Newbuilding orders pick up.

The newbuilding market has picked up the pace during the past week, while a significant number of deals was reported in the SandP market as well. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker said that "the number of newbuilding contracts picked up, following the particularly quiet preceding week. Numerous sources have confirmed HMM's order for 9 container vessels that were reported at the LOI stage two weeks ago. Over half of contracts...