Baltic Dry Index Down for 3rd Day in Dry Bulk Market,International Shipping News 07/01/2026 The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, declined for a third session on Wednesday, dropping nearly 3% to its lowest since July last year at 1,776 points, mainly pressured by the bigger-size segment. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and coal, extended losses for the tenth day, slipping 4.6% to 2,878 points; and the supramax index fell 18 points to 993 points. Source: Trading Economics 2026-01-07 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