Baltic Dry Index Up for 3rd Day, Still Posts Weekly Loss in Dry Bulk Market,International Shipping News 28/03/2026 The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, was up for a third session on Friday, rising about 0.8% to 2,031 points. The capesize index, which typically transport 150,000-ton cargoes including iron ore and coal, also advanced for a third day, climbing 2% to its highest since March 4at 3,032 points. At the same time, the supramax index added 1 point to 1,206 points; while the panamax index, which usually carry 60,000 to 70,000 tons of coal or grain, continued to decrease, falling about 0.8% to a fresh six-week low of 1,756 points. For the week, the benchmark index declined about 1.2%. Source: Trading Economics 2026-03-28 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