Baltic Dry Index continues to gain to 912 points

Jul 18, 2017 17:22

The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities continued to gain 912 points on Monday driven by higher cape, panamax and supramax rates.

UNITED STATES July 18 2017 1:21 PM

LONDON (Scrap Register): The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities continued to gain 912 points on Monday driven by higher cape, 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, advanced by another 12 points to 912 points on Monday.

The BDI peaked at above 1300 points this spring. It has fallen as low as 822 points during its summer correction but, each time the BDI start to approach the low 800s it does not hover there for too long before tracking higher.

Baltic Dry Index

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Baltic Dry Index continues to gain to 912 points

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