Baltic index slides sharply as capesizes hit two-year trough

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index registered its worst fall in three months on Thursday, as rates across all vessel segments fell, with capesizes dropping to their lowest level in about two years. * The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, fell 90 points, or about 7.4%, …

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