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Baltic Dry Index

Shipping cost index reaches 11-year high

by Amanda Peacher
Aug 25, 2021
The Baltic Dry Index tracks how much it costs to ship materials long distances.
A container ship is unloaded at the Port of Oakland in California. The Baltic Dry Index, which tracks the cost of shipping materials long distances, is at a high level amid congestion at Chinese ports.
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A measure of commodities: the Baltic Dry Index

by Andy Uhler
Jan 1, 2016
The Baltic Dry Index tracks the cost of shipping bulk commodities such as iron ore or coal.
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Economic eyes again turn to the Baltic Dry Index

by Stephen Beard
Feb 18, 2014
Should we be fretting that the Baltic Dry Index is tanking again?
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