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The Baltic Exchange Week 49 report shows Capesize rates rising mid-week on tight North Atlantic tonnage, pushing the BCI 5TC to $44,000. Panamax softened as prompt tonnage increased across the Atlantic and Asia, with weaker grain demand in the Pacific.
Supramax and smaller sectors were not covered in the excerpt.
A tighter Capesize market lifts bulk freight costs on long-haul routes, while softer Panamax rates and weaker Pacific grain demand reduce costs for grain moves to Asia. The net effect on delivered feed-grain prices is mixed.
drybulkmagazine.comAlfie Lloyd-PerksDec 9, 2025Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
