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The Indonesia-India freight market remains under pressure

The BDI closed on Friday (2 Oct 2015) at 889 points, down by 54 points compared to previous Friday's closing ( 24 Sept 2015) of 943 points. The cape index was also down by 4.59 per cent week over week closing at 1931points.

The panamax and supramax indices also down by about 5.75 pct closing at 701 points and 691 points respectively. The handy size down by 3.92 pct closing at 392 points.

The supramax charter rates from Indonesia to India were rating around US$ 6000 per day passing via Singapore while the Panamax vessels were also rating around US$ 6000 per day delivery shanghai.

The next week freight rates are expected to be flat to soft.

The Cape average charter rates were report at around US$ 12866 per day on Friday. The Panamax average charter rate was reported at US$ 5620 per day and Supramax at around US$ 7222 per day. The  Handy size average charter rates was at around US$ 5666 per day.

The three years future (2015-2018) was reported at around US$ 14000 per day for Cape, US$ 8500 per day for Panamax, US$ 8500 per day for Supramax US$ 7000 per day for Handy size ships.

The S8 route for Supramax was down by 4.46 pct closing at US$ 5392 per day (last week US$ 5644 per day). The Indonesia to India freight rates are expected to be soft next week.

The Brent crude oil prices was slightly up by 1.01 pct closing at US$ 48.13 per barrel (last week US$ 47.47 per barrel). The bunker prices was almost at same levels closing at US$ 231.50 pmt (IFO 380 cst ex Singapore on 2nd Oct 2015).

Baltic Dry Index (BDI) - DOWN
Cape index (BCI) - DOWN
Panamax index (BPI) - DOWN
Supramax index (BSI) - DOWN
Handy index - DOWN
(as of week ended 2 October 2015 (week on week changes))

source: http://coalspot.com