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gCaptain’s full news coverage of the Baltic Exchange Index, which tracks rates for dry bulk ships including capesize, panamax and supramax vessels.


Friday, March 22, 2013
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South American Grain Continues to Support Panamax Rates, Capesize Ships Take Another Hit

By Shrutee Sarkar March 22 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry commodities, firmed

March 22, 2013
Total Views: 37

Monday, March 18, 2013
Panamax Rates Climb to 8-Month High
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Panamax Rates Climb to 8-Month High

By Rob Sheridan (Bloomberg) — Rates for Panamax ships climbed to the highest level in almost eight months on increased demand to move grains and

March 18, 2013
Total Views: 4

Monday, March 11, 2013
South American Grain Boom Drives Panamax Rates Higher
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South American Grain Boom Drives Panamax Rates Higher

March 11 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry commodities, rose on Monday, primarily

March 11, 2013
Total Views: 3

Friday, March 8, 2013
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Panamax Demand Rises on Increased Grain Exports from South America

(Bloomberg) — The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of commodity-shipping costs, rose to the highest level this year on demand to transport grain cargoes.

March 8, 2013
Total Views: 12

Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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Global Shipments of Iron Ore Expected to Increase 39%, Yet Dry Bulk Market Still Looks Unprofitable

(Bloomberg) — A 39 percent jump in iron-ore cargoes over the next three years will fail to offset a surplus of the biggest ships hauling the steelmaking

March 6, 2013
Total Views: 6

Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Citigroup: Bulk-Shipping Recovery Starting in 2014

Citigroup: Bulk-Shipping Recovery Starting in 2014

By Michelle Wiese Bockmann (Bloomberg) — Earnings for ships that carry dry- bulk commodities are set to start recovering in 2014 as fleet growth slows to

February 12, 2013
Total Views: 4

Monday, February 11, 2013
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Baltic Dry Index Slides a Second Day as China’s New Year Quiets Market

By Michelle Wiese Bockmann (Bloomberg) — The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of costs to transport minerals and grains by sea, fell for a second session as

February 11, 2013
Total Views: 2

Monday, February 4, 2013
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Freight Rates for Bulk Carriers May Triple as Fleet Expansion Slows

By Michelle Wiese Bockmann (Bloomberg) — Rates for ships carrying minerals and grains will climb almost threefold by 2015 as demand for the vessels

February 4, 2013
Total Views: 362

Thursday, January 31, 2013
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Rates Slump for Eighth Day as Australian Storms Cut Charters

By Michelle Wiese Bockmann (Bloomberg) — The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of commodity freight costs, slumped for an eighth day as storms curbed charters

January 31, 2013
Total Views: 34

Monday, January 21, 2013
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Pareto Securities: Dry Bulk Shipping Demand to Surpass Fleet Growth

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) — Demand to ship dry-bulk commodities will exceed fleet growth in the year’s second half as the freight market begins to

January 21, 2013
Total Views: 9

Friday, January 18, 2013
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Baltic Exchange Gains Nearly 10% on Capesize Coal Shipments

Jan 18 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry commodities, rose on Friday for a

January 18, 2013
Total Views: 5

Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Capesize Rates Advance for 3rd Day in a Row, But Don’t Get too Excited [REPORT]

Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Rates for Capesize ships carrying iron ore, which advanced for a third day, may curb gains as accelerating fleet growth this

January 15, 2013
Total Views: 5

Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Baltic Dry Index Gains for 6th Day in a Row, Led by Panamaxes

The index climbed 1.1 percent to 751, according to the London-based Baltic Exchange, an assessor of freight costs. Average hire costs for Panamax ships, which

January 10, 2013
Total Views: 64

Thursday, January 3, 2013
Baltic Dry Index Turns Black, and Capesize Owners Are Still Eating Ramen Noodles
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Baltic Dry Index Turns Black, and Capesize Owners Are Still Eating Ramen Noodles

The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of commodity shipping costs, rose for the first time since November, lifted by gains for the largest vessels as miners sought

January 3, 2013
Total Views: 5

Thursday, December 20, 2012
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Capesize Market Continues to Get Slaughtered as BDI Sinks Lower

The worst commodity shipping market in 26 years may persist next year as an oversupply of vessels continues to curb ship owners’ ability to boost charter

December 20, 2012
Total Views: 189

Monday, December 17, 2012
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Analysts Predict Dry Bulk Shipping Market Rebound in 2013

At a time when equity analysts are predicting the biggest rebound in earnings for Capesize iron-ore carriers in six years, swaps traders are betting that rates

December 17, 2012
Total Views: 23

Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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Tokyo-Based Shipping Companies Hit Hard, MOL Predicts Loss of 24 Billion Yen

(Bloomberg) — Nippon Yusen K.K., Japan’s biggest shipping line, lowered its annual profit forecast and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. predicted a loss as

October 31, 2012
Total Views: 6

Friday, October 12, 2012
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Chinese Dry Bulk Shippers Advance as Spot Charter Rates Jump

(Bloomberg) — China Shipping Development Co. and China Cosco Holdings Co., the nation’s biggest operators of dry- bulk ships, both rose the most

October 12, 2012
Total Views: 3

Tuesday, September 11, 2012
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Market Talk: Capesize Rates Could Bounce to $20k

The dry-bulk shipping market has been in the doldrums again of late (the Baltic Dry Index is again near record lows and recently had a 31-session streak of

September 11, 2012
Total Views: 3

Monday, August 6, 2012
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Panamax Fleet Highest Since 2005, Rates Continue Downward Spiral

(Bloomberg) — Daily rates for Panamax vessels, that typically haul coal and grains, plunged to the lowest in more than eight weeks as a glut of ships

August 6, 2012
Total Views: 61
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