Ships delivery data for 2009
DRY BULK carriers led a 25% growth in new capacity last year, according to a report by SSY Consultancy & Research. Shipyards delivered 77.6m gt of new vessels, a record in output terms and 14.1% higher than a year earlier, the London broker said. Cargo-carrying capacity rose to 117.4m dwt from 94.1m dwt in 2008.
“This vast year-on-year rise in dry bulk completions in 2009 came despite considerably greater slippage in new deliveries than seen in 2008,” SSY said.
About 29.6m dwt due for delivery in 2009, equivalent to 41% of the scheduled total, failed...
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