Capesize freight rates headed south due to weakening physical market in both basins. The Capesize 5 time charter average then went down by $312 day-on-day to $10,295 on Wednesday. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) however, went up slightly by 0.09% or 1 points to 1,122 readings, due to robustness in the Panamaxes’ physical and futures …
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