Main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange continues to gain to 598 points

Published: Dec 3, 2015 09:47
The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities continued to gain on Tuesday mainly due to a sharp rise in capesize and supramax rates.

UNITED KINGDOM December 02 2015 10:46 AM     

LONDON (Scrap Register): The main  sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities  continued to gain on Tuesday mainly due to a sharp rise in capesize and supramax  rates.

The overall index, which factors in average daily earnings of  capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize dry bulk transport vessels, up by  another 14 points to 598 points on Tuesday.

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


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