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Asia's dry bulk pounded by easing congestion, falling commodity prices

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Update time : 2021-11-10 21:57:16
After a robust bull run which started in April 2021, dry bulk freight rates across vessel segments have fallen steeply on the back of easing port congestion in China, falling Chinese steel production as well as the sharp drop in iron ore, thermal coal and other raw commodity prices.

The S&P Global Platts Cape T4 Index -- a trade flow based weighted average of four key Capesize routes -- dropped 50.88% from $50,768/d on Oct. 20 to $24,938/d on Nov. 9.

Over the same period, the KMAX 9 -- a trade flow based weighted average of nine Kamsarmax routes -- slumped 29.82%, while APSI 5 -- a trade flow based weighted average of five key Supramax routes within the Asia Pacific -- fell 44.33%.

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