16.9 C
Hamburg
Friday, June 6, 2025
Home Most Popular Wan Hai closes US$32 million demolition sale deal

Wan Hai closes US$32 million demolition sale deal

Wan Hai Lines has apparently gotten over US$32 million after finalising the demolition sale of 10 elderly boxships, as the recycling of container vessels accelerates.

Ship brokers report that after an open tender, the Taiwanese liner operator has sold four 1,088 TEU 160-type ships built between 1996 and 1998, as well as six 1994-built 200-type ships with a box capacity of 1,368 TEUs. These are the oldest vessels among Wan Hai-owned fleet of 112 ships.

An undisclosed cash buyer has agreed to pay US$510/ldt to take the ships to a green recycling yard in Alang, India. Based on the total light displacement tonnage of 63,210, the total price is in excess of US$32 million.

Wan Hai has stated that it will not disclose additional information about the transaction. The Taiwan Stock Exchange requires listed companies to disclose transactions involving at least US$33 million.

Greek broker Intermodal noted that India is now the chosen destination to break up ships, due to liquidity issues in Bangladesh and Pakistan that have impeded scrap yards from obtaining US$-denominated letters of credit to purchase vessels.

The Indian rupee strengthened at 80.9 from 83 against the dollar last week, and with firming steel plate prices in India, are encouraging scrap yards to buy vessels.

Intermodal expects the challenging freight market to convince more owners to scrap older boxships. “We’re already witnessing a strong supply of containers with a total of 11 units being sold for demolition last week,” said Intermodal.


Martina Li
Asia Correspondent





Latest Posts

PIL christens new 8,200 TEU boxship

Pacific International Lines (PIL) named its latest 8,200 TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessel, Kota Ocean, at the PSA Terminal in Singapore. The vessel was named...

Singapore authorities away grounded container barge

Authorities in Singapore have towed away a container barge that ran aground off the resort island of Sentosa this morning (6 June). ...

Zodiac’s car carrier still burning, tugs to arrive on 9 June

Zodiac Maritime has appointed Resolve Marine to carry out salvage work on its burning car carrier, Morning Midas. In a press statement released on 5...

GSTS expands in Europe with world’s first AI-powered collaborative optimisation solution

Global Spatial Technology Solutions (GSTS), a maritime AI company, has announced the expansion of its solution offerings to European markets. GSTS has recently established an...

Capesize S&P activity drops around 48%

Written by Rebecca Galanopoulos, Senior Content Analyst at Veson Nautical Using VesselsValue Timeseries, we examine how historical orderbook trends have influenced time charter rates and...
error: Content is protected !!