News Highlights keo nha cai dua ra toi nay: 23 - 2024

South Korea’s Dong Young Shipping recently took delivery of keo nha cai dua ra toi nay 961 teu container vessel PEGASUS DREAM from its compatriot shipyard Dae Sun.
keo nha cai dua ra toi nay small gearless ship is keo nha cai dua ra toi nay first of two ‘Dae Sun 1000 Mk-II’ sisters that shipyard is building for keo nha cai dua ra toi nay Korean regional line. Dong Young ordered keo nha cai dua ra toi nay pair in early 2022 for a reported price of USD 22 M per unit.

keo nha cai dua ra toi nay PEGASUS DREAM is 146.50 m long and 23.60 m wide. keo nha cai dua ra toi nay vessel is powered by a MAN B&W 6 S46ME-B8.3 main engine that develops 6,290 kW and drives keo nha cai dua ra toi nay ship at speeds of up to 18 knots.
Dong Young has chosen to deploy its latest vessel on its ‘Korea - Haiphong Express’ service ‘BKH’ (see details), a loop that calls Incheon, Kwangyang, Busan, Haiphong, Xiamen, Incheon with three ships on a 21-day round trip.
Spot ocean freight rates climb towards pandemic highs
keo nha cai dua ra toi nay Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) published by keo nha cai dua ra toi nay Shanghai Shipping Exchange last Friday 31 May showed a 12.6% increase in spot ocean rates ex Shanghai, which was keo nha cai dua ra toi nay tenth consecutive week of rising rate levels.

At 3,045 points, keo nha cai dua ra toi nay rate index is still well below it’s historical peak of 5,110 points registered on 7 January 2022 in keo nha cai dua ra toi nay midst of keo nha cai dua ra toi nay COVID-19 pandemic. A comparison however shows that average spot rates are almost three times higher than a year ago.
Spot ocean freight rates have been rising rapidly since early April due to a combination keo nha cai dua ra toi nay strong cargo demand in China and a shortage keo nha cai dua ra toi nay ships.
A recent Alphaliner report in mid-May (see Alphaliner newsletter 2024-20) showed that keo nha cai dua ra toi nay big alliance carriers were short of 36 vessels to fully staff all their Far East—Europe loops, which are being re-routed via keo nha cai dua ra toi nay Cape of Good Hope due to keo nha cai dua ra toi nay attacks on merchant ships in keo nha cai dua ra toi nay Gulf of Aden.