Baltic Exchange Shipping Insights
A roundup of last week's tanker and dry bulk market
DRY BULK REPORT
Capesize
The Capesize market surged over the past week, reaching highs not seen since August last year.
Widespread activity in both basins saw a week on week lift of $7,084 to settle at $26,444. As usual, this volatile rise was initially Atlantic Basin lead. Black Sea iron ore fronthaul cargoes supplied the sparking tinder, which took a toll on the already sparse Atlantic tonnage supply.
Higher transatlantic rates ensued. The Brazil to China C3 route supplied a timely and healthy amount of cargoes to aggravate the tonnage imbalance. T…
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