Dynamar: Breakbulk Fleet Creeps Up
By Carly Fields
The deadweight ton capacity of the fleet of the top 10 multipurpose, project and heavy-lift operators has increased 2.5 percent year-on-year to reach 7.4 million dwt, according to research exclusively supplied to Breakbulk by Dynamar.
But the number of ships has decreased 3 percent to 423 ships, emphasizing the growth in ship size to deal with ever-larger project cargoes and improved cargo flexibility of the top 10 operators.
With an average age of nine years the fleet remains relatively young, according to Dynamar’s research. The order book of the top 10 operators numbers 41 vessels of 18,400-dwt average, two more than a year ago. Once delivered, they will further pull up the average age of the fleet.
While the top 10 operators in terms of dwt in Dynamar’s BREAKBULK IV – Operators, Fleets, Markets (May 2016) analysis are the same as the previous year’s report, there has been some shifting of actual ranks within that top 10.
“As a result of the delivery of some larger newbuildings, as predicted Coscol has regained the first spot from BBC Chartering as the current largest operator of multipurpose/heavy-lift/project tonnage,” Dynamar’s Dirk Visser said to Breakbulk. “Considering the current order books of both operators, the Chinese fleet will continue to grow faster than that of the Germans over the next two years.”
Thorco Shipping retained its No. 3 ranking despite a fall in its fleet size. The 49 ships of Dutch Spliethoff put it in the No. 4 position. With an average age of 14 years, Spliethoff has the oldest fleet of all 10 operators.
Chipolbrok climbed two spots to No. 5 with its 23-unit fleet, including four 36,000 dwt newbuildings operated by subsidiary Shanghai HongFa. The Chinese/Polish carrier will take delivery of a further three new 32,000 dwt ships this year.
Next up is AAL Shipping at No. 6 with its fleet of 19 ships, totaling 512,000 dwt. It’s followed by Swire Shipping, MACS, Rickmers-Linie and Intermarine. At 21, Houston’s Intermarine has the largest order book by number of ships, all due for delivery this year and next. “Only eight of its current 32 operated ships are owned and given the current state of the market, it may be expected that many of them will be returned to owners upon the delivery of the newbuildings,” Visser said.
Dynamar’s analysis is based on the number of general cargo/multipurpose ships, with and without crane capacity, operated by the 10 operators. Other specialist vessels types have not been considered, including open hatch general cargo, roll-on, roll-off, vehicle carrier, specialist heavy load, open deck ship, as well as semi-submersible units.
Photo: Houston’s Intermarine has the largest order book by number of ships, all due for delivery this year and next (Indusrial Grace, shown, was delivered last fall). Credit: Intermarine
| Rank | Breakbulk/RoRo | Existing fleet | ||||||||
| Operator 2016 | Ships | Total dwt | Avg. Dwt | Avg. Age | Ships | Total dwt | Avg. Dwt | Avg. Age | Share | |
| 1 | Coscol | 58 | 1,501,000 | 26,900 | 2012 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | BBC | 131 | 1,449,000 | 11,100 | 2008 | 6 | 83,000 | 13,900 | 2016 | 5.7% |
| 3 | Thorco | 71 | 965,000 | 28,500 | 2004 | 3 | 96,000 | 32,000 | 2016 | 14.6% |
| 4 | Spliethoff | 49 | 786,000 | 25,900 | 2007 | 9 | 276,000 | 30,700 | 2017 | 18.4% |
| 5 | Chipolbrok | 23 | 656,000 | 10,600 | 2007 | 21 | 267,000 | 12,700 | 2016 | 78.5% |
| 6 | AAL | 19 | 512,000 | 32,900 | 2005 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Swire Shipping | 16 | 404,000 | 29,800 | 2005 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | MACS | 12 | 395,000 | 16,000 | 2002 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Rickmers Linie | 12 | 357,000 | 25,200 | 2005 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Intermarine | 32 | 340,000 | 13,600 | 2009 | 2 | 34,000 | 17,000 | 2017 | 3.5% |
| Top 10 Multipurpose | 423 | 7,365,000 | 17,400 | 2007 | 41 | 756,000 | 18,400 | 2016 | 10.3% | |
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