The commoditiestrader hired the 82,600-dwt Caravos Harmonyfrom Iason Hellenic Shipping and the 82,200-dwtCaptain George from Athens-based compatriot Efnav, shipbrokers say.
The first unitwas chartered for five to seven months at a rate of $7,500 per day, accordingto a report issued by the Baltic Exchange.
The secondbulker is believed to have fetched $6,750 for a voyage from the East Coast ofSouth America to Singapore and Japan. Both trips are scheduled to start by the end of January.
Bunge was alsolinked to a charter involving the 87,000-dwt Annou GO (built 2007), which isdue to earn $8,000 daily in addition to a $390,000 ballast bonus for a voyage from Brazil to Skaw-CapePassero.
Earlier in theday, the company made TradeWinds headlines when it fixed the 98,704-dwt newbuilding Polymnia from DianaShipping in a period contract that included a daily rate of $7,600 through apartnership with Italian operator Augustea.
You can read more about the history of Bunge's partnership with Augustea by clicking on the link located under the Related Articles section to the right of this article
