Shipping lanes have never been better. To say it is the Baltic Dry Index, the index that measures the trend of the costs of maritime transport and the freight rates of cargo ships carrying dry (understood as "not do") and bulk (loose) material, such as commodities and agricultural commodities. In recent weeks, the indicator is the one that has made the greatest progress.
The Baltic Dry Index, which was flat for all of 2012 and for a good part of 2013, returned lively after the summer and is now at its highest level since July 2010.
For some it is a litmus test to evaluate the economic situation, for others it is overvalued, the index undergoes significant fluctuations even if only due to small misalignments between the supply of large cargoes and the demand for raw materials at the destination.
