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Week 50 -Shipbrokers and consultants since 1919- Weekly Gas Report HIGHLIGHTS VLGC: Baltic Index softening as activity slows Ammonia: Prices easing Handy: Freight rates remain firm Coaster: Demand picking up “You will not get what you deserve! You will get what you negotiate! ” arbitrage to take cargoes East however, so consequently we expect the available vessels for January in the Western hemisphere to find employment sooner rather than later. VLGC The few fixtures concluded East of Suez have largely been for end month dates at a discount to the prevailing Baltic. Many of the vessels will have quite a lot of waiting time and the actual returns will be lower than indicated by the rate fixed, a sign of more tonnage length. However, the earnings impact is mitigated by the significant drop in bunker prices. Muted interest on the product side as well means that the Index may still not have reached its bottom. However, with a thinning list of vessels available for the balance of the month, it will not take much pick up in activity for the effects to be seen. A 3 year time charter was reportedly failed on subjects this week, reasons as of yet unclear. While there is still period interest in the market, we may be approaching a point where hire rates may soften slightly as potential takers seem to be content to hold off in anticipation of an adjustment as the spot market is trending lower. NH3 There has not been any significant change in the market sentiment for the Handysize segment this week. The global fleet is well employed, demand is strong and freight remains robust. There is an open Navigator vessel prompt in the US Gulf and there are a couple workable vessels going forward towards January and beginning of February in the region. However, with continuous demand and enquiries heard it can be expected that these vessels will find employment before long. Ammonia prices showed signs of further weakness, which is in line with the usual pattern for this time of year. Weaker Cfr prices in South Korea and India worked their way back to the marginal suppliers in Yuzhny where the supply situation also appears to be improving. Recent sales have been discussed in the US$ 550580 pmt range. The lineup for December look set total more COASTER than 290,000 tonnes, up 100,000 tonnes on October and 70,000 Overall, the Coaster market has been showing signs of higher than November totals. improvement for some period of Seasonal maintenance impacting time now. The strong demand for industrial buyers in Asia is also butane into Morocco continues adding to the weaker sentiment. and we see a large amount of Ammonia prices could come ships being fixed for this trade, under further pressure short either for loading North West term as the outlook for demand Europe, US Gulf or in the appears weak despite of Caribbean. This creates some continuing supply issues in more ton miles for the smaller Trinidad, Algeria, Egypt and ships and we could see an increase in spot rates going Indonesia. towards the end of the year. West of Suez looks significantly healthier spot wise, with West African and Houston cargoes still reportedly uncovered for the first month of the new year. There doesn’t seem to be a supporting VLGC Timecharter Equivalent (TCE) US$/month 4,000,000 3,700,000 3,400,000 3,100,000 2,800,000 2,500,000 2,200,000 1,900,000 1,600,000 1,300,000 1,000,000 700,000 400,000 100,000 -200,000 1 -500,000 HANDY 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 5 YR LOW 5 YR HIGH 1 5 YR AVG 2014 Ytd Week no -Shipbrokers and consultants since 1919- LPG LPG prices easing in Asia, increasing in the Atlantic Propane prices in North West European ended the week higher despite of weaker crude as there were signs of a more balanced market and focus shifting to January. Butane is still mirroring naphtha price fluctuations closely and remains at 89% of the latter, which has been the case for quite some time. Petchem demand appears to be muted with most buyers fully stocked. LNG ExxonMobil has released a report, according to which natural gas is expected to be the fastest growing fuel source. Natural gas demand is expected to grow by 65% by 2040, driven by utilities and industrial operations. Half of the increase will come from the Asia Pacific region including China. LNG trade is expected to more than triple from the current volume of around 240 million tonnes per annum. 2 In the Middle Eastern Gulf, activity remained price structure not conducive to trade as the market continued heavily backwardated. Buyers of Fob cargoes were heard to be asking a discount of more than US$ 160 from December CP. January CP swaps ended the week at US$ 434. erally sufficient in the region and current prices are too low to induce much new activity. In the US NGLs market prices ended the week higher even as the price of WTI tumbled further. EIA reported a draw in nationwide propane inventories of 257,000 bl, which was a lower draw than expected. Prices The Asian LPG market saw pric- firmed nevertheless. es easing from last week, although some recovery was evident towards the end of the week. Inventory levels are gen- The Nova Scotia LNG project is making progress as other Canadian LNG projects on the West Coast are stalling. The Bear Head LNG project has applied to the USDA to export pipeline feed -gas pipelined from the northeast of the US into Canada for exports as LNG to Europe and elsewhere. The project is planning to export 8 million tonnes of LNG initially, increasing to 12 million tonnes. Commercial operations could commence already in late 2018 or early 2019 subject to being granted the necessary approvals. According to IEA, the subSaharan region of Africa accounted for close to 30% of global oil and gas discoveries over the last five years. LNG exports from the region is expected to triple by 2040 to over 70 million tonnes per annum. -Shipbrokers and consultants since 1919- FIXTURES SPOT Vessel DORSET AL WUKIR YUYO SPIRITS GAS ORIENTAL HELENA KOSAN EPIC BORNEO GAS MYTH JS LEKVAR SIGAS SONJA CASTEL DELL' OVO JOAN LADY HILDE B GAS ETTRICK Built 2011 2008 2009 2003 2007 2010 2011 2013 2007 2007 2009 1998 1991 Cbm 82000 80841 77324 35533 7886 7067 5000 5000 4934 3937 3540 3442 3215 Qty 44' 44' 44' FC 4'5 FC FC FC 2' 1'7 1'8 1'6 FC Cargo LPG LPG LPG NH3 BUTANE BUTANE BUTANE BUTANE PROPANE PROPANE BUTANE PROPANE BUTANE Load AG AG HOUSTON AG HOUSTON PERNIS SINES POINT LISAS FLUSHING TEES FREDERICIA FLUSHING BROFJORDEN Disch ECI EAST EAST RICHARDS BAY WAF MOROCCO MOROCCO MOHAMMEDIA DUNKIRK LEIXOES/LISBON OPTS LISBON ARA Laycan 25 DEC END DEC 19-21 JAN MID DEC 15-17 DEC 10-12 DEC 14-16 DEC 7-9 DEC 13 DEC 13 DEC 16-18 DEC 11-13 DEC 10-12 DEC Rate US$ 2.25 MILL LS 70 RNR RNR RNR RNR RNR RNR RNR RNR RNR RNR RNR Charterer BPCL PETREDEC NAFTOMAR MUNTAJAT HETCO STASCO LITASCO PETREDEC ENI CSSA STASCO ENI PREEM RATES The Baltic Exchange LPG Index 44’LPG Ras Tanura/Chiba Weekly Baltic average Baltic TC Equivalent (US$/pmt) (US$/pcm) (US$/pd) Last Week 75.46 1,982,966 65,186 This Week 73.04 1,957,036 64,334 Trend Softening Softening Softening 12 months Time Charter - Indicators 3.200 cbm S/R 3.500 cbm P/R - East 3.500 cbm P/R - West 5.000 cbm P/R 6.500 cbm S/R 10.000 cbm ETH 20.000 cbm S/R 35.000 cbm 60.000 cbm 82.000 cbm Last Week (US$/pd) 7,561 6,246 6,575 8,218 13,478 18,738 36,160 32,873 52,597 59,172 This Week (US$/pd) 7,561 6,246 6,575 8,218 13,478 18,738 35,339 33,695 52,597 59,172 This Week (US$/pcm) 230,000 190,000 200,000 250,000 410,000 570,000 1,075,000 1,025,000 1,600,000 1,800,000 Trend Steady Steady Steady Steady Steady Steady Softening Firming Steady Steady VALUATIONS We provide expertise valuations for a number of ship owning and banking clients worldwide, covering all types of gas carriers either on a regular basis (quarterly, semi-annually) or on an ad hoc basis. 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We strive to maintain an unbiased approach to valuations, which are carried out in due diligence and in accordance with established ISO procedures. 3 -Shipbrokers and consultants since 1919- PRODUCTS & PRICES LPG, Natgas, Crude, IFO380 NWE CIF ARA Small US Mt Belvieu Non-LST NWE Propane Swaps Q1 forward Q2 forward MEG Contract Price Japan CFR NG, Crude & IFO380 NG, NYMEX WTI, Crude - Spot IFO380, Fujairah Propane usd/pmt Change from last week Butane usd/pmt Change from last week 415.00 -5.78% 463.00 -11.88% 278.58 -13.67% 310.23 -23.23% 395.50 376.00 -7.71% -9.57% 550.00 464.00 0.00% -13.79% 570.00 511.00 0.00% -7.24% 3.66 59.24 370.00 -1.01% -11.88% -10.95% usd/mmbtu usd/bbl usd/pmt Various Sources Name Brokers Anders Lalim Martin Engelsen Hals Katie Du Sebastian Isaksen Henrik Konow Verlo Research Knut Stangebye Olsen Operation Håvard Teigland Spyros Bampetas Office Mobile Yahoo Messenger (+47) 2252 7707 (+47) 2252 7783 (+47) 2252 7736 (+47) 2252 7737 (+47) 2252 7755 (+47) 905 30 930 (+47) 909 39 949 (+47) 901 54 760 (+47) 958 00 214 (+47) 924 65 307 la_limno martinengelsenhals katiemin1209 sebastian.isaksen hkverlo (+47) 2252 7703 (+47) 952 48 490 knutstangebyeolsen (+47) 2252 7733 (+30) 2108 9000 62 (+47) 980 43 763 (+30) 6973 38 2273 havardteigland spyrosbampetas Email: Phone: Fax: [email protected] (+47) 2252 77 00 (+47) 2252 78 64 Lorentzen & Stemoco AS Munkedamsveien 45 8th floor, lift E PO Box 2029 Vika, N-0125 Oslo, Norway www.lorstem.com 4