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Re: Cobas AM: Nueva Gestora de Francisco García Paramés
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Freedom is driven by determination
Freedom is driven by determination
As Brian said, what is interesting is then to look at the older part of the fleet. And people will take the decision to scrap their ships way, way, way before it hits OpEx level. As a matter of fact, you cannot find one tanker market, I'm talking in VLCC, which on average has printed less than $18,000 per day in the last 20 years. And nevertheless, we have had incredible years in terms of scrapping, the last one being 2018. So it's $8,000, $9,000 above OpEx. And nevertheless, it motivates people to scrap. And why is that? Because people need to spend a big amount of capital, and nowadays even more because of the ballast water treatment system, which is costing $1.5 million. So you will need to return in the next 2.5 years when you're taking a ship to dry dock, which is more than 15 years of age. In the next 2.5 years after your dry dock, you will need to get $4 million, $5 million, sometimes $6 million back before you even contemplate the first cent of profit. So I don't know a lot of owners who will do that, especially, especially after a period where we have earned so much money. Do you think that we are earning money only to waste it in older assets and passing dry docks? I don't believe so. So the minute the feed is oversupplied, we have the perfect solution. And as you can see on Slide 15, every single quarter, there's a collection of ships that will need to face that critical question of, do I spend capital? Or do I receive $15 million, $16 million, $17 million, $18 million, whatever the scrap is giving you? I think I know the answer.
Freedom is driven by determination
Freedom is driven by determination