Baltic Dry Index Extends Slide Into 4th Day in Dry Bulk Market,International Shipping News 06/02/2026 The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, retreated for a fourth straight session on Thursday, falling about 1% to a new low since January 26 at 1,936 points. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and coal, decreased by 1.4% to 2,951 points; and the panamax index, which usually carries 60,000-70,000 tons of coal or grain, slumped by 1.5% to 1,659 points. Conversely, the smaller suprmax index rose 0.9% to its highest since December 24 last year at 1,102 points. Source: Trading Economics 2026-02-06 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