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  1. The floor has been reached on trending Pacific Handy bulk spot rates, observers say, with some routes already climbing back positive growth.
  2. Panamax rates in the Atlantic down to $8,000 daily for T/As. Oldendorff are linked with a cheap forward front haul at $14,500 + $450,000 BB.
  3. Handymax rates still holding to a fairly steady level in the Atlantic. US$18,000 daily is bid for a 55,000 dwt to go east from West Africa.
  4. Pacific Handy freights head south with owners reluctant to accept low levels. Pacific rounds in the low $7,000s daily for Supras. #maritime
  5. Rates in Azov feel some pressure, like 3,000mt grain ex-Rostov/Egypt approx. US$50/mt, ex-Rostov /Izmir approx. US$31-32/mt #maritime
  6. S.African brokers view their market steady. US$9-10,000 daily possible for 30-32k dwt to Continent/Med; about US$15,000 daily to FEast.
  7. Px Transatlantic r/v has dropped below US$ 10,000 daily, US$ 17,000 have been bid for a trip from Passero/Gib for a fronthaul run. #maritime
  8. Baltic/N.Sea most freight rates dipped around EUR 0.5/mt w/exception of grain cargoes staying nearly unchanged at last done numbers#maritime
  9. TA-RV about US$ 8,500 daily. Front hauls well below US$ 28k. Nearly 38Mdwt of Capes fleet currently queued up in ports congestion.#maritime
  10. Falling coal prices in Indonesia combined w/20% export tax discourage Supras to look for a job there #maritime
  11. Steel activity up w/inter-Med cargoes, ferts high on Tunesian market, steady steels-ferts-grain in Spanish Med #maritime
  12. Capes upswing in TA RV & front haul to FE with USD 9,000 & over USD 28,000 daily #maritime
  13. Med markets are slower but USG Handy markets are firm w/TAs solid at US$20k for Supramaxes #maritime #dry bulker
  14. Capesize trans-Atlantic RVs are trading at just under $8,000 daily and may slide down to $7,500 by the time the market re-engages. #maritime
  15. Trans-Atlantic Handy demand is somewhat re-energized with Turkish Med scrap imports resuming & USEC ex-shipments seen increasing. #maritime
  16. The Black Sea Handy bulk market, despite earlier signs of a rally, is mostly flat w/ new cargoes lower than expected, brokers say. #maritime
  17. On fresh Atlantic demand, Capesizes stabilize after earlier corrections, incl. several new T/A RVs at upwards of $8k, sometimes $8.5k daily.
  18. The Fragile State of Maritime Finance (BMTI Special Report) facebook.com/bmti.daily/pos… #maritime #finance #shipping #investment #banking #credit
  19. Good news for bulker biz—less newbuilding bulker tonnage delivered in April (8.6m dwt) than in March (9.6m dwt) while slippage rose to 41%.