As a result of feedback received, the following changes have been approved by the Baltic Index Council, which will be implemented from 11 October 2019. 

  • The Baltic will publish an assessment for each region on the vessel sizes  i.e. a separate price for Pakistan, India and Bangladesh
  • Tanker lightweight ranges will no longer reference clean or dirty, but will be assessed according to the following lightweight ranges for each origin
  • 30,001 ldt and above
  • 15,001-30,000 ldt
  • 7,000-15,000 ldt 
  • Bulk carrier lightweight ranges will be assessed according to the following lightweight ranges for each origin
  • 20,001 ldt and above
  • 9,001-20,000ldt
  • 5,000-9,000 ldt

Any feedback or comments are welcome via balticbroker@balticexchange.com