Main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange declines to 634 points

Published: May 19, 2015 09:05

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The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities declined on Friday mainly on lower capesize, panamax rate.

UNITED KINGDOM May 18 2015 12:30 PM

LONDON (Scrap Register): The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities declined on Friday mainly on lower capesize, panamax rate.

The overall index, which factors in average daily earnings of capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize dry bulk transport vessels, down by 3 points to 634 points on Friday.

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

The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange

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