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The Baltic Dry Index was down 18%,Panamax up 9%

The freight market was soft during this week. However indices closed slightly firmer end of the week on 3rd July.

The BDI was down.18 pct week over week and closed at 805 points while the Cape index was also declined 10.34 pct compared to last week closing. The Cape index was close at 1249 points on 3 July and the Panamax index was closed at 908 points, up 9 percent.

The supramax index was slightly down or lost just 0.97 pct to 716 points week on week, while the handy size index was down 12.71 pct to 316 points on 3rd July 2015.

In the Feast/SE Asia, the freight rates were steady with supramax charter rates delivery Singapore was around $ 9000 per day for a trip via Indonesia to India. Panamax charter rates were also firm this week and ships were rating around $ 6500 - 7000 per day delivery mid china for a trip via Indonesia to India.

Next week freight rates are expected to be steady.

The average charter rates for this week reported around $ 8116 per day for a cape, $ 7235 per day for Panamax, $ 7490 per day for Supramax and $ 5331 per day Handysize.

The futures for three years (2015-2018) were reported quiet higher compared to average charter rates of this week. Cape size ships were around $ 15000 per day, Panamax at around $ 8500 per day, Supramax at around $ 8500 per day  and Handysize at around $ 7000 per day.

The S8 route for supramax was down 2.49 pct this week and closed $ 6856 per day (last week $ 7031 per day). Freight rates from Indonesia to India is expected to be steady next week.

The Brent crude oil prices was soft and down by 4.65 pct closing at $ 60.32 per barrel (last week $ 63.26 per barrel). The bunker prices was soft and closed at $ 331.50 pmt (IFO 380 cst ex Singapore on 3rd July 2015).

Baltic Dry Index (BDI) - DOWN
Cape index (BCI) - DOWN
Panamax index (BPI) - UP
Supramax index (BSI) - DOWN
Handy index - DOWN
(as of week ended 3 July 2015 (week on week changes))

source: http://www.coalspot.com