owner of ships hauling coal and iron ore led by billionaire John Fredriksen, plans to curb long-term charters for its fleet next year in anticipation of rates rebounding.
The company has 37 percent of its largest Capesize vessels available for single-cargo charters this year and 38 percent of its Panamaxes, the Hamilton, Bermuda-based owner said in a statement today. That proportion will gain at the expense of longer-term bookings starting 2014, allowing the company to benefit as the market improves, according to the statement.
Rates for Capesizes averaged below what owners need to cover running costs including crew and repairs this year, according to data from the Baltic Exchange in London and Moore Stephens LLP, a consultant tracking the industry’s expenses. Costs for Panamaxes averaged the lowest since 2002 since the start of January.
D/S Norden A/S, Europe’s largest publicly traded owner of the vessels, said May 15 it booked fewer Panamax cargoes than ships, its first bet since 2010 that rates for the vessels will rise. Greek ship owners ordered the most new Capesizes since 2008 in the first quarter.
SINGAPORE, April 24 (Reuters) – Demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) to power ships will rise this year on attractive prices, while more dual-fuel vessels join the global fleet, industry executives said....
ROME (Reuters) – An Italian judge on Friday cleared three migrant sea rescue charities that had been accused of abetting irregular immigration in complicity with human traffickers, throwing out a case opened...
(Bloomberg) — The closure of one of the East Coast’s busiest ports after the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge has so far not led to broad price increases,...
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