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old steel
4th April 2014, 10:44 PM
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Submitted by Tyler Durden (http://www.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden) on 04/04/2014 18:51 -0400



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For a few weeks there, as the Baltic Dry Index rose, talking-heads were ignominous in their praise of the shipping index as a leading indicator of an awesome future ahead for the world economy. The last 9 days have smashed that 'hope' to smithereens (and yet the talking-heads have gone awkwardly silent, having moved on to some other bias-confirming meme). The Baltic Dry is down 25% in the last 2 weeks, back near post-crisis lows, and has just suffered the worst start to a year in over a decade. But apart from that, seems global trade is all-good and about to take off any minute now...

The worst start to a year in over a decade...
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/04/20140404BDIY_0.png (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/04/20140404BDIY.png)

As Baltic Dry has fallen 9 days in a row, down 25%, and is back near post-crisis lows...
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/04/20140404BDIY1_0.png (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/04/20140404BDIY1.png)
It seems the demand for shipping dry bulk is not strong...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-04/baltic-dry-drops-9th-day-row-worst-q1-over-10-years

Neuro
5th April 2014, 04:37 AM
Could it have something to do with recent Ukraine posturing? Talk of sanctions etc.?

Cebu_4_2
5th April 2014, 05:11 AM
Dry shipping rates crash after Indonesia bans bauxite exports and Colombia halts coal loadings
By Wayne Yamada
Shipping rates for transporting dry bulk minerals continued to fall this week as Indonesia’s ban on unprocessed raw material and the halt in Colombian coal exports released vessels onto the market.