Baltic Dry Index Falls to Over 1-Week Low in Dry Bulk Market,International Shipping News 19/02/2026 The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, eased for the second session on Wednesday, falling about 1.5% to its lowest since February 12 at 2,063 points, amid lower seasonal demand linked to the New Lunar Holiday in China. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and coal, continued to fall, dropping 2.5% to 3,115 points; and the supramax index decreased further by 1.2% to 1,180 points. Conversely, the panamax index, which usually carries 60,000-70,000 tons of coal or grain, rose 0.2% to 1,796 points. Source: Trading Economics 2026-02-19 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