Daily Summary of Baltic Exchange Dry Indices 8 July 2008

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Baltic Exchange Dry Index TM 9147 (UP 183)

Baltic Exchange Capesize Index TM 13260 (UP 431)

Baltic Exchange Panamax Index TM 9235 (UP 233)

Baltic Exchange Supramax Index TM 5557 (DOWN 39)

Baltic Exchange Handysize Index TM 2628 (DOWN 9)

Daily Summary of the Baltic Exchange Time Charter Routes

  Rate($/Day) Change

BCI

Average of the T/C routes $153936 (UP 4757)

BPI

Average of the T/C routes $74355 (UP 1826)

BSI

Average of the T/C routes $58106 (DOWN 403)

BHSI

Average of the T/C routes $38173 (DOWN 128)

Baltic Exchange Capesize Index     13260     (UP 431)

Route

Number Description Weighting Average Movement

C2 160000lt Tubarao -Rotterdam 10 46.504 0.890

C3 150000mt Tubarao - Beilun/Baoshan 15 88.333 1.908

C4 150000mt Richards Bay - Rotterdam 5 39.227 0.541

C5 150000mt W Australia - Beilun/Baoshan 15 30.909 1.818

C7 150000mt Bolivar - Rotterdam 5 47.841 0.736

C8_03 172000mt Gibraltar/Hamburg trans Atlantic RV 10 173864 5137

C9_03 172000mt Continent/Mediterranean trip Far East 5 212423 4385

C10_03 172000mt Pacific RV 20 133792 7177

C11_03 172000mt China/Japan trip Mediterranean/Cont 5 95667 2334

C12 150000mt Gladstone - Rotterdam 10 51.764 0.900

Average of the T/C Routes 153936 4757

Baltic Exchange Panamax Index     9235     (UP 233)

Route

Number Description Weighting Average Movement

P1A_03 74000mt Transatlantic RV 25 83638 4635

P2A_03 74000mt SKAW-GIB/FAR EAST 25 90988 2446

P3A_03 74000mt Japan-SK/Pacific/RV 25 65557 304

P4_03 74000mt FAR EAST/NOPAC/SK-PASS 25 57237 -82

Average of the T/C Routes 74355 1826

Baltic Exchange Supramax Index     5557     (DOWN 39)

Route

Number Description Weighting Average Movement

S1A Antwerp - Skaw Trip Far East 12.5 66020 -480

S1B Canakkale Trip Far East 12.5 73109 -671

S2 Japan - SK / NOPAC or Australia rv 25 54817 -496

S3 Japan - SK Trip Gib - Skaw range 25 47993 -290

S4A US Gulf - Skaw-Passero 12.5 85595 -183

S4B Skaw-Passero - US Gulf 12.5 34505 -317

Average of the T/C Routes 58106 -403

The route(s) below do not form part of the index calculation

S5 W.Africa via ECSA to FarEast 0 72650 -656

S6 Jpn-SK trip via Aus/India 0 55043 -617

S7 EC India - China 0 61213 299

Baltic Exchange Handysize Index     2628     (DOWN 9)

Route

Number Description Weighting Average Movement

HS1 Skaw - Passero trip Recalada - Rio de Janeiro 12.5 30114 -172

HS2 Skaw - Passero trip Boston ?Galveston 12.5 29779 -214

HS3 Recalada ?Rio de Janeiro trip Skaw ?Passero. 12.5 48183 -373

HS4 US Gulf trip via US Gulf or NCSA to Skaw ?Passero 12.5 58595 -580

HS5 SE Asia trip via Australia to Singapore ?Japan 25 35136 107

HS6 S Korea ?Japan via NOPAC to Singapore-Japan 25 34221 50

Average of the T/C Routes 38173 -128