After all the container ships were sold to Maersk, the shipping company plans to change careers

Recently, Maersk purchased two containers at a record price, and a number of container shipping companies continue to lease various types of container ships at very high rental levels. It shows the optimism of container shipping companies for the future market and the fact that the current container shipping market is still hot.

According to Clarksons Research's latest market weekly report, Denmark's Maersk recently purchased two modern environmentally friendly feeder container ships named MCC Ningbo and MCC Chittagong (both 2754TEU, built in 2016).

The completion of the transaction will also mean that the owner of the two ships, Hong Kong-based Tribini Capital, has completely withdrawn from the shipowner field.

Tribini Capital was founded in 2004 by Thomas Söderberg, a Dane, who worked for Maersk and Seatankers Management of Norwegian shipping king John Fredriksen. Over the years, the company has been changed mainly to invest in bulk carriers and container ships.

Thomas Söderberg confirmed the deal for the two vessels and expressed his satisfaction with the deal. "We're very happy with the timing of the deal, we're lucky."

Now, after selling out their fleet, Söderberg and his team want to use their experience and connections to invest in and nurture marine technology companies. “We want to be able to use our experience in the shipowner, shipbuilding and chartering business, combined with our investor network and our general commercial experience, to work with more technology types of companies, whether in clean fuels, carbon capture, Reduce consumption technology, even IT application areas, help them grow their business, use our background to position them and expose them to the right business partners.”
The bold release shows confidence in the future market

It is worth mentioning that these two ships have actually been chartered by Maersk before, and now Maersk chooses to buy out these two ships directly, which also shows an optimistic judgment of this top container shipping company on the future market. .

It is worth mentioning that although Clarkson has not announced the transaction price of the two ships, according to the valuation of VesselsValue, the current value of each of the two ships is about 51 million US dollars, which is much higher than Tribini’s original in Zhejiang. The order price of Ouhua Shipbuilding is 32.5 million US dollars per ship.

Another source said the actual transaction price for the two ships was between $53 million and $55 million.

If the above price is finally /confirm/ied, it will be the highest price ever paid for a ship of this size, and is more than the three recently traded: Lomar Shipping's 2,782 teu California Trader and Carolina Trader (both built in 2017) and Delaware Trader (built in 2017) The record set in 2018) is also about $5 million higher.

Container ship rental levels remain high

On the one hand, container shipping companies are trying to buy ships, and on the other hand, they are still locking in the capacity for the next few years by signing long-term contracts. Under such circumstances, the container ship leasing market will usher in a good start in 2022.
 
In order to ensure sufficient capacity in 2022, liner companies have to sign long-term leases to grab tonnage months before the ship is due to be delivered. Take Hapag-Lloyd, ZIM and Maersk for example. These companies have all been very busy in the charter market recently.

ZIM targets traditional Panamax ships.
 
According to shipbrokers, the liner company from Israel has chartered the 4,308 teu Bermuda (built 2010) from Navios Shipmanagement at $42,000 per day for 46-50 months (around four years), March 2022 Delivery between April and April.

The way ZIM is currently adding capacity on trans-Pacific routes is mainly by absorbing smaller ships.
 
Recently, ZIM announced the addition of a new route to northern China, South Korea and Australia, deploying a total of seven 1,350 TEU vessels.
 
ZIM's most recent long-term charter of small boats is the 1,700 TEU Ophelia (built 2018) for three years at $35,000 per day, and the 966 TEU Contship Pep (built 2006) for two years at $35,000 per day $22,000.

In fact, according to a market report from Clarksons, just in the middle of last month, ZIM also purchased a Panamax container ship called ALS CERES.
Hapag-Lloyd seizes small and medium-sized ships.
 
Hapag-Lloyd from Germany prefers slightly larger ships, and the liner company recently chartered a pair of sub-Panamax vessels and four 1,700 TEU vessels.
 
One of them, the 4,178TEU Amalthea (built 2009), is on a five-year lease at $39,000 per day, according to European brokers. The lessor is Peter Dohle and the vessel will be delivered in June-July. According to Braemar ACM Shipbroking, rental rates for these types of vessels are likely to climb further in the coming weeks, given the extremely tight supply of ships in 2022.
 
The other is the 5,466 TEU Wide India (built 2015) owned by Danaos Shipping at $55,000 per day for a three-year lease. However, the delivery of the ship is relatively late, and the two parties are scheduled to deliver the ship in October and November this year.
 
Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen Photo credit: Hapag-Lloyd
 
Last December, the company leased the 8,845 TEU RDO Semarang wheel (built 2007) and the 6,541 TEU RDO Conception wheel (built 2006) for five years.
 
Brokers said there were statistically fewer cases of relatively unknown charterers chartering short-term high-priced vessels in 2021.
 
The 2,496 TEU Groton round (built 2002) is one of the few deals. The round was reportedly rented at $75,000 per day from Singapore-based Transfar Logistics on a six-month lease. Notably, the ship's Greek owner, Conbulk Shipmanagement, received short-term rentals of up to $140,000 per day in August 2021.
 
Maersk needs feeder ships more.
 
Small feeder vessels are active in the charter market as there are fewer large container ships available for charter.
 
It is reported that Danish giant Maersk has won the last four container ships of Oslo shipowner SinOceanic Shipping. Sealand Manzanillo, Sealand Los Angeles, Sealand Philadelphia (all built in 2008) and Sealand Balboa (built in 2009) at 2,546 TEU. Rent is $45,000 per day for 18 months.

Maersk: Cargo delays will continue

Global shipping giant Maersk warned in an advisory to clients on Tuesday that it is still havin trouble moving cargo around the world this year as it takes longer to ease congestion than it originally expected.

Over the past year, as consumer spending has surged and the pandemic has caused a shortage of container ships, many major ports around the world have faced congestion, with hundreds of container ships havin to queue outside ports waiting to enter and unload.

"Unfortunately, 2022 did not start as we had hoped," Maersk said in the report.

"The outbreak is still spreading, and new outbreaks are affecting our ability to transport goods," the company noted, adding that it expects the restrictions to remain in place for "some time."