Baltic Dry Index Rises for 2nd Day in Dry Bulk Market,International Shipping News 27/03/2026 The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, advanced for a second day on Thursday, rising 0.7% to 2,014 points, bolstered by the bigger-size segment. The capesize index, which typically transport 150,000-ton cargoes including iron ore and coal, was also up for a second session, climbing 2% to a near one-week high of 2,974 points. Conversely, the panamax index, which usually carry 60,000 to 70,000 tons of coal or grain, fell by 1.5% to a six-week low of 1,770 points; and the supramax index decreased 0.3% to 1,205 points. Source: Trading Economics 2026-03-27 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share