MARKET REPORTS BUNKERS AND CRUDE OIL TREND Week Rotterdam Bunkers Crude Oil 380 cSt, USD/t MDO, USD/t Brent, spot IPE, USD/brl 13 480 895 <strong>10</strong>3.92 14 475 892 <strong>10</strong>3.58 15 499 956 <strong>10</strong>7.84 16 503 970 1<strong>10</strong>.90 17 499 1,013 115.90 18 481 1,012 111.32 19 537 1,095 123.86 Quotations Friday each week. Source: Stockholm Chartering, www.stochart.com CRUDE TANKER MARKETS Size Route Week Worldscale Earnings (USD/day) VLCC Persian Gulf–UKC C/S 13 90.0 74,600 280,000 14 75.0 53,<strong>10</strong>0 15 72.5 47,700 16 90.0 72,900 17 115.0 <strong>10</strong>8,700 18 117.5 112,200 19 120.0 113,<strong>10</strong>0 Suezmax Cross Med 13 280.0 138,200 130,000 14 150.0 54,900 15 180.0 72,800 16 270.0 130,500 17 240.0 111,400 18 260.0 125,300 19 230.0 <strong>10</strong>2,900 Aframax <strong>No</strong>rth Sea–UKC 13 190.0 59,700 80,000 14 155.0 41,<strong>10</strong>0 15 2<strong>10</strong>.0 69,600 16 270.0 <strong>10</strong>1,600 17 190.0 58,800 18 190.0 59,600 19 220.0 73,300 Quotations Friday each week. Source: Stockholm Chartering, www.stochart.com Clarkson adds to provisions against damage claims ssg-göteborg. The British brokering and ship service group Clarkson has set aside a further GBP eight million on top of GBP six million provisions last year against claims for USD 67 million from the Russian shipowners Sovcomflot and <strong>No</strong>voship. Clarkson has been dragged into a fight between the Russian companies and Sovcomflot’s former managing director vd Dimitri Skarga and the Russian shipowner Yuri Nikitin. In addition, Sovcomflot has filed claims for USD 71 million, alledging that Clarkson has valuated vessels improperly in a related case. Clarkson has denied this and has nor made any provisions against this claim. Deep Sea Supply sells AHTS ssg-göteborg. <strong>No</strong>rwegian Deep Sea Supply is to sell the newbuilding AHTS vessel Sea Wolverine to TMM, Mexico. The gross selling price is USD 22 million, Deep Sea Supply’s profit from the sale will be USD 6 million. The Sea Wolverine will be delivered from ABG Shipyard, India, in the first half of May, 2008. ShARE PRICE INDEx Index 9/5 2/5 OSE2030GI** 356.98 354.90 **OSE2030GI includes the shipping companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. DRy CARgO MARKETS, LARgE CARRIERS Size Route Week USD/ton Single voyages Capesize Tubarao–Rotterdam 13 30.00 165,000 Iron Ore 14 33.00 15 34.00 16 34.00 17 39.50 18 47.45 19 52.00 Tripcharter Av. Earnings (USD/day) Panamax Cont–Far East 13 78,500 70,000 14 77,000 15 79,000 16 82,000 17 92,000 18 91,000 19 <strong>10</strong>0,000 Handymax Transatlantic, round voyage 13 53,500 14 56,500 15 58,500 16 59,000 17 61,700 18 65,750 19 74,500 Source: Fearnleys, www.fearnleys.no Delta Tankers orders VLCCs for USD 156 million per unit ssg-göteborg. Greek Delta Tanker recently ordered three VLCCs from Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea and agreed to pay record high USD 156 million per unit. The agreed price is two million higher than the previous record, when Oman Shipping Company earlier this year ordered VLCCs at a price of USD 154 million per unit from Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea, reports the news site Sea Trade Asia. 88 SCANDINAVIAN SHIPPING GAZETTE • MAY 16, 2008
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