Capesize A stop-start market for the big ships with many expectations and few fulfilled. Holidays curtailed trading early in the week, but the C5 route regained some ground with rates in excess of the mid-$7.00s for 11 October onwards, although, bunker…
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Shipowners looking to invest in the SnP market for dry bulk carriers have started to consistently offer lower than asking values for ships that may interest them, in a sign that asset prices could be set for a correction in the coming weeks, shipbroker…
As the dry bulk market has found a renewed sense of optimism since the second haf of 2016, the fourth quarter has proven to be a catapult for the industry’s further rebound. However, things aren’t that straightforward this time around. In i…
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The ongoing weakness in Turkish economy and corresponding depreciation in Lira is making the country’s imports expensive. From the beginning of the second quarter, the Lira has depreciated by more than 50% against the US dollar and in addition, Turkey …
Capesize A mixed week for the big ships with unfulfilled expectations. Rates on the West Australia/China route failed to hold and dropped to $7.20 for 7-9 October, with timecharter rates shy of the mid $15,000s, and this despite all the miners in the m…
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