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Baltic Cape Index rose 66.52% and stand now at 1995 points

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) rose 17.35 per cent week over week to 960 points on Friday mainly driven by the Capesize segment. The Cape Index is up by 66.52 per cent in the same period.

The BCI (Baltic Cape Index) closed at 1995 points on Friday, 18 September 2015 after an increase of 797 points week on week.

The BPI (Baltic Panamax index) slightly up for the same period to 753 points. The Supramax and handy size indices were ended slightly lower to 762 points (down by 5.92 pct) and 426 points (down by 7.39 pct  ) respectively on Friday.

The Supramax charter rates for Indonesia to India were rating around US$ 7,000 per day passing Singapore while Panamax vessels were rating at around US$ 6,000 per day delivery shanghai.

According to current trend, the next week freight rates expected to be steady to firm.

This week’s the average charter rates for Cape was reported at around US$ 13,563 per day, Panamax at around US$ 5035 per day, Supramax at US$ 7972 per day and Handy size at US$ 6150 per day.

Meanwhile, the three years futures (2015-2018) were reported at around US$ 14000 per day for Cape size ships, US$ 8500 per day for Panamax, US$ 8500 per day for Supramax and US$ 7000 per day for Handy size.

The S8 route for Supramax fell 2.82 pct to US$ 5828 per day week over week (last week US$ 5997 per day).

The Brent crude oil prices was slightly down by 1.39 pct to US$ 47.47 per barrel (last week US$ 48.14 per barrel) on 18 September 2015. The bunker prices were also soft and closed at US$ 237.50 pmt (IFO 380 cst ex Singapore on 18th Sept 2015).

Baltic Dry Index (BDI) - UP
Cape index (BCI) - UP
Panamax index (BPI) - UP
Supramax index (BSI) - DOWN
Handy index - DOWN
(as of week ended 18 September 2015 (week on week changes))

source: http://coalspot.com