Fixing Friday?

The usual pre-weekend booking spree has yet to materialise in the North Sea.

Brokers' lists were short on fixtures today, with only a couple of supply ships taken for unreported rates.

Only one PSV was left waiting for work in Norway, but nine are free in the UK.

Anchor-handlers remained scarce in Norway, with two vessels open, but five available in the UK.

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Chartering Reports

Tankers

VLs dip again

Rates on Persian Gulf to Far East route have fallen to around the World Scale 40 mark.
VLCC
Suezmax
Aframax

17 Jun 2013

Dry cargo

Capesize surge

Rates for the largest bulkers show the biggest leap since January.
Capesizes
Panamaxes
Supramaxes

18 Jun 2013

Containers

Onwards and upwards

Hamburg Shipbrokers' Association's ConTex chartering index gains a point to resume revival.
4,250 teu
2,700 teu
1,100 teu

13 Jun 2013

Offshore

Anchor-handlers feel the benefit

A busier market for AHTS units has finally seen rates moving up in the North Sea.
AHTS
Large PSV
Small PSV

18 Jun 2013