Baltic Dry Index Jumps on Thursday in Dry Bulk Market,International Shipping News 13/02/2026 The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, advanced for a second day on Thursday, climbing 7% to its highest since February 2nd at 2,095 points. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and coal, soared by 11.2% to 3,241 points, suggesting increased iron ore and coal shipments that tightens vessel availability. At the same time, the panamax index, which usually carries 60,000-70,000 tons of coal or grain, rose 1.8% to 1,766 points. Among smaller vessels, the supramax index increased 2.2% to 1,165 points. Source: Trading Economics 2026-02-13 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