Main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange drops further to 588 points

Published: Apr 7, 2015 09:55

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The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities dropped further on Thursday due to the extended weaker demand for bigger vessels.

UNITED KINGDOM April 06 2015 2:17 PM

LONDON (Scrap Register): The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities dropped further on Thursday due to the extended weaker demand for bigger vessels.

The overall index, which factors in average daily earnings of capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize dry bulk transport vessels, down by another 8 points to 588 points on Thursday.

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

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