Four Wilh. Wilhelmsen ro-ros to recycling in China

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Wilh. Wilhelmsen has sold four of its car carriers to China for recycling. Since the market for vehicle carriers collapsed in 2008, the ships have been superfluous. The ships are the Tampere (built in 1979 as the Barber Nara), the Tapiola (built in 1978 as the Bongabilla), the Toba (built in the 1979) and the Tourcoing (built in 1978). Two of the Singapore-flagged vessels were laid up in Lyngdal, Norway, from April 2009 to April 2010. The four ships have been sold for an undisclosed price, but in the last couple of weeks recyclers in China have paid around USD 407 per light ton. The sum is a substantial increase from earlier months' USD 360. The 32,000 DWT ro-ros have around 4,300 lane metres on their decks.

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