The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index climbed on Friday to post its best weekly gain since mid-February thanks to higher demand for capesize vessels. The Baltic dry index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels ferrying dry bulk commodities, rose 38 points, or 1.4%, to 2,788, its highest since September 2010. The …
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