"I think if
we can see the sun in 2020, it has been very lucky."
Hongkong Futo
Taechangxiang Group Chairman Gu Jiangang's view of the market is not
optimistic, in fact, he is not the first time that the market is not
optimistic, and the private equity was criticized.
Gu Jiangang, said
in an interview with the media, said that the future will continue to be
trapped in the commercial shipping market, liquidity continues to continue to.
Due to a number of quantitative easing to printing money, which means that
cheap credit there is still a long time to go."
Relevant
management regulations, such as ISM, focus on compliance manager, do not attach
importance to the owner, which means that private equity and hedge funds can
continue to enter the shipping market is similar to the restrictions.
As Taichang Xiang
group of the third generation at the helm, warning Gu Jiangang said, "ship
orders is based on macroeconomic and revenue in the short term market, we will
continue to see speculation of new ship construction orders."
Since 2007, the
Tai Changxiang group has launched a strategic roadmap to create "a top
minded boutique owner", based on a small number of important customer
needs to build ships, such as oil giants and steel giants as well as major
charter partners, and adhere to focus on quality and high standards. Gu
Jiangang is very concerned about Japan, Japan is the last century 60's Hongkong
ship owners contact very closely related to the country.
Recently, the
group of Tai Changxiang from Japan imabari shipbuilding received two aircraft
77000 tons deadweight Panamax bulk carrier, is still holding 3 large Newcastle
type bulk carrier orders, the two ships by imabari shipbuilding West shipyard,
is expected to delivery in 2017-2018, long-term lease to NS united; another
ship by the name of the village of shipbuilding construction is expected in
2018 delivered, the long-term lease to Nippon Yusen. In addition, the group of
Tai Changxiang also with Kawasaki Kisen co investment built the ship 182000 DWT
bulk carrier, by imabari shipbuilding West shipyard, is expected to 2017
consign.
Oil tanker, the
group of Tai Changxiang handheld 2 aircraft 115000 DWT aframax tanker orders,
built by the name of the village of shipbuilding is expected delivery in 2016
in the second half of the year, and an aframax tanker in Sasebo naval
construction, is expected to be delivered in 2017. All of the above 3 tanker
will be leased to the Tai Changxiang group's long-term oil giant customers.
Gu Jiangang said,
we do not expand the size of the fleet plan, will maintain the best size of the
20 ships."