据Splash247报道，根据船舶经纪公司Braemar ACM shipbroking 最近一份周报透露，达飞轮船在沪东中华造船和上海外高桥船厂订造了10艘15000TEU超大型集装箱船。此前达飞轮船已经在沪东以及外高桥共计订造了9艘22000TEU超大型LNG动力的集装箱船舶，与中国船厂以及投资者建立了良好的关系，有良好的合作基础。
目前并未透露本批船舶是否会继续选用LNG燃料。
达飞轮船总裁鲁道夫.萨德(Rodolphe Saadé)在去年年初的新年贺词讲话中就曾表示，“在保持盈利的同时增加运货量。他表示，这就需要努力争取市场份额，持续的开发和开辟新航线并做好成本控制。此外，还要提供更多的差异化产品服务，为顾客创造价值。”随后就有消息传出达飞轮船打算订造6-8艘14000TEU集装箱船舶，预计从2020年开始交付。
新加坡咨询公司Andy Lane 表示，10艘的订单可以投入到亚洲-地中海，亚洲-中东，以及跨太平洋航线。原文如下：
No sooner had UK consultants Drewry called an end to the ultra large container vessel race than a rash of new orders are beginning to filter in, led by members of the Ocean Alliance.
With OOCL, now owned by Cosco, reportedly close to ordering a series of the largest boxships ever built, brokers are now reporting fellow Ocean Alliance member CMA CGM is back in China for more orders.
“Against the backdro of a unremarkable start to the year on the chartering market, the first large orders of the year have come to light with CMA CGM ordering a total of ten 15,000-TEU split amongst two Chinese yards,” the latest weekly container report from Braemar ACM Shipbroking states.
Broking sources suggest CMA CGM has managed to negotiate a price in the region of $1.1bn for the 10 ships.
Hudong-Zhonghua and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, both part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), are being tipped as the winners of the huge order. The pair are already contracted to complete a series of 22,000 teu giant ships for the French liner.
CMA CGM officials declined to confirm the deal when contacted by Splash.
A ten-ship order would suggest the ships are bound for the Asia-Mediterranean tradelane, observed Andy Lane from Singapore’s CTI Consultancy. “15,000 teu are excellent ships. They can be used on the transpacific, Asia-Med or Asia-Middle East,” Lane said.
Last week, in a keenly read report carried on Splash, Drewry claimed major lines have sated their appetite for ultra large container vessels, with the UK consultants optimistically slashing its projected boxship order forecasts from 2020 onwards.
While he had yet to hear of the CMA CGM order, Martin Rowe, who heads up shipbroker Clarksons Platou’s Hong Kong operations, told Splash today: “My initial reaction is here we go again. Last week we were treated to various pundits declaring that the newbuilding boom in ULCSs to be finally over. However, this week we learn OOCL are ordering six 23,000 teu ULCSs, which will be the worlds’ largest container vessels when delivered, and here now is CMA CGM apparently doing something similar. With one new ULCS delivering approximately every week in 2019 against a background of Trump trade wars and a slowing economy in Europe and elsewher one can only assume that the experts within the liner companies are taking a rather long-term view of things in the expectation of a broader recovery further down the line.”
Hua Joo Tan, an analyst at box watchers Alphaliner, on hearing the CMA CGM news, told Splash today: “So much for the end of the capacity race.”
