Dry Bulk Weekly – July 18, 2010
Baltic dry index fell 9.6% last week; The hardest hit were Capesizes with 20.3% loss; Supramaxes and Handysizes and lost 8.1% and 5.9%; Panamaxes gained 7.6%.
Spot cargo demand fell last week, looks like everybody’s playing wait and see game. Nothing that could reverse the losses on the horizon.
Chart 1. Baltic Dry Indexes Relative Performance
Source: Bloomberg
Chart 2. Baltic Dry Index
Source: Bloomberg
Chart 3. Baltic Dry Index Components
Source: Bloomberg