The market moves, liquidity returns, but things have changed. Forty two percent of bankers who responded to our annual survey last month believe that a reasonable advance rate for a charterfree newbuilding is under 60%. Another 46% believe the rate should be under 70%. This leaves most owners without an attractive and high quality charter left to come up with 30-50% of newbuilding costs in equity. Taking into account how high ship values have gotten, that means even strong owners with significant newbuilding programs need to think creatively about how best to raise the equity they need if they don’t wish to resell their newbuilding contracts.
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