{"id":51576,"date":"2025-12-23T12:06:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=51576"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:06:32","slug":"baltic-dry-index-weakens-on-slower-cargo-demand-rising-vessel-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=51576&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Baltic dry index weakens on slower cargo demand, rising vessel availability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltic dry bulk index fell 2.2% (44 points) to 1,979 on 22 Dec against 20 Dec. The index declined as Panamax and Supramax segments faced softer coal and grain inquiries, while increased vessel availability pressured spot rates. Capesize rates also eased on slower iron ore fixing and cautious chartering activity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Capesize:\u00a0BCI dipped 1.8% (65 points) to 3,559.<\/li>\n<li>Panamax:\u00a0BPI dropped by 3.1% (41 points) to 1,282.<\/li>\n<li>Supramax:\u00a0BSI fell by 2.4% (29 points) to 1,193.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltic dry bulk index fell 2.2% (44 points) to 1,979 on 22 Dec against&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iron-steel"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630.jpg?v=1766469986",1200,630,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630-150x150.jpg?v=1766469986",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630-300x158.jpg?v=1766469986",300,158,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630-768x403.jpg?v=1766469986",640,336,true],"large":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630-1024x538.jpg?v=1766469986",640,336,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630.jpg?v=1766469986",1200,630,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630.jpg?v=1766469986",1200,630,false],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630-1115x630.jpg?v=1766469986",1115,630,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630-800x500.jpg?v=1766469986",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630-1024x538.jpg?v=1766469986",1024,538,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630-540x340.jpg?v=1766469986",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630-400x250.jpg?v=1766469986",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Biz Trend 24","author_link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/author\/online24"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=313&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"category\">Iron &amp; Steel<\/a>","tag_info":"Iron &amp; Steel","comment_count":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-23T120539.795_1200x630.jpg?v=1766469986","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51578,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51576\/revisions\/51578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}