Baltic Dry Index Rises for 4th Session in Dry Bulk Market,International Shipping News 17/03/2026 The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index increased 0.5% to 2038 on Monday, following a 2.8% rise in the previous session. The capesize index, which typically transport 150,000-ton cargoes including iron ore and coal, advanced 1.6% to 2927. On the other hand, the panamax index, which usually carry 60,000 to 70,000 tons of coal or grain, decreased 0.1% to 1836; and the supramax index fell 1.2% to 1268. Source: Trading Economics 2026-03-17 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