China's iron ore hunger should support dry bulk rates
The impact of the higher iron ore price is already clear. The average rate on the TubaraoQingdao route is /t for January 2021, higher than January 2020. But this is just 11pc of the average ICX 62pc Fe cfr Qingdao import price, whereas the freight rate was equal to of the ICX price in January 2020, and in January 2019.