French orders to foreign shipyards

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16 Mistral 600 cabins cruiseship, blt 1999 by Chantiers de l’Atlantique, operated by Festival Cruises. The other shipyard in the group, Alstom Leroux Naval, distinguished itself by picking up orders for two additional high-speed ferries for the Greek owner NEL Lines, one capable of 40 knots with a carrying capacity of 1,800 passengers and the other capable of 36 knots and capacity for 800 passengers. This shipyard also delivered the following vessels: • "Gotland", a 700-passenger/35-knot high-speed ferry for the Swedish shipowner Gotland. • Three 30-tonne bollard pull tugs for the Tunisian Merchant Marine and Ports Office. • Ten 40-tonne bollard pull tugs for the French shipowner Les Abeilles. The Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie shipyard delivered the following vessels: • "Kiesse", a 2,730 bhp multi-purpose supply vessel for the French company Surf. • Four naval patrol boats to Kuwait. Piriou took the following orders: • 2 tuna seiners and 7 trawlers for French and Irish owners. • A refrigerated shrimper for Madagascar. • A crew boat for Surf. This shipyard also delivered the following vessels: • "Weza" and "Malila", 2,730 bhp multi-purpose supply vessels for Surf. • "Salama Djema IV", a ro-pax ship to Mayotte. • 4 fishing vessels for New Caledonia and a trawler for the French owner Freullet. • "Surfer 197", a crew boat for Surf. Germany Germany maintains its leadership in Europe, just ahead of Italy with 1.98 million gt in its orderbook. The country also kept the fourth position worldwide behind China, but it is losing ground, as the rest of Europe. There are four dominant vessel types in the orderbook this year: • Containerships, still the largest part of the orderbook, but dropping from 44 to 37%. • Cruiseships, which went from 23 to 28% of total orders. • Ro-pax vessels, moving ahead of cargo ships and advancing from 5 to 13%. • Ro-ro vessels are stable at 9%.
The Asian challenge is clearly felt in this country, whose shipyards still produce many standard vessels such as containerships. The country has already seen its market share fall from 14 to 10%. Worse yet, German shipyards that may take advantage of the dynamism of shipping companies operating in the post-Panamax containership sector, are having trouble getting orders. This obliges them to pursue other orientations such as ro-pax vessels and cruiseships. Aker MTW has signed a major order for two 40,000 gt cruiseships for the German subsidiary of P&O. Italy Italy’s orderbook of 1.93 million gt in September 1999 ties with Germany this year. There are three dominant vessel types being built in Italy this year: • Cruiseships (49%). • Ro-pax vessels (20%). • Chemical carriers (18%). The relatively good performance of Italian shipbuilding acitvity barely hides the difficulties that its shipyards must face, even domestic shipowners are looking away from them more and more. This implicates not only standard vessels, which several years ago were still built in the country, but also more specialised ships. Moby Lines has ordered three ferries from Daewoo and Lloyd Sardegna placed an order with the Polish shipyard Szczecin for two ro-pax vessels. State-owned shipyards have also run into major financial difficulties. Fincantieri lost money in 1998 and 1999 and hopes to redress by 2001. As such, its position as cruiseship leader is not full insurance against financial failure. Privately owned shipyards are doing no better. SEC, in Viarreggio, encountered major financial difficulties following the cancellation of four ro-ro ships out of five in 1995. This brings on bankruptcy to the Ferrari yard, which built the hulls. With this situation as a backdrop the Italian government is seeking to privatise through acquisition of the three large shipyards, Fincantieri, INMA and Apuania. INMA was sold to an Italian-Argentinean investor that may likewise be interested in Apuania. However, the government may not bail out Fincantieri without breaching EU regulations, which forces its bank creditors to convert their debts into assets. Spain Spanish shipyards are also encountering enormous difficulties. They have lost their position as world leader in the ro-pax vessels market to Germany, dropping to the third position with only 14% of the market in the third quarter of 1999, compared to 33% a year before. Most domestic production is still centred on shuttle Stolt Span 22,460 dwt, blt 1998 by Juliana, owned by Stolt Nielsen T h e s h i p b u i l d i n g m a r k e t S H I P P I N G A N D S H I P B U I L D I N G M A R K E T S 2 0 0 0 17
Page 3 and 4: Bad and good reasons ? At the end o
Page 5 and 6: The shipbuilding market in 1999 The
Page 7 and 8: Quarterly orders in gross tonnage (
Page 9 and 10: In contrast, most Chinese shipyards
Page 11 and 12: As an example, production costs for
Page 13 and 14: China As it was the case last year,
Page 15: 10 9.5 9 8.5 8 7.5 7 The European C
Page 19 and 20: Norway Norwegian shipyards, which a
Page 21 and 22: The cruise market in 1999 1998 was
Page 23 and 24: success. Carnival tried in vain to
Page 25 and 26: European sector. Very few second-ha
Page 27 and 28: The containership market in 1999 Br
Page 29 and 30: (before absorption), Evergreen, P&O
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Page 33 and 34: 4,000-4,999 teu 17% 3,000-3,999 teu
Page 35 and 36: The reefership market in 1999 Anoth
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Page 39 and 40: concluded until very late. • Expo
Page 41 and 42: The dry bulk market in 1999 The pes
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Page 49 and 50: The tanker market in 1999 Crude •
Page 51 and 52: 15% At the same time, youth in the
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We believe that further consolidati
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In this respect, the Chevron/Dynegy
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Perceptions As mentioned, the conso
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The liquefied natural gas shipping
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In Malaysia, the Japanese market wi
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The offshore market in 1999 Allow u
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The oil-drilling world also acknowl
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The fishing vessel market in 1999 D
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The marine insurance markets in 199
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of future resources in order to mee
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French shipyards deliveries and ord
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Chantiers Piriou • Ships delivere
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