baltic dry index

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


Monday, May 8, 2017
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Shipping News

Baltic Dry Index Snaps 13-Session Losing Streak

May 8 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, edged up on Monday to snap

May 8, 2017
Total Views: 20

Friday, May 5, 2017
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Baltic index slips on weaker panamax, smaller vessel rates

  By Karen Rodrigues – May 5 (Reuters) The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk

May 5, 2017
Total Views: 32

Wednesday, May 3, 2017
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Shipping News

Baltic Dry Index Down for Eleventh Straight Session

May 3 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell for an eleventh

May 3, 2017
Total Views: 60

Friday, April 21, 2017
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Baltic Dry Index Falls Almost 4%, Biggest Loss Since Mid-December

April 21 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index marked its biggest percentage decline since mid-December on Friday as rates for

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 68

Wednesday, April 5, 2017
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Baltic Dry Index Posts Biggest Daily Percentage Fall in 2 Months

April 5 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, registered its biggest

April 5, 2017
Total Views: 50

Thursday, March 30, 2017
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Shipping News

Baltic Dry Index Snaps Winning Streak After Surging to Highest Level Since 2014

March 30 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell on Thursday after

March 30, 2017
Total Views: 23

Monday, March 27, 2017
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Baltic Dry Index Hits Highest Level Since November 2014

March 27 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, hit a more than two-year

March 27, 2017
Total Views: 41

Monday, March 20, 2017
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Robust Capesize Rates Buoy Baltic Dry Index

March 20 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose for the 14th

March 20, 2017
Total Views: 63

Friday, March 10, 2017
bow of a dry bulk carrier at anchor
Shipping News

Baltic Dry Index Hits 3-Month High on Stronger Capesize Rates

March 10 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, closed at its highest

March 10, 2017
Total Views: 30

Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Soaring Capesize Rates Push Baltic Index Past 1,000
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Soaring Capesize Rates Push Baltic Index Past 1,000

March 7 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, closed at a 12-week

March 7, 2017
Total Views: 36

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Singapore’s Stock Rally Looks to Be Floating on Foam

By Christopher Langner (Bloomberg Gadfly) — Read the shipping and offshore oil industry news in Singapore and you’d be forgiven for imagining the

March 7, 2017
Total Views: 39

Thursday, March 2, 2017
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Baltic Dry Index Up on Stronger Rates Across Vessel Segments

March 2 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Thursday as rates

March 2, 2017
Total Views: 24

Tuesday, February 21, 2017
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Baltic Dry Index Up for Fifth Straight Session to 778

Feb 21 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Tuesday for a

February 21, 2017
Total Views: 11

Friday, September 30, 2016
Capesize Rates to Hold Firm During China Holiday
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Capesize Rates to Hold Firm During China Holiday

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Freight rates for large capesize dry cargo shippers on key Asian routes, which hit the highest in about a

September 30, 2016
Total Views: 21

Friday, July 29, 2016
Baltic Index Down On Large Vessel Rate Drop
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Baltic Index Down On Large Vessel Rate Drop

(Reuters) The Baltic Index, the Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell on Thursday on

July 29, 2016
Total Views: 59

Friday, July 8, 2016
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Baltic Dry Index Breaks 700

July 8 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose further on Friday

July 8, 2016
Total Views: 65

Thursday, June 16, 2016
Baltic Dry Index Dips Below 600
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Baltic Dry Index Dips Below 600

June 16 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, slipped Thursday as

June 16, 2016
Total Views: 21

Tuesday, June 14, 2016
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Dry Bulk Shipping Facing Slow Recovery, Dreyfus Says

PARIS, June 14 (Reuters) – The dry bulk shipping industry may not emerge from a protracted downturn for another two years and some smaller firms will be

June 14, 2016
Total Views: 26

Friday, April 15, 2016
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Baltic Dry Index Soars Past 600 Points

April 15 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Friday, supported

April 15, 2016
Total Views: 35

Thursday, April 14, 2016
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Stronger Demand for Bigger Vessels Pushes Baltic Index Towards 600

April 14 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities extended gains on

April 14, 2016
Total Views: 52