Platou: Shipsyards will have loads of orders in 2013
Newbuilding orders have been higher than what could be expected in the current freight market in Q1, according to data from RS Platou Economic Research. Companies are placing 'more speculative orders'.
BY OLE ANDERSEN
In Q1 2012 newbuilding orders for vessels across all shipping segments totalled what would be equivalent to 30.8 million cgt. in a year, corresponding to nearly the entire global shipyard capacity of 35 cgt., according to new data from RS Platou Economic Research.
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