Greece's Olympic Shipping and Management and Japan's NS United took advantage of some of the best timecharter rates since 2011 to fix out panamax bulkers.

The 81,383-dwt Olympic Galaxy (built 2009 ) was hired out at $15,500 per day for a 12-month term. NS United's 81,000-dwt Medi Nagoya (built 2018) went for a year at $15,750 per day.

The charterers were not identified.