Maersk shipping industry downturn contrarian intensive ship

September 18, Maersk tankers and Samsung Heavy Industries (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. signed an agreement, custom-made nine ships Mr type product oil tanker, every ship deadweight tons of 49940 tons. Nine new ship Maersk tanker this order will be delivered from 2017 to 2018.

This is the Maersk third times since last August in the new factory is located in the Chinese ship shipbuilding order. Last August, agreement Maersk supply service and Dalian COSCO Shipping Engineering Co., Ltd., custom-made four ship submarine operations support ship (subsea support vessels, and reserve the right to choose another two ships; in March this year, Maersk Line in COSCO shipyard is located in Zhejiang Zhoushan shipyard custom-made the seven container ships.

Maersk CEO an Shinian Nils Smedegaard Andersen) recently admitted that the company's current situation, he said that by 2015 is Maersk Line is more difficult year, the international shipping market is in the doldrums, is close to the lowest level in the 2009 international economic crisis after the outbreak of the.

While the company's first two quarters of the performance of the performance of a surprisingly good, but the price is far from the Copenhagen stock exchange and other shipping and transport stocks listed. Mr Andersen said: "the international oil prices continued to decline, has been close to the lowest level in 2009. The freight transportation of container shipping industry is also low to historical record. We find that the current market environment is close to five years ago."

But business layout is not affected by this. Including Maersk tankers on Friday signed shipbuilding agreements, Maersk Group in the past 14 months, the total number of ships in China shipyard custom-made reached 20 vessels.

Maersk (China) Co., Ltd. CEO Yan speech said: "Maersk Group and the China shipbuilding factory has a long and rich historical relationship between the effectiveness of. Group as early as in 1996 in China custom - made the first ship. Nowadays, Maersk Group in Chinese shipyard custom-made total number of ships in the world ranked in the forefront. The group's recent large-scale shipbuilding projects in China show that the group is committed to working with China's shipbuilding enterprises to achieve common development."

Up to now, Maersk flagged tanker owns and operates 80 ships owned oil tanker and 20 ship leasing product oil tanker, and custom-made the 17 ships Mr oil tankers, which eight ships set made in South Korea sungdong sung Dong factory is expected in 2015 and 2016 delivery, nine vessels custom-made to Samsung Heavy Industries (Ningbo) shipyard.

In addition, the APM terminals company recently also announced the acquisition of a major stake in Spain container terminal operators GrupMaritimTCB company. GrupMaritimTCB company is headquartered Barcelona, through the acquisition, APM terminals company's will add in Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, Turkey and Spain 11 pier, APM terminals company global terminal network will from the previous 63 terminal increased to 74, port throughput capacity will also increase 4.3 million TEUs, is expected annual throughput will be increased to 350 million TEUs.

An Shinian said: "due to Maersk Group has achieved excellent performance, keep the good financial situation, group by virtue of a strong market position, in the market turmoil of investment and seek growth opportunities, through the acquisition of organic business growth and value realization of group development."

He believes that the acquisition helps to promote the group's growth plans, also helped to Maersk terminals to provide more valuable services in Europe and Latin America, the broad masses of customers. Latin America has been the strategic focus of the Maersk Group, the group in the region has a number of investment, including the recent investment in the Columbia Katahenaduo purpose terminal of joint ventures.

The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of this year, the completion of the specific time depends on the relevant approval, etc..

And in the Greek government contrast Lei Aifu Piraeus and Thessaloniki port plans to sell, APM terminals will also with China's largest shipping company COSCO COSCO Pacific have some contention.

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