Baltic Dry Index at Near 1-Week Low in Dry Bulk Market,International Shipping News 24/03/2026 The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, was down for a second session on Monday, falling 0.9% to a near one-week low of 2,037 points. The capesize index, which typically transport 150,000-ton cargoes including iron ore and coal, decreased by 1.1% to 2,937 points; and the panamax index, which usually carry 60,000 to 70,000 tons of coal or grain, went down 0.8% to 1,888 points. Among smaller vessels, the supramax index shed 6 points, or 0.5%, to 1,218 points. Source: Trading Economics 2026-03-24 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