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Baltic Dry Index 1985 - 2022. The Baltic Dry Index ( BDI) is a shipping freight-cost index issued daily by the London -based Baltic Exchange. The BDI is a composite of the Capesize, Panamax and Supramax timecharter averages. It is reported around the world as a proxy for dry bulk shipping stocks as well as a general shipping market bellwether.
The Freightos Baltic Index ( FBX) (also sometimes known as the Freightos Baltic Daily Index [1] or Freightos Baltic Global Container Index [2]) is a daily freight container index issued by the Baltic Exchange [3] and Freightos. The index measures global container freight rates [4] by calculating spot rates for 40-foot containers on 12 global ...
The Baltic Dry Index is a measure of the cost of shipping dry bulk goods around the world. It increased during the mid 2000s because of global demand for manufactured goods initially and in 2008 the price of oil drove the index higher to an all time high of 11,440 points in May 2008. Because of the 2008 recession the index dropped to 715 points ...
The Baltic Dry Index reflects global shipping prices for dry bulk commodities such as iron ore, coal, cement, and grain. Rates are affected by a combination of demand for these commodities, ship ...
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index edged higher on Thursday, supported by gains in the capesize segment which snapped an eight-session losing streak. * The Baltic dry index, which tracks ...
* The Baltic index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels that ferry dry bulk commodities, was up 3 points, or 0.7%, at 421. ... The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight ...
BIFFEX, the Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange, was a London-based exchange for trading ocean freight futures contracts with settlement based on the Baltic Freight Index. It started trading dry cargo freight futures contracts in 1985, and was modestly successful for some years.
Cargo ship Investors perplexed by the market's anxiety over slower global economic growth should look no farther than the Baltic Dry Index, a closely watched measure of worldwide industrial demand.