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| Bulk Shipping Market Slides Flat Tending To Strengthen |
| = $22.50 / ton rate set on a 160,000-ton Brazilian ore carrier bound for China |
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[Capesize] <Brazil - China> - CONSTELLATION voyage-chartered the CONSTANTIA to load 160,000 tons of iron ore at Ponta da Madeira, Brazil for transport to Qingdao. Freight rate: $22.50/ton. (Fio loading to scale; unloading 25,000 t/d) Laycan schedule: Jan. 20 - Feb. 3. - Hong Kong's Transfield voyage-chartered the IRON BARON to load 160,000 tons of iron ore at Tubarao, Brazil for transport to Qingdao. Freight rate: $22.50/ton. (Fio loading to scale; unloading 25,000 t/d) Laycan schedule: Jan. 5 - 15. <Western Australia - China> - BHP Billiton time-chartered the MEYNELL (185,767 dwt) with delivery at Fancheng, China and redelivery in the same country via Western Australia. Charter rate: $35,000/day. Laycan schedule: Jan. 6 - 7. - Pacific Bulk time-chartered the HUIKANGHAI (149,680 dwt) with delivery at Shanghai, China and redelivery in the same country via Western Australia. Charter rate: $23,500/day. Laycan took place Dec. 30 - 31. <Goa, India - China> - COSCO Hong Kong time-chartered the CAPE MAXIM (149,841 dwt) with delivery at Oman and redelivery in China via Goa, India. Charter rate: $33,000/day. Laycan schedule: Jan. 10 - 15. <South Africa - South Korea> - POSCO voyage-chartered a HMM-owned TBN to load 160,000 - 200,000 tons of iron ore at Saldanha Bay, South Africa for transport to Kwangyang. Freight rate: $14.45/ton. (Fio loading to scale; unloading 55,000 t/d) Laycan schedule: Jan. 20 - Feb. 5. <Mauritania - France> - Spain's shipping company Elcano voyage-chartered the CAPE KASSOS to load 140,000 tons of iron ore at Nouadhibou, Mauritania for transport to Dunkirk West & East, France. Freight rate: $7/ton. (Fio 6 days in total for loading / unloading) Laycan schedule: Jan. 5 - 10. [Panamax] <Venezuela - UK> - Cargoport time-chartered the DOUBLE PROSPERITY (76,333 dwt) with delivery at Rotterdam and redelivery in the UK via Orinoco, Venezuela. Charter rate: $17,000/day. Laycan took place Dec. 22 - 25. <North American Pacific coast - East Asia> - France's grain company Louis Dreyfus time-chartered the TORM MARLENE (69,548 dwt) with delivery at Kobe and redelivery in East Asia via North American Pacific coast. Charter rate: $18,750/day. Laycan schedule: Jan. 8 - 10. [Handysize] <Guinea - Spain> - Elcano voyage-chartered the THEOFANO M to load 58,000 tons of bauxite at Port Kamsar, Guinea for transport to San Cipriano, Spain. Freight rate: $8.50/ton. (Fio loading 24,000 t/d; unloading 15,000 t/d) Laycan schedule: Jan. 4 - 11. |
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