Main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange advances further to 565 points

Published: Mar 10, 2015 09:02 (GMT+8)

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The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities advanced further on Friday on strong demand for vessels across all segments.

UNITED KINGDOM March 09 2015 3:45 PM

LONDON (Scrap Register): The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities advanced further on Friday on strong demand for vessels across all segments.

The overall index, which factors in average daily earnings of capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize dry bulk transport vessels, up by another 4 points to 565 points on Friday.

The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange is the rate which tracks for ships carrying dry bulk commodities.

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