Baltic Dry Index Slips to 1-Month Low in Dry Bulk Market,International Shipping News 11/03/2026 The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, dropped about 7.1% to the lowest since February 10 at 1,919 points on Tuesday, after rising nearly 3% the prior day. Ongoing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz continued to weigh on shipping activity and freight demand. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and coal, plummeted 11.8% to 2,502 points; and the panamax index, which usually carry 60,000 to 70,000 tons of coal or grain, extended its decline, falling 2.7% to 1,861 points. Among smaller vessels, the supramax index slipped 2.3% to 1,342 points. Source: Trading Economics 2026-03-11 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