Newbuilding ordering activity held firm, with a flurry of new orders surfacing during last week. As we have previously noted, owners' insatiable hunger for LNG vessels holds steady with a healthy number of vessels ordered every week.
Newbuilding contracting activity was steady during the past days. In the tanker realm, Euronav returned to DH Shipbuilding for the construction of two Suezmax vessels.
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In the newbuilding segment, orders surfaced across almost all sectors, with crude orders once again abstaining from the newbuilding list after the recent MOL and Euronav contracts.
Last week, the newbuilding sector recorded a strong level of activity across most of the segments with the Container carriers starring for yet another week and the LNG vessel orders coming next.
The shipbuilding activity bounced back last week. A plethora of newbuilding orders were placed with emphasis on container vessels, followed by LNG carriers.
Last week, the newbuilding contracting activity saw a huge volume of Container units across all type of sizes. The exceptionally positive conditions in the boxship sector, continue to strengthen owners’ interest after their historical profits during 2021.
The newbuilding market continues to see healthy ordering activity, with containers orders once again holding the lion’s share among recently reported deals. The newbuilding market activity was in line with the course that we have been witnessing since the start of the year. Crude carrier units were missing for another week while LNG and container deals were present as always despite the increasing newbuilding prices.