Shipbuilding News 2016/01/12
News Brief:
Shipbuilding News:
* YZJ bags four 11,800 teu boxships
* STX won additional LR1 TK pairs
* Sungdong nets Aframax TK deal
* HMD in talks for LPGC order
* SPP files petition for revival as a shipyard
* DSME experienced fire again
Shipping News:
* Dry bulk FFA market: Happy New Year, or maybe not
* Tanker Market: Unipec retains top spot in crude tanker charterer list during 2015
Steel News:
* Chinese iron ore futures tumble on continued demand worries
Energy News:
* Oil drops over 2 percent as China slowdown weighs; market loses faith in rebound
Biz China:
* China’s tax reforms move at a slow pace
* Baltic Dry Index
BDI 429 ()
-16
()
BCI 343 -56
)
(BPI 434 -16
BSI 430 ()
-6
BHSI 256 ()
-3
* TC Avg ($/day)
BCI 5T/C 3,818 ()
-380
()
BPI 4T/C 3,466 -129
BSI 6T/C 4,494 ()
-61
* Exchange Rate
USD / KRW 1,196.2
USD / RMB 6.5626
* Crude Future ($/barrel)
WTI 32.86
Brent 33.72
* Buker (Singapore, $/ton)
IF380 IFO180 MDO MGO
170.50 175.00 307.50 317.50