Main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange rises to 1055 points

Published: Aug 17, 2015 17:24
The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities rose to 1055 points on Friday boosted by strong panamax, supramax and handysize rates.

UNITED KINGDOM August 17 2015 2:18 PM

LONDON (Scrap Register): The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities rose to 1055 points on Friday boosted by strong panamax, supramax and handysize rates.


The overall index, which factors in average daily earnings of capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize dry bulk transport vessels, up by another 9 points to 1055 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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