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Despite the end of the year 2000 being extremely active, the beginning of 2001 was strangely calm and the start of the high season was delayed to early March.

Some sixty ships were brought out of lay up too early at the start of the year whereas demand mainly from Chile and Equador was not strong enough to be able to absorb such a sudden supply of tonnage.

Spot rates remained depressed until the end of February with the market falling victim to poor weather conditions in Central America and Argentina. In early March the combined demand of the southern hemisphere fruit exporters pushed up the market, but without ever going over 90 to 95 cents for modern ships of 500,000 cu ft and having good container capacity on deck.

The dollar's strength relative to the euro helped Chilean fruit exporters into the United States, but with the ships' rotation being much shorter, the reduced exports to Europe had a negative effect in terms of tonnes-miles and the number of ships chartered.

Generally owners experienced a high season comparable to the previous year, while the period from May to the end of the year was far better in 2001 and more promising for 2002.

As from mid-June more than 80 ships were laid up and some ten were sold to scrap. Russia now plays an ever increasing role in the spot market, as it not only regularly imports bananas but also a number of other fruit from the southern hemisphere throughout the year (nearly 1.5 million tons of apples, pears, and citrus fruit).

We have seen again this year that the spread in rates between the high and low seasons is tending to narrow and that container utilisation during the high season is able to cover peak demand without having to go onto the spot market too often.

In the standard palletised ship's size of 380,000 / 420,000 cu ft, the Canary contracts were signed in July for time charter periods from November to early May between 70 and 76 cents, namely 5 % more on average than the previous season (a total of eight ships).

Owners, who did not lay-up their ships too early, were often able to fix them in the summer at better rates than in the autumn. Time charter rates reported for conventional palletised ships of 450,000 / 500,000 cu ft averaged 32.5 cents in June, 23.5 in August and September, to fall to 19.5 cents in October before rising to 35 cents in November.

July and August which are historically the most difficult months for owners saw a healthy activity thanks to the export of citrus fruit from South Africa and South America towards Europe and Asia, on one hand, and a recovery of banana prices in the U.S. and Europe on the other.

In the last quarter the most noteworthy improvement was seen for small sizes at the start of the citrus season from Morocco to Scandinavia, Russia, and the northern Continent. Rates jumped from 45 cents for palletised ships of 2,000 / 2,200 pallets to more than 70 cents in few weeks. This was partly due to the fact that Moroccan owners decided not to reactivate their old ships but to put them up for sale and also to work the citrus cargoes on a spot basis.

As to the needs of the Major banana producers we have seen again that chartering decisions to cover their 2002 contracts were taken late in the day and especially that the number of ships chartered for a 12 month period is declining. Only some 15 ships of about 500,000 cu ft, 21 knots, 100 feus, fitted with 36 / 40 tons cranes, were chartered at about 63 / 65 cents for the more modern ones and 55 / 57 for ships of over 10 years, which corresponds to an increase of about 5 % compared to last year. 

  At the risk of repeating ourselves year after year, the same causes (the competition with containers and a surplus capacity) produce the same effects, and there is little chance of seeing the market recover in the short term.

The majority of analysts are in agreement that for any hope of a lasting improvement in the reefer market a roughly hundred ships of over 300,000 cu ft should be scrapped. At the start of 2002, 35 ships of over 300,000 cu ft will be between 25 and 29 years old and 21 ships will be over 30 years, representing a total of 56 ships and in volume about 10 % of the fleet of over 300,000 cubic feet, out of 505 ships in total in this segment.

The reversal in the containership market which reached historic lows at the end of the year 2001 for most sizes, further aggravates the competition within the perishable goods traffic. Aware of this risk, the large operators of reefers are developing regular parcel services and are getting established in places like South Africa, South America and New Zealand where the various export groups are more dispersed.

Even if transport by container is an operation requiring considerable investment and requires on average a minimum of three sets of refrigerated containers units to assure a regular service, it is disturbing to see coming onto the market this year 200 new containerships with a theoretical capacity of 80,700 reefer plugs compared to 144 ships with 47,000 plugs delivered in 2000.

Today we can see that orders for refrigerated ships are virtually nil, as the return on investment in this market over the last five years has been minimal if anything at all. Owners have reacted by reducing their overheads and in laying-up their ships for part of the year, but often at the cost of good regular maintenance.

However nothing can replace in terms of quality of transport the specialised ships of the last generation which offer unbeatable transit-times, the possibilities of additional spaces for containers on deck, and a great operating flexibility.

No doubt the big container operators will try to increase their share of the market in sectors where product can be conditioned and packaged in small quantities, but the traditional owners of reefers should be able to compete on base products transported in big volumes such as bananas and other everyday fruits. However, in order to meet this challenge, the market should give them the means.

The Reefership market in 2001

Signs of improvement without real conviction

 
Market context and trends

reefer vessels tc rates

Significant events

Owners consolidation

After the takeover of Cool Carriers by Lauritzen and the setting-up of Lauritzen-Cool end 2000, Swan Reefers bought Star Reefers as a first step, and then joined forces with NYK to form a new pool NYK-Star Reefers, which controls 72 ships between 393,000 and 670,000 cu ft.

Hamburg-S'd who had been a partner in Star Reefers left the pool and four of their eight ships went to join the Leonina pool of Lauritzen-Cool, while the remaining four stayed on with NYK-Star for another year.

The Dutch owner Vroon b.v. with 10 ships joined the Sun Group and three other owners, to form the United Reefers pool and has shown an interest in the Amer Shipping fleet (a member of the Leonina pool) which was put under court order in mid-March in the U.S. Vroon is trying to take control by buying a majority share with an American investment fund. United Reefers regroups five owners and controls a fleet of 24 ships of 185,000 to 535,000 cu ft.

Seatrade and Nissui Shipping have joined together in the Pacific for small size ships, creating Tokyo Reefer chartering, a mini pool which controls 15 ships.

In May a new Japanese company, Fresh Carriers Company (FCC) took over the management of Nissui's big ships chartered to Dole and on other fruit contracts.

We should also mention the start-up of a new container service Australia / New Zealand to West and East Coast U.S. by Maersk-Sealand. One of the first clients of this new service was the NZ Dairy Board who represents on its own 360,000 tons for U.S. destination.

Fruit producing countries

With effect from October 1st 2001 in New Zealand, Enza no longer had the monopoly of apple transport and exports and thus had to face other organisations which have stepped forward. Exports of kiwis from the southern hemisphere have remained stable (about 92 million trays), with an increase in Chilean production compensating for the drop in New Zealand's. This fruit is facing increased competition from southern Europe producers like Italy and France who now supply their own markets.

An agreement to finally end the banana dispute was reached in April between OMC and the EU. New regulations should come into force from December 31 2001, to allow the U.S. to lift their sanctions. In the first stage the system of import licences will continue up until 2006 and will be calculated on the basis of historical data with a reference period of 1994 to 1996 which should favour a group like Chiquita much more than Dole or Fyffes. The quota for the ACP countries will be reduced by 100,000 tons, which Europe will import from Ecuador or Central America with 83 % of licences being allocated to traditional importers. With effect from 2006 imports of bananas will be based on tariffs according to the country of origin.

At the end of August after a week of intense conflict, the strike of Ecuadorian banana producers ended with the creation of a fund guaranteeing a production price.

The production of Argentinean apples and pears exceeded two million tons of which 488,000 tons were exported, and citrus fruit production reached 2.63 million tons. Export levels have increased towards Europe and Russia, and the U.S. has re-opened its market to citrus fruit.

Banana production in Honduras has regained its exports volumes before hurricane Mitch.

A significant reduction in banana's produced in Costa Rica and Equador was felt at the beginning of the year due to climatic conditions, which meant that finally the price levels improved in the North American and European markets, after a long crisis period due essentially to an overproduction rather than a drop in demand.

In Morocco following a long dry spell, exports of citrus fruit and potatoes were some 30 % lower or roughly 360,000 tons.

The Spanish clementine campaign into the United-States was highly satisfactory (some 80,000 tons from November to February). However this year the campaign came to a sudden halt in December with the discovery of a dead fly in a cardboard box (with some 35,000 pallets in transit and on board ships in mid-December 2001).

In South Africa, citrus fruit production was about 1.5 million tons of which 800,000 tons exported mainly to Europe. The rand devaluation help stimulate exports, which also took advantage of the drop in Spanish production.

Apple harvests in Italy and France suffered a 10 % drop after the spring frosts and some 20 % in the state of Washington (USA).

The fleet

Reefer fleet

The world reefer fleet has reduced further this year. As of December 31st 2001, it comprised 1,237 ships over 40,000 cu ft, with a total capacity of about 349 million cu ft, namely a drop of 0.96 % in the number of ships, and 1.13 % in capacity compared to December 31st 2000.

Deliveries of newbuildings has again dropped considerably; four ships with about 1.3 million cu ft were delivered in 2001, against 13 with about 6.3 million cubic feet in 2000. They are the lowest figures seen since 1959.

Only three new units will be delivered in 2002, representing a total capacity of some 1.2 million cu ft.

It is surprising to find that despite the market weakness, the pace of ships being withdrawn (scrapped or for other reasons like total loss or conversion) has noticeably slowed down in number with only 16 ships being demolished (as against 27 in 2000), which goes against logic. In terms of capacity the volume dropped in the same proportional order, with the 16 ships totalling 5.3 million cu ft (compared to 9.5 million cu ft in 2000).

The figures given above are based on the refrigerated capacity in the reefer ship's hold. They should be interpreted by taking into account the increased capacity of refrigerated containers on delivered new units, both on reefer ships as well as containerships.

In practice we have seen in 2001 an increase of about 134 million cu ft in global refrigerated capacity, equal to nearly a third of the total capacity of refrigerated fleet.

Theoretically, the orderbook of containerships makes it possible to envisage the

Conclusion and outlook
reefer - Wild Heather Wild Heather
499,793 cu ft, 58 feu, 58 plugs, 25 kn, 10,144 dwt, blt in 1998 by Iwagi Zosen, operated by NYK-Star Reefers


Shipping and Shipbuilding Markets in 2001

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PORTS
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Ancona Genoa Ravenna
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Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
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FORUM of Shipping
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Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
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Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
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