In July of 2012, 75 vessels of a cumulative 3.29m dwt were newly contracted in the world, plummeted by 66% year-on-year but slightly increased by 6.5% month-on-month.
Clarkson reported that overall new order invested during the first seven months stood at 25.3m dwt, plunged by 54.8% y-o-y.
During last month, 0.52m-dwt (seven vessels) bulkers have been newly invested, down by 74% from 2.01m dwt (26) year-on-year. Tanker segment saw a decrease to 0.28m dwt (six) from 0.6m dwt (16) on the same month of last year, while boxship increased to 1.41m dwt, comparing with 0.37m dwt.
Korea, China and Japan, during the same month, penned 1.69m dwt, 0.49m dwt and 0.12m dwt, all down by 32% from 2.48m dwt, 71% from 1.71m dwt and 78% from 0.55m dwt year-on-year, each.