油轮市场运输报告英文版好多地方搞不懂讲的是什么意思BallastersfromtheweakerMiddleEastzonecannowmakesenseofsuchnumbers,andarelikelytoprovideacaptoanyfurtherrisesuntil/orifthingspickupintheEast.中

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油轮市场运输报告英文版好多地方搞不懂讲的是什么意思
Ballasters from the weaker Middle East zone can now make sense of such numbers,and are likely to provide a cap to any further rises until/or if things pick up in the East.中的Ballasters什么意思?
.,rates stayed at around 70,000 by WS 92.5 upcoast.“upcoast"是指航线的么?（加勒比海附近）
the “arb” rate?
Backhaul activity was quiet but rates ticked up due to shorter tonnage - WS 87.5 basis 38 kt was fixed and is considered market.最后”considered market"?
A trickle of West Africa bound cargoes loading from the Continent including Baltic options for which the market is deemed to be WS 160-165 basis 33 kt on approved units.(大意）
the usual market,the flexi market分别指什么市场?

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Ballasters, 空放的船.国际海运中,当船舶不装载货物的时候,都需要在船压载舱内打入一定的海水,以加大船舶吃水提高航行效率.这个航行的过程一般叫ballasting.ballaster相当于一个衍生词.