Baltic Dry Index Rally Continues in Dry Bulk Market,International Shipping News 16/04/2026 The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose for a ninth consecutive session on Wednesday, surging 5.5% to its highest since early December 2025 at 2,484 points. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes including iron ore and coal, also advanced for the ninth consecutive day, soaring about 8% to its highest since mid-December 2025 at 3,964 points. At the same time, the panamax index, which usually carries 60,000 to 70,000 tons of coal or grain, rose 2.5% to a more than three-week high of 1,948 points, notching its tenth consecutive daily increase. Among smaller vessels, the supramax index advanced 2% to 1,371 points. Source: Trading Economics 2026-04-16 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