Daily Capesize Review 19/3/21

Capesize freight rates inched upward, despite slow shipping activities and market concerns over disruptions of Australian coal shipments. The Capesize 5 time charter average then increased by $564 day-on-day to $19,437 on Friday, due to improvement in the physical market. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also surged up higher by 2.98% or 66 points to …

Ferrous trade weekly review 19/3/21

A total of 1.065 million mt of iron ores was traded for the week ended Mar 19, up 19.93% on-week from previous week trade volumes, amid the output curb in Tangshan. Thus, the market participants were spooked by output curb, which affected the buying interests for raw materials. During the week, the PBF accounted the …