Korean shipbuilding giant DSME enters crisis mode

Less than 25% of bulkers and tankers will attain EEXI compliance
SSY analysis estimates that slower steaming speeds resulting from EPLs will lead to a 1-2% fall in annual tanker and bulker fleet capacity.
While this may seem limited, it is worth considering that this decline is centred on periods when faster speeds are needed – to meet a laycan, tidal change or to eligible for time charter,” SSY analysts observed
Taking 2019 actual operations to avoid the influence of Covid-19 and applying the 5% 2023 baseline reduction, indicates 74% of bulkers and 77% of the tanker fleet would achieve A to C rankings, while 11% and 10%, respectively, would achieve an E ranking, with SSY positing that major charterers might create a twin-track environment where they only seek out ships with A to C ratings leaving vessels with poorer green performances to seek business elsewhere.
