Daily Capesize Review 14/6/21

Capesize freight rates gained from recent improving shipping demand, despite slow trading activities due to Chinese holidays. The Capesize 5 time charter average, then rose by $1,631 day-on-day to $29,383 on Monday, from a buoyant market which left much room for the physical market to catch up. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) followed the rally …

FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 15/06/21

At 10:56 am Singapore time (0256 GMT), the ICE August Brent futures contract was up 11 cents/b (0.15%) from the previous settle at $72.97/b while the NYMEX July light sweet crude contract was up 10 cents/b (0.14%) at $70.98/b.   After last week’s announcement surrounding the US and Iran agreement which saw Brent fall over …

Daily Capesize Review 11/6/21

Capesize freight rates rallied on better shipping fundamentals with improving demand seen in the Atlantic basin. The Capesize 5 time charter average, then went up by $3,713 day-on-day to $27,752 on Friday, due to improving basins despite Chinese holidays period. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also went up by 7.04% or 188 points on-day to …

FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 14/06/21

Brent crude was up 33 cents, or 0.5%, at $73.02 by 0455 GMT. It earlier rose to $73.12, the highest since May 2019, having gained 1.1% last week. U.S. West Texas Intermediate gained 31 cents, or 0.4%, to stand at $71.22 a barrel, earlier reaching $71.32, the highest since October 2018. The contract rose 1.9% …