Dry Bulk and Oil Segments

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index marked its best week in more than two months on Friday, despite a daily decline attributed to weakness in capesize vessel segment. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, dropped 37 points, or 1.7%, to 2,129. The index was up more ...

China’s iron ore imports are likely to climb to an all-time high this year, helped by shipments from India and Ukraine, as well as resilient demand in the world’s biggest consumer of the key steelmaking ingredient, analysts and market participants said. Imports are expected to rise between 15 to 50 million metric tons from last ...

China’s soybean imports in April jumped 18% from a year earlier, data showed on Thursday, as buyers snapped up cheap and plentiful Brazilian beans from the South American producer while it was wrapping up its harvest season. Total arrivals for the month were 8.57 million metric tons, according to the General Administration of Customs, the ...

Iron ore futures fell to their lowest in more than two weeks, pressured by an inventory accumulation at Chinese ports and caution about demand outlook, but property support measures in China lent some support. The most-traded September iron ore on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1 fell as much as 1.6% to 857 yuan ($118.62) ...

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index snapped a five-session winning streak on Thursday, as rates for the capesize vessel segments dipped. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, dropped 37 points, or 1.7%, to 2,166. The capesize index .BACI dipped 136 points, or 3.8%, to 3,405 points. ...