Baltic Dry Index Ticks Up, Books Weekly Gain in Dry Bulk Market,International Shipping News 24/01/2026 The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, edged up 0.1% to 1,762 points on Friday, after decreasing by more than 2% in the prior day. The smaller supramax index added 7 points to 1,026 points, supporting the main index. Meanwhile, the capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and coal, was down for a second day, falling 0.2% to 2,583 points; and the panamax index, which usually carries 60,000-70,000 tons of coal or grain, decreased by 0.1% to 1,612 points. The benchmark index posted a weekly gain of 12.4%. Source: Trading Economics 2026-01-24 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