Feb 15 (Reuters) - The Baltic Exchange's main sea
freight index , tracking rates for ships carrying dry
bulk commodities, fell on Wednesday as rates for larger vessels
dipped to multi-month lows.
* The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize,
panamax and supramax shipping vessels, was down 22 points, or
3.9%, at 541, the lowest since early June 2020.
* The capesize index dropped 65 points, or about
17%, to over a five-month low of 317.
* Average daily earnings for capesizes , which
typically transport 150,000-tonne cargoes such as iron ore and
coal, fell $537 to $2,630.
* The panamax index fell 18 points, or about 2.1%,
to 830, its lowest since June 11, 2020.
* Average daily earnings for panamaxes , which
usually carry coal or grain cargoes of about 60,000 to 70,000
tonnes, were down $158 at $7,473.
* Ukraine appealed on Wednesday to the United Nations and
Turkey to press Russia to immediately stop hindering Ukrainian
grain shipments that supply millions of people and not to use
the food as a weapon.
* The supramax index posted its best day in nearly
six months, up 13 points, or about 2.1%, at 640.
(Reporting by Harshit Verma in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi
Majumdar)
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