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FONASBA Buenos Aries. Tanker Chartering Report October 2007. Tanker Market Decline. 2005-2007 2006-2007 BDTI - 60% - 46% BCTI - 61% -45%. Baltic Dirty Tanker Index January 2005-October 2007. Baltic Clean Tanker Index January 2005-October 2007. Tanker Chartering Report.
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FONASBABuenos Aries Tanker Chartering Report October 2007
Tanker MarketDecline 2005-20072006-2007 BDTI - 60% - 46% BCTI - 61% -45%
Tanker Chartering Report Bunker Prices in Rotterdam Rose from $240 to $390 per tonne Plus 62.5%
Tanker Chartering Report • Global Oil Demand up 0.8% yoy • Forecast +1.5m b/d 2007 +2.2m b/d 2008 • Oil Price $80/bbl July 07
Tanker Chartering Report Mild winter in N hemisphere Benign hurricane season N America Decline of OPEC oil on water Refinery maintenance
Tanker Chartering Report • China + 4.6% yoy driven by Car ownership + 16% yoy air travel construction agriculture petrochemicals oil stocks
Tanker Chartering Report Oil Demand India +5.6% North America +1.7% Japan -10.5% Europe -3.4%
Tanker Chartering Report • Clean Tanker Trades Comparatively buoyant Refinery problems in the Atlantic basin. Nigeria and USA importing from Europe Congestion in both discharge areas India increasingly a supplier to Europe and Asia
Tanker Chartering Report • Growth of tanker fleet 3.6% dwt in first 8 months of 2007 • Fleet removals started in an interesting way over 30 single hull VLCCs converting to FPSO or VLOCs • Double Hull Fleet = 74% of existing fleet
Tanker Chartering Report • LNG continues to grow + 11% y o y Korea + 12.6% Japan + 1.3% Spain + 2.3 m t UK + 2.2 m t Belgium + 1.2 m t Existing fleet 233 vsls + 11% y o y
Tanker Chartering Report • Future influences (Short Term): Alternative Suppliers Fuels Response to Green Issues / emissions
Tanker Chartering Report • Future influences (long term): • 15 years/+ end of production from the largest fields found in last 40 yrs: North Sea Alaska Sakhalin
Tanker Chartering Report • Future influences (Long Term): Current finds are smaller capacity – indicating maintenance of high oil price = $ ??? or no return to low oil price = $ 20
TankerMarket THE END BEGINS ?