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Saturday, 01 May 10
THE PERIOD ACTIVITY WAS QUITE FIRM DURING THE WEEK - CAPT. REDDY
 COALspot.com: The BDI was up by 11.32 pct which was mainly due to the firmness in capsize index which was up by 21.55 pct .
The other sectors Panamax, Supramax and handy size only increased marginally by 3.80 pct , 2.22 pct and 0.37 pct respectively. “The period activity was quite firm during the week”, said Capt. Reddy, MD of Vistaar Shipping Singapore.
Capsize vessels were reported fixed at around US$ 33000 per day for one year and short period rates were reported at US$ 35/36000 per day . Panamax vessels for short period were reported around US$ 28/30000 per day and for US$ 21/22000 per day for 2 years. Supramax vessels short period rates reported at around US$ 25/26000 per day and one year period rate was rates reported at around US$ 22/23000 per day.
BDI (Baltic Dry Index Changes)
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BALTIC DRY INDEX CHANGE
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This week
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Last week
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Change
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Change %
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Baltic Dry Index
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3354
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3013
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341↑
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11.32
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Baltic Cape Index
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3956
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3238
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698 ↑
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21.55
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Baltic Panamax Index
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3900
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3757
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243 ↑
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2.80
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Baltic Supra Index
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2715
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2656
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59 ↑
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2.22
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Baltic Handy size Index
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1356
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1351
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5 ↑
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0.37
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As of 30 April 2010
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“There are indications that there could be slowing down of iron ore imports by China and will be interesting to see if there would be freight market will soften. The indices and futures were soft on Friday and seems the next week could be soft at least for the early part of the week”, - Capt Reddy
The average charter hire was at Cape / US$ 38611 per day , Panamax / US$ 31382 per day , Supramax / US$ 28384 per day and Handy size / US$ 19861 per day .
The Supramax index in the Fareast (S6 route) softened slightly by US$ 241 and closed at US$ 21639 per day . The ECI/China (S7) route firmed up slightly this week and was up by US$ 993 pday and closed at US$ 30031 per day .
The futures for three years (2010-2012) was at around Cape / US$ 29000 per day , Panamax/ US$ 21000 per day , Supramax / US$ 18500 per day , Handy size / US$ 14000 per day .
The congestion in EC Australian ports reduced to 123 vessels this week (last week 141 vessels ). The vessels waiting at main coal loading ports were at Hay point / 3, DBCT / 64, Gladstone / 12, Abbot Point / 1, New Castle / 41 vessels, Pot Kembla / 2 vessels. On the WC Australia iron ore vessels waiting also reduced to 22 vessels (last week 29 vessels).
The waiting at Indian ports for coal vessels was quite normal around 3-4 days. Waiting at Haldia is only about 1-2 days .
The Brent crude prices continued to be firm up and was at 87.38 per barrel (last week US$ 85.93 per barrel). The prices of bunkers was quite firm at 499.00 mts (IFO 380 CST ex. Singapore) on 30th April 2010.
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Friday, 16 April 10
RBCT COAL DISPUTE RESOLVED - MININGMX
Miningmx reported that, the long-simmering spat over the coal allocation for producers who will use the expanded facilities at Richards Bay Coal Ter ...
Friday, 16 April 10
COAL INDIA SELECTS MERCHANT BANKERS TO ACQUIRE OVERSEAS ASSETS -THE HINDU
An investment of about $1.8 billion is expected to be made in these deals
The Hindu reported that, Bank of America-Merill Lynch, Royal Bank of Sc ...
Thursday, 15 April 10
MAJOR THERMAL COAL CONTRACT AT 40% HIGHER PRICE THAN LAST YEAR - BUSINESS STANDARD
Business-Standard reported that, India is expected to import nearly 60 million tonnes of thermal coal this year.
After coking coal and iron ...
Thursday, 15 April 10
RICHARDS BAY ROUNDS BACK TO INDIA SUPRAS WERE FIXED AT MID 20'S
Handy
The BSI remains in a positive momentum and the Atlantic remains unchanged from last week. Fronthaul grain is active which is keeping ballast ...
Thursday, 15 April 10
DRY BULK MARKET SLOWLY GAINING GROUND
The troubled and underperforming capesize sector of the dry bulk market has been experiencing an improved sentiment since Tuesday, a trend verified ...
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