Active coal exports inspire sea-river owners to keep Azov Sea freights pretty high

摘要

Despite the very end of grain season and the shortage of grain cargoes, sea-river rates ex Azov Sea stay at record-high levels as for late June. The market is driven by quite lively coal traffic: Thus, charterers are ready to pay mid-high $50s/t for transportation of 3,000 t of coal from Rostov/Azov to Bulgaria bss 1/1 (equivalent to 5k daily bss RV with AWRP on owner's acct and 8.5k daily with no AWRP required) ;