Baltic index gains for third week on stronger capsizes

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, gained for the third straight week, helped by higher rates for all vessel segments, largely capesizes. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, was up 45 points, or about 3.3%, at 1,424, the …

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