Lower capesize rates weighed down the Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index on Friday, though it posted a second consecutive weekly gain. The Baltic dry index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels ferrying dry bulk commodities, dropped 10 points, or 0.5%, to 1,960. It hit a 5-month peak earlier this week. The …
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