Main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange continues to rise to 637 points

Published: May 15, 2015 15:18

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The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities continued to rise on Thursday mainly on a higher capesize rate.

UNITED KINGDOM May 15 2015 11:31 AM

LONDON (Scrap Register): The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities continued to rise on Thursday mainly on a higher capesize rate.

The overall index, which factors in average daily earnings of capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize dry bulk transport vessels, up by another 3 points to 637 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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