{"id":66406,"date":"2025-08-27T19:53:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/baltic-index-up-for-third-straight-session\/66406\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:53:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:53:22","slug":"baltic-index-up-for-third-straight-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/baltic-index-up-for-third-straight-session\/66406\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltic Index Up for Third Straight Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The Baltic Exchange&#8217;s main sea freight index, which measures rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose for a third successive session on Wednesday, as gains in the panamax and supramax segments countered a decline in capesize rates.<\/p>\n<p>* The main index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0shipping\u00a0<\/span>vessels, added 5 points, or 0.3%, to 2,046 points, its highest since August 8.<\/p>\n<p>* The capesize index lost 42 points, or 1.4%, to 2,989 points.<\/p>\n<p>* Average daily earnings for capesize vessels , which typically transport 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and coal, fell $354 to $24,786.<\/p>\n<p>* Iron ore prices dropped for a second consecutive session, as rising supply outweighed strong short-term demand for the steelmaking ingredient.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>* The panamax index was up 56 points, or 3.1%, to 1,874 points, its highest since July 24.<\/p>\n<p>* Average daily earnings for panamax vessels, which usually carry 60,000-70,000 tons of coal or grain, rose $502 to $16,865.<\/p>\n<p>* Among smaller vessels, the supramax index rose 10 points, or 0.7%, to 1,447 points, highest since May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltic Exchange&#8217;s main sea freight index, which measures rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose for a third successive session on Wednesday, as gains in the panamax and supramax segments countered a decline in capesize rates. * The main index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax\u00a0shipping\u00a0vessels, added 5 points, or 0.3%, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/66407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}