Capesize At the beginning of the week, the Pacific market showed promising activity with healthy cargo volumes. However, despite this, conditions slightly weakened, and the Atlantic market remained subdued, as the week got underway. Nevertheless, as th…
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Newbuilding orders have picked up last week, while S&P activity also remained brisk, on the back of increased demand for dry bulkers. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “Singapore based Pioneer Bulk, after his debut on…
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The first quarter of the year ended with a downward revision to the growth in tonne-days for iron ore flows from Brazil to the Far East, while there was a change to an upward revision from Africa. In the second week of April, we observed a decline in t…
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The dry bulk fleet has aged as a result of minimal scrapping activity of late. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Xclusiv said that “during Q1 2024, a total of 1.77 million DWT of bulk carriers and tankers were demolished. This is increased compar…
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Capesize The Capes started the week off slowly but gradually gained momentum. Despite decent cargo volumes, particularly in the Pacific, the C5 index experienced a 50-cent drop, settling at $9.640 as the week got under way. There was pressure in the So…
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