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Shipping and Shipbuilding Markets in 2004

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The Cruise market in 2004

 

If we were able to hand out 'Oscars' in the cruise market, we would indisputably have two big winners this year: the Carnival Cruise Line group, on one hand, and Fincantieri shipyards, on the other, both having developed a fruitful co-operation.

The Carnival group closed its annual results with a profit of nearly $ 2 billion for a turnover of roughly $ 10 billion, namely a net margin of 20 %. This result confirms both the success of the merger between the P&O / Princess group and the Carnival group, as well as the growth of the cruise market in the US and Europe in 2004.

Fincantieri ended the year with an orderbook of ten cruise ships, all for the Carnival group, representing 60 % of the world orderbook and slightly over $ 5 billion in value, guaranteeing full employment for their three cruiseship construction sites until 2008.

The enthusiasm which these magnificent results inspire should however be tempered in a global outlook of the market. The cruise industry has just experienced three difficult years since the attack of September 11th, 2001 and began the year 2004 with a new challenge, that of absorbing ten ships representing about 23,500 lower-berths, or 10 % of the current capacity. Once again, demand was able to match this new supply thanks to the increase in the number of cruise passengers which should surpass the 13 million mark in 2004.
 


 
At the beginning of 2004, there were only three ships to be delivered in 2005 and four in 2006. However, despite the continuing decline of the dollar lifting the cost of construction in Europe, owners could not resist the temptation to consolidate their commercial position by ordering new ships, in this booming market.

Once again, the signal was given by Carnival who as early as January ordered a ship, the 'Costa Concordia', 112,000 gt, 1,900 cabins, for delivery in the summer of 2006, at ' 450 million, for its subsidiary Costa. In October, two ships of 68,000 gt, 1,000 cabins, were ordered by another Carnival affiliate, Aida, with Meyer Werft, for delivery in April 2007 and April 2008, for a unit cost of ' 315 million. But above all, the biggest order ever placed was made with Fincantieri for a total figure of $ 2.6 billion for four ships to be delivered in 2007-2008 and the extension of the future 'Queen Victoria' by 11 meters for Cunard, for a complementary cost of $ 95 million. The four ships are broken down as follows:

  • one for Carnival, 110,000 gt, at a price of $ 500 million,
  • one for Princess Cruises, 107,000 gt, at a price of $ 525 million,
  • two similar ships for Europe, priced respectively at ' 475 and ' 490 million, with the Carnival group keeping the option to dedicate these two ships to either of its brands during the year 2005.

This order is exceptional in both its size and the fact that Fincantieri agreed to deal both in dollar and in euro, with client and supplier sharing the currency risk.

At the end of the year, Carnival thus has 12 ships on order and in January 2005, this owner will add a sistership of the 'Concordia' for its subsidiary Costa, for delivery in 2007 at a price of ' 475 million.

RCCL declared in September its option with Kvaerner Masa Yard, which has become Aker Finnyards, for a second 'Ultra Voyager' of 163,000 gt, 3,600 passengers, at a price of ' 580 million. RCCL continues to invest in these mega-ships with success, but it is likely that Carnival will start to compete in this market of very large carriers, since its 'Pinnacle' project of 180,000 gt is already on the drawing boards.

RCCL has also opted this year for the extension of the ship 'Enchantment of the Seas' which should see its capacity increased by 150 cabins for a cost in the region of $ 55 million. The new section will be built at Aker yards and installed in the Netherlands during the second quarter of 2005.

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) began the year with some concerns due to the financial losses of its mother company in Asia and the accident of the 'Pride of America' under construction at Lloyd Werft. Finally, the group has successfully put in place a financial restructuring, which allows it to raise $ 1 billion and to order two ships in December:

  • one of 92,000 gt, 1,200 cabins, for delivery in February 2007 with Meyer Werft, at a price of ' 370 million,
  • the other of 89,000 gt, 1,000 cabins, with Aker Finnyards, for delivery in the spring of 2007, with an option for another unit to be lifted in August 2005 for delivery in the spring of 2008, at a price of ' 385 million per unit.

An agreement was finally signed with Lloyd Werft to take delivery of the 'Pride of America' in June 2005, whilst the 'Norway' has definitively been stopped, awaiting a sale.

NCL, under the NCL America banner, continues to develop its cruise business in Hawaii under the American flag, despite some teething problems linked to restrictions with the American flag. Four ships are still programmed for this market over the next three years.

In Europe, the year began sadly with the demise of Festival who should have celebrated ten years of existence in 2004, but which allowed MSC to expand its development policy by taking over the 'European Vision' and 'European Stars' at a price of some ' 215 million per unit.

Mediterranean Shipping Cruises (MSC) has become a main competitor to Costa in Europe and also plans to consolidate its position as European cruise operator in the American market. Comforted by being the second largest owner of containerships in the world, MSC does not hide their plans to become a prime player in the European cruise scene. In September MSC completed six months of negotiations with Chantiers de l'Atlantique for the order of two 3,000 passenger ships, for delivery in the summer of 2006 and in the spring of 2007, at a price of ' 400 million each, with an option for an additional ship.

The European market should increase from 3.1 million lower-berths in 2004 to 3.7 million in 2007, profiting from a potential steady growth and should continue to absorb a quarter of the world fleet. It is true that if we apply the American model to Europe, there could be ten million cruise passengers in ten years time.
 

Finally 12 ships were ordered in 2004, representing 33,000 lower-berths, plus an additional three on option.

The orderbook at the end of the year thus comprises 21 ships firmly booked, for a total of 56,000 lower-berths, or an average capacity per ship of 2,650 passengers, of which nine ships are of post-panamax size.


 

Carnival Miracle
85 700 tb, livr' en 2004 par Aker Yards, exploit' par Carnival Cruise Line

Ten new ships representing 23,500 lower-berths were delivered during the year, of which seven went to the Carnival group. These deliveries were broken down as follows:

For Carnival Cruise Line:

  • 'Carnival Miracle', 85,700 gt, 2,124 lower-berths, 1,057 cabins, delivery February 2004, built by Aker Finnyards
  • 'Carnival Valor', 109,500 gt, 2,974 lower-berths, 1,438 cabins, delivery November 2004, built by Fincantieri

For Princess Cruises:

  • 'Caribbean Princess', 112,894 gt, 2,998 lower-berths, 1,557 cabins, delivery March 2004 built by Fincantieri
  • 'Diamond Princess', 115,875 gt, 2,674 lower-berths, 1,337 cabins, delivery March 2004
  • 'Sapphire Princess', 115,875 gt, 2,674 lower-berths, 1,337 cabins, delivery May 2004 built by Mitsubishi

 

Diamond Princess
115 875 tb, livr' en 2004 par Mitsubishi, exploit' par Princess Cruises

For Costa:

  • 'Costa Magica', 102,200 gt, 2,702 lower-berths, 1,358 cabins, delivery November 2004 built by Fincantieri

For Holland America Line:

  • 'Westerdam', 81,769 gt, 1,848 lower-berths, 924 cabins, delivery April 2004 built by Fincantieri

For Royal Caribbean Cruise Line:

  • 'Jewel of the Seas', 90,090 gt, 2,100 lower-berths, 1,055 cabins, delivery April 2004 built by Meyer Werft

For Mediterranean Shipping Cruises:

  • 'MSC Opera', 59,058 gt, 1,526 lower-berths, 795 cabins, delivery in June 2004 built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique

 
MSC Opera
59 058 tb, livr' en 2004 par les Chantiers de l'Atlantique, exploit' par MSC Cruises

For Birka Line:

  • 'Birka Paradise', 33,000 gt, 1,800 lower-berths, 728 cabins, delivery November 2004 built by Aker Finnyards
The revival of the cruise market during the year gave life to the second-hand market which was enlivened by the auction sales of vessels owned by companies in financial difficulties (notably ROC and Festival), as well as the sale of ships from the group My Travel (Sun Cruises) who decided to shutdown their activity as shipowners.

These sales allowed one to gauge the relatively firm prices which were established, partly due to the rise in the cost of construction and to some extent due to the weakness of the dollar.

Amongst the more notable sales were:

  • 'Carousel', 23,000 gt, 1,000 lower-berths, built 1971, 'Seawing', 16,700 gt, 754 lower-berths, built 1971 and 'Sunbird' 37,773 gt, 1 414 lower-berths, 633 cabins, built in 1982 (chartered by Thomson) to the owner Louis Cruises, at respectively $ 14, $ 9 and $ 71 million, whereas the 'Sun Dream' 23,000 gt, 1,000 lower-berths, built 1970 was sold to Caspi Shipping.
  • 'European Vision' renamed 'MSC Harmonica', and 'European Stars' renamed 'MSC Sinfonia', 58,000 gt, 1,506 lower-berths, 783 cabins, built in 2001 and 2002, bought by Mediterranean Shipping Cruises at the cost of '215 million each.
  • 'Mistral', 47,276 gt, 1,196 lower-berths, 598 cabins, built in 1999, sold to a Spanish tour operator Viajes Iberojet for a price of about ' 130 million.
  • Iberojet also bought the 'Superstar Capricorn', 23,400 gt, 755 lower-berths, built in 1972, renamed 'Grand Latino' at a price of $ 20 million.
  • 'Superstar Aries', 37,000 gt, 611 lower-berths, built in 1981, renamed 'Holiday Dream' was sold to Pullmantur for a price of $ 44 million.
  • 'Bolero', 15,800 gt, 761 lower-berths, built in 1968, renamed 'Orient Queen' was sold to Lebanese buyers at the price of $9.5 million, whilst the 'Azur', 9,200 gt, 694 lower-berths, built in 1971 was sold to the Israeli owner ManMaritime (renamed 'Royal Iris') at a price around $ 10 million, and the 'Flamenco' bought by Ravenscroft for $ 12.25 million at auction, has been charted by Travelplan in Spain.
  • The German financial organisation KfW, creditor of Royal Olympic Cruise, who had bought the 'Olympia Explorer' and the 'Olympia Voyager', built in 2000 and 2002, 24,500 gt, 840 lower-berths, 27 knots, for respectively $ 82.7 million and $ 97.2 million, resold the 'Olympia Explorer' for $85 million to a maritime university, whilst the 'Olympia Voyager' was chartered out for on a long term period with a purchase option to the Spanish Iberojet.
  • 'Paul Gauguin' was sold by the financial owner Centre Solution to the tour operator Grand Circle/Vantage for a price in the region of $ 40 million, but the ship should remain in service in Tahiti for Radisson for the next two years, 2005 and 2006.
  • The project easyCruise, which caused a lot of curiosity from all the professionals in the sector, should start in the spring of 2005 following the purchase and the transformation of 'Renaissance Two' bought for $ 7 million and transformed in Singapore, doubling its capacity to accommodate 180 passengers. This ship, renamed 'easyCruise 1' will serve as a test to the promoter, Stelios Haji-Iouannou, to develop on a much larger scale the ambitious project of easyCruise, which is planning to expand the range of products offered in the cruising industry in trying to capture a much younger clientele.
  • The sister ship, ex 'Renaissance One' was sold to Singaporeans at a price of $6 million to operate casino cruises.
  • Also to be noted was the purchase of the 'Discovery', 20,186 gt, 472 lower-berths, built in 1972 by the tour operator All Leisure Group (Voyages of Discovery) which chartered the ship for six months of the year, thus becoming an owner.

These sales show the activity of some tour operators, especially Spanish, Spain having become the fourth market in Europe within several years with 300,000 cruise passengers, after the United Kingdom with over 1 million, Germany with near to 600,000 and Italy with more than 350,000 cruise clients.

We have not seen any new mergers within the cruise companies this year, the sector being already concentrated in the hands of a few big groups, but there was one promising diversifying operation with the entry of CMA CGM into 70 % of the capital of the Compagnie des Iles du Ponant, who exploit three small cruise ships under French flag, and in the tour operator Tapis Rouge. Let us hope that this major containership owner will wish to develop rapidly in this new activity.
 

Whilst we might have imagined that the sector would take a pause after the strong growth in the fleet at the beginning of this decade, it appears that cruise companies are looking to achieve a controlled growth of around of 5 % per year, which should result in some ten ships being ordered each year.

Once again, the question is whether there are too many shipyards in Europe to serve the needs, which overall have become relatively moderate, although owners have no interest in seeing reduced competition amongst shipyards as this has helped boost their growth.

The decline in the dollar has of course been a constraint on the ambitions of American companies, but the growth of the market and a wiser decision-making process in the annual ordering of ships should permit, as seen this year, an increase in cruise prices compensating the rise in construction costs expressed in dollars, taking into consideration that amortisation of the vessel can be spread out over a very long period.

The cruise industry, which in twenty years has become a well-known and appreciated leisure activity, has no need to be under-priced to survive and the sector should experience a much more controlled development than in the past, particularly as only ten ships will be coming out of the yards over the next two years, four in 2005 and six in 2006, which should allow a better occupancy rate and price optimisation given a demand which is continuously expanding.
 

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MEETINGS
A conference on maritime engineering works and climate change in Rome on Wednesday
Rome
It will be held at the Auditorium Fondazione MAXXI
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
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PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
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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