Category archives: Freight

Daily Capesize Review 14/4/21

Capesize freight rates continued to rise despite mixed market movement between the paper and physical market. The paper market was pushing for greater height, while the physical market took a breather from flurry of fixtures done previously. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also rallied by 1.78% or 38 points to 2,178 readings, due to record-high …

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Daily Capesize Review 13/4/21

Capesize freight rates rose on strong physical fixtures in both basins, despite some weakening in the FFA market. The Capesize 5 time charter average then inched up slightly by $79 day-on-day to $26,055 on Tuesday, after some profit-takings in paper market. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) however, dipped on softening smaller vessels rates and went …

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FIS Castaway Podcast – Episode 50 13/04/21

FIS Castaway Podcast – Episode 50 In our 50th episode, we look at the market movements in the year since we started, as well as updates on dry freight, iron ore, tanker and oil markets, plus info on the transition to Panamax 5TC contracts. Listen Below: Website https://freightinvestorservices.com/blog/31469/   Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/4MOJ5pYtCjz6tSP33h0Tkt?si=BlB5wvfWQpCBB06cHjCZ_g   iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-50/id1507094242?i=1000516940096 Disclaimer: This podcast …

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