May 7th, 2012 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index rose 0.1% last week; Capesize Index was up 5.1%; Panamax Index fell 12.1%; Supramax Index was up 1.5%; Handysize Index rose 2.2%.
Iron ore inventory at Chinese ports and price mostly flat. Steel stockpiles fell further, but remained at elevated levels while price remained flat. Thermal coal inventory rose a bit, price unchanged.
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April 23rd, 2012 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index rose 9.8% last week; Capesize Index was down 2.5%; Panamax Index rose 28.4%; Supramax Index was up 9.0%; Handysize Index rose 4.1%.
Iron ore inventory at Chinese ports fell in the recent weeks; price pretty much unchanged. Steel stockpiles fell from all time-high, but remained at elevated levels while price remained flat. Thermal coal inventory fell further, price moved a bit higher lower.
I didn’t post for a while, but nothing material happened in the shipping markets during that time.
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March 12th, 2012 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index rose 6.9% last week; Capesize Index was down 1.4%; Panamax Index rose 5.3%; Supramax Index was up 16.0%; Handysize Index rose 7.3%.
Iron ore inventory at Chinese ports close to all-time high; price pretty much unchanged. Steel stockpiles spiked upwards while price remained flat. Thermal coal inventory fell from a all-time high reached this year, price moved lower.
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February 20th, 2012 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index rose 0.3% last week; Capesize Index was also up 0.3%; Panamax Index fell 1.9%; Supramax Index was down 0.6%; Handysize Index rose 3.6%.
Iron ore inventory at Chinese ports close to all-time high; price pretty much unchanged. Steel stockpiles spiked upwards while price remained flat. Thermal coal inventory moved to all-time high, price moved lower.
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February 6th, 2012 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index fell 10.9% last week and has reaching all-time low; Capesize Index was down 2.0%; Panamax Index fell 15.0%; Supramax Index was down 12.5%; Handysize Index fell 10.3%.
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January 23rd, 2012 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index fell 18.1% last week; Capesize Index was down 9.8%; Panamax Index fell 19.3%; Supramax Index was down 16.9%; Handysize Index fell 9.0%.
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January 16th, 2012 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index fell 21.8% last week; Capesize Index was down 25.2%; Panamax Index fell 17.8%; Supramax Index was down 12.7%; Handysize Index fell 4.7%.
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December 19th, 2011 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index fell 1.8% last week; Capesize Index was down 3.4%; Panamax Index rose 3.6%; Supramax Index was down 3.0%; Handysize Index fell 2.3%.
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December 12th, 2011 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index rose 3.0% last week; Capesize Index was up 8.4%; Panamax Index rose 0.7%; Supramax Index was down 7.9%; Handysize Index fell 3.4%.
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December 5th, 2011 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index rose 3.3% last week; Capesize Index was up 11.8%; Panamax Index fell 5.2%; Supramax Index was down 3.3%; Handysize Index fell 2.5%.
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November 28th, 2011 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index fell 4.6% last week; Capesize Index was down 5.7%; Panamax Index fell 2.0%; Supramax Index was down 0.1%; Handysize Index fell 3.3%.
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November 21st, 2011 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index rose 3.3% last week; Capesize Index was up 2.7%; Panamax Index rose 4.0%; Supramax Index was up 4.3%; Handysize Index fell 2.1%.
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November 14th, 2011 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index rose 2.9% last week; Capesize Index was up 13.0%; Panamax Index fell 4.1%; Supramax Index was down 7.1%; Handysize Index fell 7.3%.
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November 7th, 2011 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index fell 11.6% last week; Capesize Index was down 14.8%; Panamax Index fell 5.3%; Supramax Index was down 7.8%; Handysize Index fell 7.4%.
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October 24th, 2011 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index fell 0.1% last week; Capesize Index was down 0.6%; Panamax Index fell 2.8%; Supramax Index was up 0.8%; Handysize Index rose 0.5%.
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