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  • A supramax varies between 35,000 and 60,000 deadweight tons, or DWT, a panamax up to 80,000 DWT and a VLCC up to 170,000 DWT.

    Shipping Corp May Buy 4-5 Ships in Secondary Market 2009

  • The two supramax vessels ordered from Korea by ESL Shipping are scheduled to be in traffic in the first half of 2012.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • It is actually the capes that are of a bigger concern to everybody in the industry, said Michael Bodouroglou, chairman and CEO of Greece's Paragon Shipping Inc , which has smaller supramax and handymax vessels among its fleet.

    Reuters: Top News Krishna N Das 2011

  • "In the next few months, a moderate amount of cargo demand is likely to continue to surface, which is likely to result in supramax and handysize rates remaining at healthy levels," said Jeffrey Landsberg, managing director of dry bulk consultancy Commodore Research.

    Reuters: Top News Krishna N Das 2011

  • Rates for supramax vessels were faring slightly better, though the Baltic's supramax index has dropped by a quarter in the last 3 weeks.

    Reuters: Top News Krishna N Das 2011

  • The two supramax vessels ordered from Korea by ESL Shipping are scheduled to be in traffic in the first half of 2012.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • The agreement now signed will be used to finance the second EUR 30 million supramax vessel the company has ordered from the Korean Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. The vessel will have a carrying capacity of 56,150 dwt.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • Eagle Bulk Shipping , which operates supramax vessels that typically have around half the capacity of a capesize, lowing them to haul a wider range of cargoes, has placed half its ships in the spot market.

    Reuters: Top News Krishna N Das 2011

  • The agreement now signed will be used to finance the second EUR 30 million supramax vessel the company has ordered from the Korean Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. The vessel will have a carrying capacity of 56,150 dwt.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • BANGALORE/LONDON, Feb 8 Reuters - Dry cargo shippers with smaller vessels are shifting to more-risk, more-reward spot markets, eyeing rising demand for sugar and grains - commodities well suited to versatile supramax and handysize ships.

    Reuters: Top News Krishna N Das 2011

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