Ship Owners Are Stocking Up With Newbuildings and Secondhand Ships in Anticipation of a Post-Pandemic Trade Rebound
Activity has continued to be more than healthy, in both the newbuilding and S&P markets over the course of the past week. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied Shipbroking said that “things continue to look encouraging on the newbuilding market front, with a fair number of transactions emerging again this past week. The recent trend noted in terms of activity, has given a fair boost on the pricing front as well, with a fair increase in all prices having already been observed since the start of 2021. In part this has also helped shipbuilders absorb some of the extra construction cost that has accumulated from the rapid increases being noted in steel plate prices over the past few months. In terms of dry bulkers, we continue to see activity emerge though at a slower pace and with the main focus having shifted considerably towards Kamsarmax designs.
Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. Announces Sale of Three-Vessel Aframax/LR2 Fleet
Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. (the “Company”) announces that it has signed a memorandum of agreement for the sale of its Aframax/LR2 fleet comprising three vessels (Nissos Therassia, Nissos Schinoussa, Nissos Heraclea) all built in 2015 at H.H.I. South Korea to an unaffiliated third party for a total of $120.75 million. The sale is anticipated to be completed upon delivery of the final vessel to her new owners by latest October 2021.
Following a thorough evaluation of the Company’s net asset value based on current data points in the sale & purchase market and consistent with its Discount Control Mechanism, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) deemed that the magnitude of the Company’s discount to its intrinsic value on both an absolute and relative basis exceeded the acceptable threshold at this point in the tanker market cycle. Furthermore, the sale will remove debt maturities through 2025, reduce t
TORM has today entered into an agreement to purchase the three 2015-built scrubber-fitted and fuel-efficient LR2 vessels Nissos Schinoussa, Nissos Heraclea and Nissos Therassia from Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. for a total consideration of USD 120.8m. The vessels are expected to be delivered during the remainder of the second quarter and the third quarter of .
May 13 2021 TORM has entered into an agreement to purchase the three 2015-built scrubber-fitted and fuel-efficient LR2 vessels Nissos Schinoussa, Nissos Heraclea and Nissos Therassia from Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. for a total consideration of USD 120.8m. The vessels are expected to be delivered during the remainder of the second quarter and the third quarter of 2021. TORM has obtained commitment for the financing of two of the vessels from Danish Ship Finance for USD 60.0m subject to finalization of the documentation. The third vessel is expected to be financed through a sale and leaseback agreement with a Chinese financial institution for proceeds of USD 32.2m. In this connection, TORM expects to enter into two additional sale and leaseback agreements providing USD 24m in net liquidity. TORM has agreed on the key terms for the three sale and leaseback agreements.