Baltic Dry Index Snaps 2-Day Losing Run in Dry Bulk Market,International Shipping News 28/02/2026 The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, halted a two-day losing streak on Friday, rising about 1.1% to the highest since January 30 at 2,140 points. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and coal, edged up by 0.2% to 3,056 points; and the panamax index, which usually carry 60,000 to 70,000 tons of coal or grain, rose 1.4% to 1,942 points. Among smaller vessels, the supramax index advanced 3% to 1,338 points. The benchmark index was up 4.7% for the week, but fell 1.4% for the month. Source: Trading Economics 2026-02-28 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