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Sunday, 07 March 10
SHIPS WERE FIXED AT AROUND US$ 16,000 PER DAY FOR TRIP VIA INDONESIA TO INDIA - CAPT. REDDY
 COALspot.com: The freight market was quite buoyant this week and BDI was up by 18 pct . The Cape index up by 23.60 pct and Panamax index was up by 17.76 pct.
BDI
The Supramax and Handy size index was up by about 8 pct and 9 pct respectively. The effect of Chinese back from holidays was seen this week. However it was noticed that the Supramax and Handymax were struggling to find cargoes and ships were fixed at around US$ 16,000 per day for trip via Indonesia to India.
Quite a few period activity was reported on the cape and Panamax vessels.
BDI (Baltic dry index changes (As of 5 March 2010))
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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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3242
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2738
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504 ↑
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18.40
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Baltic Cape Index
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3923
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3174
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749 ↑
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23.60
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Baltic Panamax Index
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4003
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3399
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604 ↑
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17.76
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Baltic Supra Index
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2472
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2288
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184 ↑
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8.04
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Baltic Handy size Index
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1258
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1153
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105 ↑
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9.10
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The average charter hire was at Cape US$ 37,804 per day, Panamax US$ 32,199 per day, Supramax US$ 25,844 per day and Handy size US$ 18,426 per day.
The supramax index in the Fareast (S6 route) was firm and was by US$ 2,580 per day (up by 13.20 pct) and closed at US$ 22,120 per day. The ECI/China (S7) route continued to remain firm and was up by US$ 2,958 per day (up by 6.10 pct) and closed at US$ 35,677 per day. Ships from WC India to china were seen being fixed at healthy levels at around US$ 38/40,000 per day.
Supramax charter rates for one year is around US$ 19,000/20,000 per day.
THREE YEARS FUTURE
The futures for three years (2010-2012) was at around Cape US$ 30,000 per day, Panamax US$ 21,500 per day, Supramax US$ 18,500 per day, Handy size US$ 14,000 per day.
There is no indication of slowing sown of iron and coal imports by China and market expected to remain firm next week.
PORT CONGESTION
The congestion at Australian ports in the EC for coal loading continued to be on the rise at 151 vessels (last week 150 vessels). The weather seems to be improving , however the affect of bad weather previously continues. The number of vessels waiting at DBCT and Newcastle was around 60 vessels. The waiting at DBCT was around 30 days , Hay point - abt 10 days and Gladstone about 12-16 days and Newcastle about 16 days. On the WC Australia iron ore vessels waiting was at at 20 vessels (last week 23 vessels).
The waiting at Indian ports for coal vessels was quite normal around 3/4 days , except for Paradip and Haldia which are congested. Waiting at Paradip is about 7/8 days. The Indonesian anchorages loading also have been experiencing heavy delays due to logistics and several ships have been waiting for quite long.
CRUDE OIL
The crude prices was firm and the Brent crude prices closed at US$ 80.11 per barrel (last week US$ 77.65 per barrel). The prices of bunkers also was up at US$ 462 pmts (IFO 380 CST ex. Singapore) on 5th March 2010.
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Tuesday, 11 May 10
DRY BULK RATES SHOOT UP ON STRONG CARGO DEMAND
The dry bulk industry’s benchmark, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) has kept its momentum, as predicted by analysts and shipping experts, managing t ...
Saturday, 08 May 10
THE FUTURES FOR THREE YEARS (2010-2012) WAS AT AROUND PANAMAX / $ 21500 & SUPRAMAX / $ 18500 PER DAY - VISTAAR SHIPPING
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Saturday, 08 May 10
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Saturday, 08 May 10
NAPOCOR BUYS 122,000 TONS COAL - ABC CBN NEWS
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Saturday, 08 May 10
RICHARDS BAY COAL SHIPMENTS FALL TO AN 11-MONTH LOW - BLOOMBERG
Bloomberg reported that, Coal shipments from Richards Bay Coal Terminal, Africa’s biggest export facility for the fuel, fell to an 11-month lo ...
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