After the outbreak of the crisis for a long period of time, ship owners but to protect themselves, reduce costs and avoid bankruptcy has become a top priority. The crisis is over, they finally have the energy to adjust the strategy. In ship design and price of the old issue, not perfect, after several attempts, the owners seem to have been ready to re-take the initiative.
Recently, the Maersk negotiations with the shipyard Jishi Yi card. The two sides very large custom-made 18,000 teu container ship has entered the final stages of negotiations. According to legend, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering and Samsung Heavy Industries, two Korean shipyards are most likely to have received orders for Maersk.
Maersk will set around the number of vessels and the amount of speculation a lot of orders. It is said that the order includes 10 vessels, amounting to 20 billion U.S. dollars. However, According to "The Korean Economic Times" reported, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine received orders for 20 ships, have doubled the amount.
In any case, this message for all special significance to the owner. The owner of the ship size and more advanced, more energy demands of the achievements of the ship design distinguishes the deal.
Over the years, the shipyard has been because of failure to meet the new era ship design has made energy efficiency requirements of the ship been criticized for improvement and innovation. Prior to the crisis, the shipyard is no incentive to do so, the demand is so strong, natural conditions, the final say by the shipyard.
However, the new ship Maersk upon the custom-made, many of the design work to do. These new ships will use the new propulsion system, as well as other cost reduction, new technologies to reduce emissions.
It is understood that host these ships are designed for low-speed navigation, showing that