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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Indonesia to India Freight likely to remain soft

Saturday, 29 October 11

The market continued to slow down and all segment were down this week.

The biggest drop was in the Cape Index down by 8.19 pct followed by Panamax index down by 4.29 pct. The Supramax and handy size index was marginally down by about 1 pct. The BDI was down by 6.27 point and closed at 2,018 points.

“The short period rates for Panamax remained firm at around $ 14,000 per day. However no short period candidates reported on Supramax”, said Capt. Reddy, Director of Vistaar Shipping Singapore. Vistaar shipping is an experienced ship operator, operating out of Singapore.

Charter rates for Supramax delivery N. China for trips via Indonesia were reported around $ 9,000-10,000 per day. The freight rate from Indonesia to India likely to remain soft next week.

According to Vistaar Shipping of Singapore, the average charter rates was at Cape/$ 28,214 per day , Panamax/$ 15,521 per day , Supramax/$ 16,155 per day and Handy size/$ 11,254 per day.

The Supramax index in the feast (S6 route) was down by 10.30 pct and closed at $ 12,086 per day (last week $ 13,474 per day). The EC India/China (S7 route) was also down by7.92 pct and closed at $ 10,142 per day (last week $ 11,015 per day). The S6 and S& route likely to remain soft next week.

The futures for three years (2011-2013) was at around Cape/$ 16,000 per day, Panamax/$ 13,500 per day, Supramax/$ 13,500 per day , Handy size/$ 10,500 per day.

The congestion in EC Australia increased to 100 vessels this week (last week 92 vessels). The vessels waiting at main coal loading ports were at Hay point/7, DBCT/22, Gladstone/12, Abbot Point/Nil, New Castle/49, Port Kembla/9 vessels. On the WC Australia iron ore vessels waiting was at 37 vessels (last week 44 vessels).

The Brent crude oil prices was almost at same level and closed at $ 110.05 per barrel (last week $ 109.75 per barrel). However bunker prices moved up by almost $ 20 pmt and closed $ 692.00 pmt (last week $ 674.50 pmt) for IFO 380 CST ex Singapore on 28th Oct 2011.

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