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            The small-tonnage shipping market is showing positive trends in all major segments, although current growth rates in the seagoing sector are clearly lower than what we are used to seeing in 2H September.

            The Baltic & Continent Handysize/Supramax market is showing quite healthy trade, with regular requests for transportation of fertilizers and grain, while offers of steel scrap are less frequent. At the same time, the vessel count cannot be called excessive, with even some shortage reported for certain dates.

            The small-tonnage market picture is slowly improving. Thus, a slight increase in tonnage demand allowed owners to raise rates within $0.5-1/t on most routes ex Black Sea ports, while Azov Sea rates have stabilized after a slight rollback and even started to grow again.

            In contrast to the large-tonnage shipping sector (which can definitely be called dynamic, although not hot), the small-tonnage seagoing market remains slow, with minimal rate fluctuations. Moreover, the number of 2-12k dwt vessels open in the Black , Marmara and Aegean Seas, as well as in the eastern Mediterranean has increased by almost 10%…… Read more »