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To: Vince Ferrer

So the BDI shows TEUs, not the dollar value of shipping, right?


9 posted on 05/21/2009 10:06:08 AM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD
The BDI shows shipping rates for the drybulk category of shipping, not for containerized shipping. The two categories have different specialized ships and port facilities, and often different companies involved. Drybulk is more shipments of homogeneous commodities, like iron ore, wheat, sand, etc, stored in very large compartments on the ships.

Bulk carrier

Container ship

11 posted on 05/21/2009 8:47:31 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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