Unos se van y otros vienen...

Y no me refiero a mí, que me dan un par de semanas a bordo antes de desembarcar.

Si la semana pasada os dejé la noticia de la desinversión de Maersk en el LNG, poniendo a la venta sus metaneros, ahora es STENA la que anuncia que va a entrar de lleno en el mercado.

Espero que tenga suerte, aunque sus espectativas de fletes a 100.000$/día son bastante alegres...

STENA CONFIRMS LNG MOVE

Managing director Ulf Ryder says he has great faith in the sector; expects new ships to earn over $100,000 per day.

Swedish shipowner Stena Bulk has confirmed that it is the buyer of three LNG carriers from Nobu Su's TMT.

It is paying $700m for the 145,000-cbm Stena Blue Sky (built 2006) and two 174,000-cbm newbuildings. All three ships are ice-classed. The newbuildings are not fixed whilst the Stena Blue Sky has another 22 months left of a charter to Gazprom of Russia.

TradeWinds reported on the deal last week, but could not obtain comments. This is Stena Bulk's first move into LNG.

Managing director Ulf Ryder has great faith in the investment and believes the newbuildings will earn "in excess of $100,000 per day." "We believe this to be a very good investment. LNG accounts for a significant part of the growth in the global energy supply and there is currently a shortage of LNG tankers," he said.

Capacity utilisation of the 320 large LNG tankers in operation is nearly 90%. In addition, the demand for transportation of LNG is expected to rise about 8% per year over the next decade.

"In addition to the shipyards' full order books, there is a need for 60-70 new LNG tankers to satisfy the rising demand up until 2014," Ryder said.

"Having the liquidity and operational know-how to be able to purchase these three vessels so quickly gives our LNG investment an excellent starting point."

Stena said it expects the two newly built vessels to be delivered from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in June 2011. They will then be fitted out with supplementary equipment after which they will be ready to load their first cargo of LNG at the end of July.
Fuente: Tradewinds