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Bulk Shipping Market Flat, Rather Strong
= $10.00 / ton set on 160,000-ton W. Australian ore carrier bound for China =
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<Peru - China>
- China's Shourong voyage-chartered the GOOD LUCK (1984-built) to ship 160,000 tons of iron ore at San Nicolás, Peru for transport to Qingdao, China. Freight rate: $24.00/ton. (Fio loading to scale; unloading 30,000 t/d) Laycan schedule: Mar 15 - 30.

<Philippines - Japan>
- NYK Line time-chartered the LOWLANDS BEILUN (170,192 dwt, 1999-built) with delivery at Shanghai, China and redelivery in Japan via Villanueva, the Philippines. Charter rate: $30,000/day. Laycan schedule: spot.

<W. Australia - China>
- Rio Tinto Shipping voyage-chartered the CHINA PEACE (2005-built) to ship 160,000 tons of iron ore at Dampier, Western Australia for transport to Qingdao. Freight rate: $10.00/ton. (Fio loading to scale; unloading 30,000 t/d) Laycan schedule: Feb 27 - Mar 1. The vessel is relet from COSCO Qingdao.

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<Norway - Germany>
- Belgian shipping company Cobelfret voyage-chartered the SEAROSE G (1994-built) to ship 75,000 tons of iron ore at Narvik, Norway for transport to Hamburg, Germany. Freight rate: $8.75/ton. (Fio 4 days in total for loading and unloading) Laycan schedule: Feb 26 - Mar 5.

<Mauritania - Belgium>
- ArcelorMittal voyage-chartered the BRUNHILDE SALAMON (2001-built) to ship 70,000 tons of iron ore at Nouadhibou, Mauritania for transport to Ghent, Belgium. Freight rate: $11.25/ton. (Fio loading and unloading 30,000 t/d each) Laycan schedule: Feb 25 - Mar 5.

<Colombia - Italy>
- Italian electric power provider ENEL voyage-chartered a Norden owned TBN to ship 67,000 tons of coal at Puerto Prodeco, Colombia for transport to La Spezia, Italy. Freight rate: $23.75/ton. (Fio loading to scale; unloading 15,000 t/d) Laycan schedule: Mar 7 - 16.
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