Category Archives: Shipping

Baltic Dry Index

Shipping rates for dry bulk products. Some resources.
Baltic Exchange Dry Index (BDI) & Freight Rates

Dryships report

Capital Link Shipping | Baltic Exchange (Baltic Dry Index: BDI) Charts

Baltic Dry Index – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Investopedia:

Baltic Dry Index (BDI)

Macro – macro policy in shipping

Here’s an example of the government introducing a structural change for macroeconomic reasons.  What is the effect of this action 9 a positive macro quesiton)? Answering that will give insight into your opinion about whether the action is a good thing (a normative economic question).

MarAd Launches Transportation Freight Financing Program Website

Freight Shipments Data

BTS | Table 1-53: Value, Tons, and Ton-Miles of Freight Shipments within the United States by Domestic Establishments, 2002

BTS | Table 3-7: Passenger and Freight Transportation Expenditures (Current $ millions)