HANSA 05-2020

BreakBulk
MPP – where Germany ranks first
The fleet of multi purpose and project
cargo vessels currently comprises
1,712 ships. The biggest share by fleet
size is MPP vessels with 1,057 ships, followed
by the Heavy Lift types at 632 units.
Vessels Value lists Super Heavy Lift with
22 ships and one vessel in the Oil / Gantry
segment.
The Heavy Lift segment is on top when
it comes to fleet value (5.148 bn $), followed
by MPP (3.41 bn $), Ssuper Heavy Lift
ships worth 201 mill. $ and ships of the
Oil / Gantry type at 5 mill. $.
The top three MPP owner countries are
Germany with 361 ships with a combined
value of 2.09 bn $, China with 194 ships
worth 1.77 bn $ and the Netherlands controlling
167 vessels worth 1.07 bn $. The
top 10 list is then continued by Singapore
(74 ships), Japan (59 ships), Cyprus (54),
Turkey (78), Norway (38), Russia (85 ships
but worth less than the Norwegian fleet)
and the USA (23 ships).
After quite some activity in the market
during 2018, MPP sales and purchases
have slowed since the beginning of 2019
(while January 2019 marked a high in
terms of number of vessels). Activity is
still steady but on a lower level with less
pronounced peaks in value and number
of vessels traded.
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in cooperation with
MPP Type Breakdown (Number of Vessels)
MPP (Super Heavy
Lift)
22
MPP Type Breakdown (Total Value $ mill.)
MPP
$3.417
MPP (Super Heavy
Lift)
$201
MPP
1.057
MPP (Oil / Gantry)
1
MPP (Oil / Gantry)
$5
MPP (Heavy Lift)
632
MPP (Heavy Lift)
$5.148
$120
MPP Sales and Purchase History
12
$100
10
Total Spent USD million
$80
$60
$40
8
6
4
Number of Vessels
$20
2
$0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
2018 2019 2020
Number of Vessesl Total Spent USD m
0
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