來自香港媒體的報導 Vessels up to 13,000 TEU capacity would help meet growing demand OOCL may place an order for huge container ships, each of which would have almost 50 percent more capacity than any ship in its fleet, a senior executive told a Hong Kong newspaper. The Hong Kong-based carrier is contemplating such an order because of the expected long-term growth in demand in Europe for Asian exports. Stephen Ng Siu-kow, OOCL’s director of corporate planning, said the carrier was looking to bolster its fleet, the South China Morning Post reported. OOCL is No. 12 on the JOC list of Top 15 Container Fleet Operators. "We are looking at 8,000 TEUs and up to 13,000 TEUs, but we have not made any decisions on placing orders for these vessels yet,” Ng told the newspaper. "We have a team of experts who are constantly exploring opportunities and regularly meet shipyards and other vendors to review new technologies, discuss industry issues, as well as explore possible new buildings," he said. The largest vessels now sailing in the OOCL fleet are 16 ships capable of carrying 8,063 20-foot equivalent container units. They were delivered from the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea at a total cost of $1 billion. The last in the series, OOCL Luxembourg, was christened last April. The Hong Kong-based container line also has ordered six 8,888-TEU containerships from Shanghai's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in 2007 at an overall price of $723 million. Ng said these ships would be delivered between 2011 and 2013. The current price of a 13,000-TEU container ship ordered from a South Korean shipyard is about $125 million. The ships can only be deployed on Asia-Europe services because U.S. ports cannot yet handle ships as large as 13,000 TEUs. While container volumes on intra-Asian trade routes are growing, ships with capacities of 13,000 TEUs are too large for the trade. Analysts at Macquarie Research and Goldman Sachs are forecasting a shortage of container ship capacity in 2012 as the construction and delivery of vessels lags the expected growth in container volumes. Ng said economic uncertainty in Europe would continue to have an adverse impact on Asian companies because the depreciation of the euro against Asian currencies made exports more expensive. "We are cautiously optimistic that there will be growth of 5 to 6 percent in trade volumes" on Asia-Europe next year compared with this year, Ng said. This would "imply that our trade volumes will be more or less back to the levels of 2008." Vessels up to 13,000 TEU capacity would help meet growing demand Ng said there were brighter opportunities on intra-Asian trades. Container volumes have grown significantly this year due to the impact of free trade agreements between China and ASEAN countries. "Next year we will focus on the lucrative intra-Asia routes and add services or capacity where necessary," Ng said. "We expect 2011 demand will continue to grow but at a slightly slower pace, due to the slowing down of GDP and monetary tightening in Asia, especially in China." 看完原文,簡單說就是紅梅花打量購置 8x13000teu 貨櫃船增加運力 這八條13000teu的船假設購置成功,將會是紅梅花現役8063teu貨櫃船運力的約1.5倍 (8063 teu , 實際大約可以裝 6800 teu , 13000 teu ,實際可裝 12000 teu ) 這八條船目前正在跟三星造船洽談中,每艘造價1~1.25億美金 紅梅花的執行長認為,貨櫃班輪在未來亞洲輸往歐洲的貨物比重會持續上升 船舶大型化無可避免,但是此型船只能用在東亞區大港口,相對南亞/中東 港口受到的限制較多,此型船短期內還是無法進入此地區展開服務 . 最後一段....紅梅花更看好亞洲區間市場的迅猛成長 但是中國市場的成長趨緩是一大隱憂 閱 ~ 英文原文文章啃起來別有一番風味 (無誤) 高雄港表示:紅梅花租的碼頭停不進這型怪物 洲際六表示:來租啊 (摳鼻) 三星表示:這型訂單已經多到我不想接了.... CSBC表示:核心設備外購的結果,這型訂單我也拿不到 (冏)~ --

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