Pangaea Takes Top Spot in Dry Bulk Benchmark Study
For the second year straight, US-based Pangaea Logistics ranks highest among dry bulk owners based on Time Charter Earnings (TCE), according to a recent market benchmarking report.Notably, the Rhode Island-headquartered shipowner's 53.7% TCE performance is well above Hong Kong's Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd. (24.3%) and Thailand's Thoresen Thai Agencies (23.5%) in second and third place respectively.The Vesselindex Performance Report by Danish maritime advisors Liengaard & Roschmann measures the TCE performance of 25 individual companies in relation to the earning potential of their respective fleets, making sure that no company is neither penalized nor getting an advantage from inferior/superior fleet compositions.
Singapore Adds Minerva Bunkering and TFG Marine to List of Bunker Suppliers
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), home the world's top marine refueling hub, said it has awarded two new bunker supplier licenses to Mercuria's Minerva Bunkering and Trafigura's TFG Marine."MPA and ESG welcome the entry of Minerva Bunkering and TFG Marine, which will consolidate Singapore's position as the global bunkering and oil trading hub," the MPA said in a joint statement with Enterprise Singapore (ESG).The licences are the first to be issued by the port regulator since 2017, bringing the total number of licensed bunker suppliers to 45 in Singapore, and come after the M
Golden Ocean Names New CEO and CFO
The board of Golden Ocean Group Ltd. announced a pair of leadership appointments, naming Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal as the new Chief Executive Officer of Golden Ocean Management AS and Per Heiberg as the new Chief Financial Officer of Golden Ocean Management AS. Vartdal, who has held the position as Chief Financial Officer since June 2010, will replace Herman Billung, who has been the company's CEO since 2005. Vartdal holds a MSc (Siv.Ing.) in Physics and Mathematics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and a MSc in Financial Mathematics from Heriot-Watt University…
Golden Ocean Sees 10% Growth
Reuters- Dry bulk carrier Golden Ocean Group Ltd expects double-digit growth in global iron ore trade in 2014, helping its markets pick up momentum and improving rates, the company's CEO Herman Billung said at a conference in Oslo on Wednesday. The dry bulk and tanker markets have experienced a severe downturn in recent years due to global economic turmoil and a slew of new vessels, but Golden Ocean has already detected signs of recovery, driven by increasing Chinese and Indian demand for iron ore and coal, in combination with scrapping of older vessels. Billung said he had had recent discussions in Singapore with major iron ore miners and one alone had indicated its shipping needs would rise to 100 cape-sized vessels…
Golden Ocean Resells Six Bulk Carriers
A multinational shipping firm that has signed a deal to have its ships built at an Indian shipyard, which is still under construction, has already sold the ships, an indication of growing demand for ocean-going vessels. This is the first time such a thing is happening at an Indian shipyard. The yard, Pipavav Shipyard Ltd, is under construction and will not start building ships before February 2008. On 19 March, the Bermuda-based Golden Ocean Group Ltd.—the dry bulk cargo ship operating firm controlled by Norwegian shipping tycoon John Fredriksen—had placed orders with Pipavav Shipyard to build four Panamax bulk carriers, each with a cargo carrying capacity of 75,000 tonnes. The agreed price of each vessel was $35.5m. The company also placed an "optional" order for two more Panamax vessels.
Ship Finance Buys Oil Drill, Tanker
The AP has reported that Ship Finance International Ltd., which operates a fleet of about 50 crude oil tankers, said it bought a 2006 jack-up drilling rig for $210m and a 1997 Panamax crude carrier for $28.4m. Bermuda-based Ship Finance bought the jack-up rig, called SeaDrill 3, from SeaDrill III Ltd. Ship Finance chartered the rig back to SeaDrill III for 15 years. Under the contract, Ship Finance will receive a charter hire for $112,500 a day for the first three years of the lease, $51,000 a day for years four through seven, $43,500 for years eight and nine, and $40,000 a day for years 10 through 15. The contract also calls for Ship Finance to receive a 5 percent cut of the rig's profits after the third year if certain goals are met.
