The Greek orderbook saw another significant increase

The Greek orderbook recorded a caller notable summation successful September, led by containerships and tankers, confirming the strategic predisposition of Greek shipowners successful two of the astir dynamic sectors of shipping.

According to the latest investigation by the shipbrokerage location Xclusiv Shipbrokers, Greece further strengthened its presumption successful the planetary orderbook, with the Greek shipowners gathering a total of 644 ships during this play (634 successful August and 625 successful July), which, according to the plans of the shipping companies, will beryllium delivered during the three-year play 2025 – 2028.

Compared to past month, the Greek orderbook accrued by 10 ships, reflecting the trend of strengthening marketplace shares, while deliveries of recently built ships to Greek companies are continuous.

Containerships

The astir awesome summation concerns instrumentality ships for different month, with Greek shipowners maintaining 97 orders (11 more), a fig corresponding to 9% of the planetary orderbook. The accent is connected neo-panamax (50%), followed by feeders (34%), confirming the accrued involvement of caller months.

Overall, the total containership fleet numbers 6,990 ships, with an mean property of 13.9 years, while the “frenzy” of orders – arsenic analysts telephone it -, though weakened compared to 2024, records a caller betterment with 1,052 ships under operation (from 972 successful August).

Despite marketplace warnings of oversupply of capacity, the Greek strategy is driven by economies of standard and the request to renew the fleet with units that comply with EEXI and CII regulations. The summation compared to August proves that Greek shipowners are not acrophobic to presumption themselves successful the sector, investing successful cutting-edge technology.

The investments of Navios Maritime and Danaos are indicative, arsenic a fewer days agone proceeded with caller orders successful bid to grow their fleets.

In particular, Navios, headed by Angeliki Frangou, secured an bid for the operation of 4 containerships with a capableness of 8,850 TEUs astatine the South Korean shipyards HJ Shipbuilding. Danaos, owned by Dr. Ioannis Coustas, placed an bid for two instrumentality ships, with a capableness of 7,165 TEUs each, astatine the Dalian Shanhaiguan shipyard successful China.

Tankers

Greek investments successful tankers are besides steadily increasing, with the Greeks shipowners present holding 295 orders, i.e. astir 24% of the planetary orderbook (288 successful August). Investments are concentrated successful Suezmax (86 ships) and Aframax/LR2 (68 ships), with a parallel strong beingness successful MR2 merchandise tankers (52 ships). This strategy enhances the flexibility of the Greek fleet, arsenic it covers the full spectrum of request from crude to refined products.

The summation successful the Greek orderbook successful tankers reflects assurance successful the medium-term prospects of the market, though freight rates are fluctuating. At an planetary level, the tanker orderbook has accrued to 15.2% of the fleet, from 12.9% past year.

Meanwhile, the total fig of ships connected the planetary bid publication stands astatine 1,221, up from 909 past month. However, based connected the information and contempt the strong activity, the mean property of the planetary fleet remains precocious astatine 13.8 years, indicating the request for further renewal investments.

Bulk carriers

As for the bulk bearer sector, a traditional “paper” of Greek shipowners, the “Greeks” person 158 ships connected order, a percent that corresponds to astir 12% of the planetary orderbook (162 ships successful August).

It is noted that the “abstinence”, with zero orders since the opening of the year, remains for different month, which – according to analysts – is partially attributed to a strategic wait-and-see attitude, with galore turning to the second-hand bulker marketplace for bargains.

Greece continues to person a stable beingness successful sizes such arsenic Kamsarmax and Ultramax, while astatine a planetary level the bulker orderbook corresponds to 10.7% of the fleet, preventing the emergence of oversupply.

Greece leads the way successful LNG & LPG carriers

Finally, successful state carriers, Greece continues to play a starring role, combining a fleet renewal strategy with a semipermanent perspective.

In LNG carriers, Greece has 50 orders, a percent that corresponds to astir 15% of the planetary orderbook and an accent connected the 141k-200k CBM capacity. This beingness keeps the Greeks among the strongest players successful the LNG market. At the aforesaid time, successful LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas), the Greek bid publication counts 44 orders, chiefly successful VLGCs, showing involvement successful diversification successful sectors related to the vigor transition. In fact, these numbers bring (also successful September) Greece to 2nd spot worldwide, down lone Japan successful LNG carriers and Norway successful LPG carriers.