Dry Bulk Weekly

February 13th, 2010 by Belisarius

Baltic dry index fell 5.3% in the last week. Panamaxes outperformed the BDI, while Capesizes underperformed. For the time being dry freight weakness is due the slowdown of Chinese imports because of Chinese New Year and accompanying. This is also a reason for Capesize underperformance because this type of ships usually haul iron ore and coal and China imports most of these commodities.

We will have to wait a couple of weeks to find out whether Chinese commodity imports will return strong after the holidays.

Chart 1. Baltic Dry Indexes Relative Performance

Source: Bloomberg

Chart 2. Baltic Dry Index

Source: Bloomberg

Chart 2. Baltic Dry Index Components

Source: Bloomberg

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