Capes and Panamaxes led to a new drop the Dry Index

Iakovos (Jack) Archontakis
Commercial Director TMC MARITIME CO.

Dr. Fotios –Evangelos Karlis
Maritime Executive and Consultant

The dry bulk cargo market continued the negative trend of the previous weeks with the larger sizes dropping the general index, while the smaller sizes showed greater stability. In detail, Capes fell by 19.71%, Kamsarmaxes -10.47%, Ultramaxes(63) -1.48% and Handies +1.21%, compared to the previous week.

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