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The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight prices rose slightly on Friday, even as the index marked its fourth straight weekly loss due to lower demand among panamax and supramax vessel segments amid a global trade war. The main index, which monitors rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, gained 5 points or 0.4%, ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-logs-fourth-weekly-loss-on-lower-panamax-supramax-demand/Capesize The Capesize market faced headwinds this week, with broader macroeconomic pressures, particularly escalating US-China tariff tensions, weighing heavily on sentiment. The BCI 5TC saw significant midweek drops before recovering slightly to close the week at $14,952, down from $16,728 at the start. In the Pacific, a longer tonnage list persisted, and although key miners ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/dry-bulk-shipping-capesize-market-under-pressure-2/Today, Monday, April 14 2025, the Baltic Dry Index climbed by 08 points, reaching 1282 points. Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-climbs-to-1282-up-08-points/Iron ore futures inched higher on Monday, boosted by top consumer China’s upbeat data, although demand concerns caused by the intensifying trade conflict between Washington and Beijing lingered, curbing gains. The most-traded September iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) TIO1! ended daytime trade 0.28% higher at 706 yuan ($96.68) a metric ton. ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-ticks-up-on-upbeat-china-data-tariff-woes-curb-gains/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-ticks-up-on-upbeat-china-data-tariff-woes-curb-gains/China’s coal imports fell 6% in March, hurt by high inventories at ports and weak domestic demand that have pushed spot prices down to four-year lows. Imports for the month were 38.73 million metric tons, down from 41.38 million tons in March 2024, according to the General Administration of Customs. That was the first monthly ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-march-coal-imports-sink-6-as-domestic-prices-slide/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-march-coal-imports-sink-6-as-domestic-prices-slide/China’s iron ore imports in March fell slightly from the prior month to a 20-month low, defying analysts’ expectations that monthly shipments would pick up as weather-induced supply disruptions eased. The world’s largest iron ore consumer brought in 93.97 million metric tons of the key steelmaking ingredient last month, the lowest since July 2023, according ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-march-iron-ore-imports-drop-to-20-month-low-missing-expectations/Global economic uncertainty and a cooling of the market has seen newbuild orders for dry-bulk vessels fall by 26% year-on-year according to Hongbeom Park, Head of Korea for global Veson Nautical, a global leader in maritime data and freight management solutions. Speaking at Veson Nautical’s Seoul Forum, Park said uncertainty around the future of fuels, ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/orderbook-for-all-dry-bulk-vessel-classes-falls-by-26-y-o-y-in-q1/The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry bulk commodities, climbed on Monday, driven by higher capesize and panamax prices. The main index, which monitors rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, gained 8 points, or 0.6%, to 1,282. The capesize index added 24 points or 1.3% ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-gains-on-higher-capesize-panamax-rates-3/
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-gains-on-higher-capesize-panamax-rates-3/Today, Tuesday, April 15 2025, the Baltic Dry Index decreased by 19 points, reaching 1263 points. Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-dry-index-falls-to-1263-down-19-points/Iron ore futures prices dangled in a tight range on Tuesday, as investors and traders awaited a raft of additional economic data from top consumer China for clarity of demand outlook and stimulus prospects. The most-traded September iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) TIO1! closed daytime trade 0.99% higher at 713 yuan ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-consolidates-as-market-awaits-more-china-data/
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