Many ship bosses in Zhejiang want to withdraw

"Recently, the cash flow on hand is relatively tight, and the flight operation is not very good. Only the meat can be cut and sold." After the Spring Festival, Mr. Lu from Tianping Village, Changxing Township came to the Huzhou Ship Trading Market to go through the formalities. In 2010, the cargo ship purchased for 1 million yuan was sold from Changxing to Yixing, Jiangsu at a low price of 800,000 yuan. Mr. Dong, the person in charge of the Huzhou Ship Trading Market, who evaluated the ship at the time, said: "This ship with a capacity of 620 tons is in good condition. The shipowner has repaired it before the shot. It is a pity to sell this price."

The Baltic Dry Index (the economic indicator of the shipping industry, which includes the transformation of the dry bulk trading volume of the shipping industry) has recently reached its lowest point, so the shipowners who have sold their boats like Mr. Lu have gradually increased. As a developed area of ​​inland navigation, Huzhou is currently trading in second-hand ships? Recently, the reporter conducted a visit.

â–  Buy more ships and buy more ships

Yesterday, the reporter came to the Huzhou ship trading market. Among the small business halls, there were five or six shipowners asking how to handle the procedures for selling ships. The information on the screen to sell ships is also more than before. less. "Today, there are five shipowners who want to take the boat to handle the procedures, but there is only one person who comes to buy, and these five ships do not meet his requirements." The staff of the ship trading market told reporters The ship trading situation on the day was started.

It is understood that after the Spring Festival, a large number of ship owners went to the ship trading market and wanted to sell the ships at hand. At most, there were 8 people who registered to call. Mr. Luo, the person in charge of the ship trading market, said: “Second-hand ship trading generally enters the peak season before and after the Spring Festival. After the year and a half, the trading characteristics of the second-hand ships in Huzhou, in general, there are many people selling ships, fewer people taking over, and shrinking trading volume. ."

According to statistics from the Huzhou Ship Trading Market, in January last year , a total of 49 vessels were successfully listed for trading, and 59 vessels were sold in February. This year's transaction was 39 transactions in January, and 43 vessels have been sold since February. It fell by about 10% in the same period last year.

Since the beginning of this year, under the stagnation of international shipping, the Baltic Dry Index ( BDI Index) has bottomed out, and the Shanghai Ship Price Index, which reflects the typical ship transaction price levels and fluctuations in the offshore, coastal and inland rivers regions, continues. Go lower. Among them, the Domestic Coastal Ship Price Composite Index (CBPI) and the Domestic River Trade Ship Price Composite Index (IBPI) are more than the 1000-point base period index (based on April 7, 2010), and experienced the highest point around 1100 points in June last year. After slow down, it will drop by about 10%.

â–  stopping sail are losing money selling to reduce losses

Mr. Li of Changxing people also recently sold the boat to Anhui: "The year before, I and a few friends joined in a partnership to fight a ship. Since the end of last year, due to equity disputes, repayment pressure, plus no fixed source of freight, now I can only sell the boat, hoping to minimize the loss."

Yesterday, Mr. Dai, who came to sell the ship in the ship trading market, said that “the shipping cost is getting higher and higher, the ship can’t make money, and the ship is losing money, so I still consider selling it.” According to the introduction, In recent years, the freight rate of export containers has dropped from the highest point of 2,000 yuan/standard box to 1,000 yuan/standard box, with a drop of 50%. The inland shipping freight rate has also shrunk year by year, coupled with the increase of labor costs and the rise of fuel oil prices. The ship's bosses are gradually entering an embarrassing situation where they are unable to make ends meet.

Last year, the highest peak in the city's waterway reached 1,800 ships a day, but the current average is only about 900 a day, and nearly half of the ships have been closed. It is also known that excess shipping capacity is also a major cause of ship closure or even selling.

According to industry insiders, in the early stage of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, due to the large number of project construction needs, the transportation of building materials promoted the increase of shipping capacity of Huzhou at that time, and the freight rate increased due to the increase of transportation threshold. Therefore, the ship owners were more than enough to deal with high costs. However, due to the decline in capacity demand, shipowners often struggle with each other when weighing costs and shipping costs.

In addition, some old ships of old age also came to the time of "exiting the rivers and lakes". According to industry insiders, “old, old and small ships have high cost. The boat has limited load. However, according to relevant national regulations, the number of personnel is less than that of the big ship. The labor cost cannot be reduced, and the old ship needs to increase maintenance and payment. The same cost as the new ship. Therefore, selling old ships for new ships has become a choice for some ship owners."