Freefall halted

VLCC spot rates to the Far East stabilise at around $8,500 per day after two-week slide.

DIRTY

AG

BW LUCK 280 02/18 RAS TANURA/USG 18.75 VELA

NEW VITALITY 262 02/18 AG/TAIWAN 29 CPC

UNIVERSAL BRAVE 265 02/14 AG/THAILAND 30 IRPC

DESH VISHAL 262 02/13 BOT/VADINAR-MUNDRA 38.85-43.85 IOC

ALFA GLORY 280 02/10 AG/WEST RNR SEARIVER

ASIAN PROGRESS IV 265 02/10 AG/JAPAN 35 NGT

MAERSK NEWTON 265 02/10 AG/YOSU 30 GS CALTEX

C. DREAM 270 02/09 RAS TANURA/ONSAN RNR S OIL

TAKASUZU 265 02/08 AG/JAPAN COA NGT

XIN RUN YANG 265 02/07 AG/CHINA 31 GLASFORD

POLA 92 02/14 FUJAIRAH/MUMBAI 99 BPCL

MORNING GLORY VIII 77 02/07 DAS ISL/KOCHI 77 BPCL

JAG LEELA 80 02/05 AG/EC AUSTRALIA RNR SHELL

TBN 85 02/03 AG/MANGALORE RNR ISS

ETC ISIS 80 01/29 DAS ISL/KWINANA 85 BP

AEGEAN PRIDE 80 01/27 AG/KARACHI USD 450K BYCO

BANDA SEA 60 02/10 VADINAR/USWC-USG USD 3.2M-3.1M P66

WAF

FRONT EMINENCE O/O  260 02/27 ANGOLA/JAMNAGAR USD 2.7M RELIANCE

NANJING TBN 260 02/26 WAF/JAMNAGAR COA RELIANCE

AMERICAS

SUEZ RAJAN 130 02/28 ARGENTINA/CHILE RNR ENAP

SONANGOL KIZOMBA 130 02/12 WHIFFENHEAD/PORTLAND RNR SUNCOR

DENSA ORCA 130 02/09 ESMERALDAS/USWC 90 URSA

IOANNIS 70 01/31 CBS/USG RNR CNR

NESTOS 50 02/04 ECMEX/USG 110 HUNT

MED

RUBY 135 02/15 NOVO/CONSTANZA RNR VECTOR

NAUTILUS 140 02/15 NOVO/CHINA USD 3.5M VITOL

GENMAR PHOENIX 140 02/13 NOVO/UKCM-CONSTANZA 60-RNR LITASCO

SABINE 135 02/10 CPC/MED 60 CHEVRON

KAPSALI O/O HAMILTON  135 02/09 CEYHAN/UKCM 60 SOCAR

CAP ROMAULD 130 02/08 LIBYA/NINGBO RNR UNIPEC

SONANGOL KASSANJE 140 02/04 SIDI K/SPAIN 55 REPSOL

SEAPRINCESS 80 02/11 BOURGAS/MED 90 NEWTON

VALLESINA 80 02/09 SIDI K/MED 80 ENI

AEGEAN LEGEND 80 02/04 CEYHAN/MED 82.5 SOCAR

CE-MERAPI 80 02/03 LIBYA/GREECE RNR VITOL

ASHLEY SEA 55 02/04 SKIKDA/USG 95 VALERO

UKC

GENMAR SPARTIATE 135 02/10 WCNORWAY/USAC 47.5 SUNCOR

SCF SAMOTLOR 135 02/01 UKC/MED RNR REPSOL

BALTIC

SOLVIKEN 100 02/11 PRIMORSK/UKC 80 VITOLFAR EAST

TBN 80 02/10 SPORE/KARACHI RNR CLEARLAKE

BALTIC GALAXY 100 02/10 KOZMINO/N CHINA USD 520K UNIPEC

ROSS SEA 80 02/10 KERTEH/JAPAN 79 PETROBRAS

JAG LATA 80 02/09 INDO/JAPAN 78 MITSUBISHI

CELTIC SEA 80 02/07 KIKEH/PT DICKSON RNR AET

ESER K 100 02/05 KOZMINO/OPTS RNR SHELL

OMEGA LADY MIRIAM 58 02/02 SPORE/HKONG RNR CHEVRON

CLEAN

AG

ALDEBARAN 80 02/15 SIKKA/UKC USD 2.15M CLEARLAKE

ANATOLY KOLODKIN 80 02/13 SIKKA/UKC USD 1.2M BP

AMERICAS

SOUTHPORT 80 02/10 USAC/TA RNR CNR

MEKONG STAR 38 01/08 USG/OPTS RNR CNR

HIGH VENTURE 38 SUBS/CUIDAD MADERO 9 RNR CNR

UKC

AGAMEMNON II 37 02/05 UKC/USAC 160 VALERO

TORM TBN 37 UKC/USAC 167.5 HETCO

Fixtures provided by Lone Star Tankers/RS Platou.

Jun 12 e-paper
May 30

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