Finland's ESL Shipping has chartered in three more vessels to respond to growing demand in the Baltic Sea bulker market.

The company said the trio of unnamed 6,000-dwt vessels had been brought in on time charters as a result of new customer agreements and improvements in general demand forecasts.

"The size and content of the time-chartering portfolio will be reviewed, also in the future, in accordance with any changes in the development and focus areas of customer demand," ESL said.