AHTS duo fixed

Norwegian oil giant Statoil has paid NOK 450,000 for two anchor-handlers for the Transocean Winner rig move.

The 338-bp Normand Prosper (built 2010) and the 260-bp Olympic Zeus (built 2009) will be out of the market for two weeks, leaving seven ships available in Norway.

The UK has six open vessels, as utilisation reached 80%.

PSVs were still being booked at around £15,000 per day, with utilisation at 90%.

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Chartering Reports

Tankers

Slight uptick

Rates on the benchmark Saudi Arabia to Japan route are up by one world scale point to 41.
VLCC
Suezmax
Aframax

19 Jun 2013

Dry cargo

Capes go marching on

Eight capesize iron ore fixtures from Australia and Brazil helped push a rally in the sector further today.
Capesizes
Panamaxes
Supramaxes

19 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

PSVs falter

Rates have continued to slip in the UK despite high utilisation rates.
AHTS
Large PSV
Small PSV

19 Jun 2013