Main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange down further to 618 points

Published: May 26, 2016 09:59 (GMT+8)

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The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities down further to 618 points level on Tuesday due to strong panamax and supramax rates.

UNITED KINGDOM May 25 2016 3:13 PM

LONDON (Scrap Register): The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities down further to 618 points level on Tuesday due to strong panamax and supramax rates.

The Baltic Dry Index, which provides an assessment of the price of moving the major raw materials – such as coal, iron ore and grain – by sea by taking in 23 shipping routes measured on a time charter basis, down by another 8 points to 618 points on Tuesday.

The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry hit a temporary peak on May 20, 2008, when the index hit 11,793. The lowest level ever reached was on February 10 2016, when the index plummeted to 290 points.

The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange

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