Over the past week, in the Azov region the balance of power has not changed. Ideas rates Charterers remain on the margins of profitability for Shipowners, therefore, the majority decided to leave their vessels to stand in the spot before receiving an acceptable offer. As practice shows, on average, spot Navy takes 2 to 4 business days to find a suitable download. Normally these boats take Charterers with glowing maturity contracts, for which dates are more important than the additional margin in the amount of 1-2 dollars per tonne. Accumulation of spot tonnage does not allow the market to grow, but to decline it any longer, so the rates remain stable for the second consecutive week.

Azov and Rostov, in connection with the increase of temperature was abolished all ice restrictions. Unfortunately for Shipowners, if this factor will affect the freight market, only in a negative way: in the region, already spoiled by the range of tonnage, you may receive an influx Castelnovo fleet of the ice class. Black sea market at the moment is not far behind on the dynamics of Azov, and in the next few weeks to expect it to increase is not necessary.

In the background tending to zero activity of the grain trade, freight market survives largely due to increased shipments of non-food commodity groups. Coal, fertilizers, metals and General cargoes with unusually increased for a given period of time intensity. Falling freight rates enable Exporters to compete in foreign markets. However, since the main cargo nomenclature remains the region's grain, all agree that the growth in freight is possible only with the resumption of active trading in this segment.

The Caspian sea has shown a slight increase during the reporting week. Shipowners attribute this to increased activity in connection with the proximity of Novruz. Many Iranian Importers are traditionally increase the volume of grain purchases before the holidays. The increased demand for tonnage has allowed the Shipowners to overcome the tendency to lower interest rates: the market showed growth on almost all ports, with the exception of Volgograd, where at the eve of the start of navigation, the difference in rates to the seaports gradually comes to normal values.