GREEK owners have held their top spot in sale and purchase deals so far this year, connected to more than 30 per cent of reported transactions in deadweight terms.
Chinese owners were the second biggest buyers, and edged ahead of the Japanese to become the second largest sellers, reports UK's Seatrade Maritime News.
According to latest analysis from Clarkson Research, the first-half sale and purchase total of 72 million dwt was the second highest ever, and followed a record-breaking 2021 in which more than 140 million dwt of ships changed hands in deals worth over US$48 billion.
Meanwhile, despite some slight softening in containerships and bulker values recently, prices are still higher than the start of the year.
Since January, Clarkson indices are up by 11 per cent in bulkers; 13 per cent in containerships; and 32 per cent in tankers. The value of sales, therefore, has risen firmly, Clarkson said, with the year-on-year total up 30 per cent to more than $33 billion so far.
In the container sector, last year's record sales of 1.6 million TEU, equivalent to 6.7 per cent of the start-year fleet, has softened so far in 2022.
'Against the backdrop of extremely strong market conditions and robust demand for tonnage, the pace of activity has eased in 2022,' Clarkson said, 'with tonnage very limited (especially in the larger sizes) and uncertainty over the demand outlook increasing. In the year to early August, some 159 container ships of 0.5 million TEU were sold, down by about 50 per cent year on year.'
Buying and selling of tankers has remained very strong, with firmer markets boosting sentiment and some owners looking to capitalise on asset value gains. The 390 tankers of 38 million dwt sold so far this year, have struck a similar pace to the 2021 record, the analysts revealed. The tally is equivalent to 9.4 per cent of the fleet on an annualised basis, and well above the 2011-20 average of 5.4 per cent.
Deals in dry bulk were strong over the first half, although slightly below 2021 levels.
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Chinese owners were the second biggest buyers, and edged ahead of the Japanese to become the second largest sellers, reports UK's Seatrade Maritime News.
According to latest analysis from Clarkson Research, the first-half sale and purchase total of 72 million dwt was the second highest ever, and followed a record-breaking 2021 in which more than 140 million dwt of ships changed hands in deals worth over US$48 billion.
Meanwhile, despite some slight softening in containerships and bulker values recently, prices are still higher than the start of the year.
Since January, Clarkson indices are up by 11 per cent in bulkers; 13 per cent in containerships; and 32 per cent in tankers. The value of sales, therefore, has risen firmly, Clarkson said, with the year-on-year total up 30 per cent to more than $33 billion so far.
In the container sector, last year's record sales of 1.6 million TEU, equivalent to 6.7 per cent of the start-year fleet, has softened so far in 2022.
'Against the backdrop of extremely strong market conditions and robust demand for tonnage, the pace of activity has eased in 2022,' Clarkson said, 'with tonnage very limited (especially in the larger sizes) and uncertainty over the demand outlook increasing. In the year to early August, some 159 container ships of 0.5 million TEU were sold, down by about 50 per cent year on year.'
Buying and selling of tankers has remained very strong, with firmer markets boosting sentiment and some owners looking to capitalise on asset value gains. The 390 tankers of 38 million dwt sold so far this year, have struck a similar pace to the 2021 record, the analysts revealed. The tally is equivalent to 9.4 per cent of the fleet on an annualised basis, and well above the 2011-20 average of 5.4 per cent.
Deals in dry bulk were strong over the first half, although slightly below 2021 levels.
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