Resource Tycoon Reborn

Sato Migo actually overestimated Fang Mingyuan. Fan Mingyuan sent six super tankers to SK Group. In fact, it was not because he thought that eating alone would cause public anger and make governments of various countries more vigilant, but because SK Group had him

What you want. Moreover, these six supertankers are about to be launched, and Kuok Shipping Group has not yet found a suitable customer, suitable captain, and crew.

In the past two years, Guo's Shipping Group has received more than seventeen or eighteen supertankers alone. At the same time, other ships are constantly joining the Guo's Shipping Group's fleet.

Although, at the same time, old ships and single-hull oil tankers are being phased out, super oil tankers are not so huge that just one person can be captain or crew member. One ship is worth hundreds of millions.

US dollars, and the value of the crude oil transported is far higher than that of the tanker.

Even if calculated based on the oil price of US$25 per barrel in early May 2001, the value of 300,000 tons of crude oil would exceed US$500 million!

In other words, the total value of every fully loaded supertanker is more than 600 million U.S. dollars! 600 million U.S. dollars, such a huge value, who would dare to casually deliver it to a group of people who cannot be trusted?

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Moreover, when 300,000 tons of crude oil are transported at sea, any situation may occur, including pirate robbery, natural disasters and man-made disasters, especially a crude oil spill. Once it occurs, it will definitely cause a huge headache for shipping companies.

Therefore, even though Guo's Shipping Group Company has been in this industry for many years, the reserves on hand and the captains and crew members who have been urgently trained over the past year are still somewhat stretched at the end of this batch of ships.

After these two oil spills occurred, Fang Mingyuan decided to bet that governments would advance the mandatory retirement date of single-hull oil tankers, so he continued to place large orders at major shipyards. In this way, the importance of these six super tankers

Naturally, it will be greatly weakened. And the reason why we chose SK Group

This is because firstly, SK Group definitely needs it, secondly, SK Group has something in its hands, and thirdly, it also gives SK Group an opportunity to put pressure on the South Korean government! If SK Group, which has six supertankers in its hands, still doesn’t realize it,

If this is an opportunity to seize the domestic and international refined oil markets, then Cui Taiyan can find a pond and plunge into it to drown himself!

To seize this opportunity, he must push for legislation in South Korea to force the early retirement of single-hull oil tankers. When Hyundai Group and Samsung Group worked together to accomplish one thing in South Korea by taking advantage of the international trend, another

How many people can stop it? In this way, the South Korean government will not have a problem at all. If South Korea and Southeast Asian countries have reached an agreement on the early mandatory retirement of single-hull oil tankers, China itself does not have many ships transporting ocean-going crude oil.

On this issue, its own position is not important. I believe that the power of the Soviet Union requires that oil tankers entering Chinese waters must meet the safety standards of Southeast Asian countries or South Korea. Under the premise that Guo's Shipping Group Company has sufficient transportation capacity

, is not something difficult to accomplish. In this way, Japan is left with the most abundant shipping capacity and the largest number of single-hull oil tankers.

In this way, Japan will become independent in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Even if the Japanese government considers various circumstances and is willing to take huge risks and does not force single-hull oil tankers to retire early, then these Japanese shipping companies will also face

The possibility of losing overseas markets! This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Japan's shipping industry! Therefore, Fang Mingyuan calculated that these Japanese shipping companies must replace double-hull oil tankers in time.

Moreover, if Japan also requires major shipping companies to forcibly retire single-hull oil tankers in advance, then the timetable for these Japanese shipping companies to replace double-hull oil tankers will be even tighter!

They had to deal with the single-hull oil tankers in advance and had to buy double-hull oil tankers at a high price. For the Japanese shipping industry, the cost of this entry and exit suddenly increased a lot! Moreover, major shipping companies have invested heavily in oil tankers.

If their investment is large, their investment in other ships will inevitably be reduced!

The car quickly drove into a villa area. Sato Migo glanced at Ishii Mizuchi: "Ishii-kun, I heard that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' current orders have been scheduled for three years, four years?"

Ishii Mimizu's face changed slightly. As a part of the Mitsubishi Consortium, Diamond Cruises Co., Ltd. contacted Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as soon as they learned the truth about the Surabaya crude oil spill in Indonesia, hoping that both parties would be part of the Mitsubishi Consortium.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has ordered as many double-hull tankers as possible in advance to meet its urgent needs. However, the news received from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is that before completing the large order of more than one billion U.S. dollars, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries cannot spare any money.

Any shipyard to build tankers for Diamond Cruises Co., Ltd.!

It is not that Diamond Cruise Co., Ltd. has not tried to find other domestic shipbuilding companies, but the answers are all similar. This means that it will take two and a half years at the earliest for Diamond Cruise Co., Ltd. to get its customized new oil tanker.

Then! Two and a half years later! The day lilies were cold!

"Yes, as my country's top shipbuilding company, they have a very heavy task!" Ishii Mimizuchi said, "I wonder what Mr. Sato has gained these days? Have you bought a ship that you want?"

This time, it was Sato Migo's turn to change his face slightly. Although Mitsuki Shipping Co., Ltd. is also a shipping company that occupies an important market share in Japan, there are no outstanding shipbuilding companies in the Mitsuki Consortium.

So this time, Mitsukoshi Shipping Co., Ltd. has set its sights on shipping or ship leasing companies in European and American countries from the beginning, hoping to purchase or lease a batch of second-hand double-hull oil tankers from them to tide over the initial difficulties.

But what makes Sato Migo and others complain endlessly is that as the news spread that South Korea and Southeast Asian countries will force single-hull oil tankers to retire early, the price of second-hand double-hull oil tankers on the international market has also seen a significant leap. Now the international

The price of a double-hull oil tanker on the market that is five to ten years old is almost the same as that of a new ship, and even so, there is still a price but no stock!

As for those ships that are less than five years old, the price is almost 130 to 150% of the order price! And they are also priced but not available. Once in a while, a ship will be purchased soon.

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In the past few days, Sanjing Shipping Co., Ltd. has made no gains in the international second-hand ship market, but its achievements are limited. As for the leasing market, due to the shortage of sellers, double-hull oil tankers originally accounted for a small proportion of oil tankers.

There were many, but not many were rented. So I had to ask former Prime Minister Murayama to make peace with him, and came to South Korea with Diamond Cruises Co., Ltd. to interview Fang Mingyuan to see if it was possible to transfer a few oil tankers from Kuok Shipping Group Company.

Solve a temporary emergency.

If possible, he really didn't want to go with Ishii Mizui. He had heard a little bit about the grievances between Diamond Cruises Co., Ltd. and Kuok Shipping Group Company.

At this time, in front of the gate of Li Jianxi's villa, Fang Mingyuan was sending Li Xianlong out.

"Young Master Fang, there's no need to send him far away!" Li Xianlong stopped Fang Mingyuan and said, "I'll be waiting for the good news in Singapore!"

Fang Mingyuan smiled and said without any pretense: "Then I won't send you far. Mr. Li, walk slowly. I believe that by the time you arrive in Singapore, the negotiators from Kuok Shipping Group will be almost there, and they won't be able to miss your business!"

Li Xianlong cupped his hands and said, "Young Master Fang, I owe you a great favor, and I will definitely repay you in the future!" Fang Mingyuan waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to say anything more.

As the car drove out of the villa gate, Li Xianlong looked back and saw that Fang Mingyuan was still standing in front of the villa gate, watching him leave.

He took a deep breath and sat up straight. Until now, he still felt as if he was in a dream. Fang Mingyuan actually agreed to his request so happily?

Naturally, Singapore cannot stay out of this crude oil leak storm, especially when people recall that a year or two ago, a crude oil leak occurred near the Strait of Malacca on a tanker owned by Indonesia's GTberlianya Jutanke Shipping Company. Fortunately, that time, it was a crude oil leak.

There were not many, and the wind direction and water flow at that time were far away from Singapore, so there was no pollution to Singapore.

But this time, after the pollution situation outside Surabaya Port was reported by the media, Singaporeans were shocked! You know, Singapore’s land area is only 716 square kilometers, and the total length of the coastline is only about 200 kilometers.

More than five million people live in a small area. Singapore is located at the exit of the Strait of Malacca. Thousands of oil tankers pass through here every year. It is also the third largest oil refining center in the world, transporting crude oil to and from Singapore.

There is a constant flow of oil tankers transporting refined oil products in Singapore. If a crude oil spill similar to the one outside Surabaya Port in Indonesia occurs in Singapore's waters, it will be tantamount to a disaster for Singapore!

Therefore, Singaporeans can be said to be the strongest supporters of the withdrawal of single-hull tankers from oil transportation!

However, Singapore's own shipping companies also lack enough single-hull oil tankers. You must know that the output value of the oil refining and chemical industries accounts for one-third of Singapore's total manufacturing output value, and its stability is related to the Singapore government's finances.

Income and national income are stable. If Singapore's crude oil imports cannot be stabilized while restricting single-hull tankers, then restricting single-hull tankers is a double-edged sword. If not used properly, it will affect Singapore's economic development.

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