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Freight rates are expected to be soft this week

The BDI decreased further by 6.51 per cent or 57 points since last Friday and closed at 818 on 11 September 2015 while the cape index up 0.92 per cent and closed at closed 1198 points.

The panamax and Supramax indices continued weakening and closed at 735 points (down 12.18 pct) and 810 points (down 6.90 pct) respectively.

The handy size index lost 5.15 pct week over week and closed at 460 points on 11 September 2015.

The Supramax charter rates from Indonesia to India were rating around $ 7500 per day passing Singapore. Panamax vessels were rating around $ 6000 per day delivery shanghai a US$ 1500 per day lesser than Supramax daily rates.

This week freight rates are expected to be soft.

The average charter rates for Cape reported at around $ 7312 per day, Panamax at around $ 5997 per day, Supramax at around $ 8473 per day and Handy size at $ 6679 per day.

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

The S8 route for Supramax was down up 2.82 pct week over week and closed at $ 5997 per day (last week $ 6171 per day). Freight rates from Indonesia to India is expected to be soft next week.

The Brent crude oil prices was slightly down by 0.88 pct closing at $ 48.14 per barrel (last week $ 49.61 per barrel). The bunker prices were soft and closed at $ 232.00 pmt (IFO 380 cst ex Singapore on 11th Sept 2015).

Baltic Dry Index (BDI) - DOWN
Cape index (BCI) - UP
Panamax index (BPI) - DOWN
Supramax index (BSI) - DOWN
Handy index - DOWN
(as of week ended 11 September 2015 (week on week changes))

source: http://coalspot.com