5: Development in Freight Rates
Table 5.2: Freight Rate Index for Dry Cargo Vessels
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| Trip Charter
1965/66=100
| | Timecharter
1971 = 100
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Month | 1998 |
1999 | 2000 | 2001
| | 1998 | 1999
| 2000 | 2001 |
| | | | | | | | | |
January | 189 | 166
| 190 | 193 | |
277 | 231 | 222 |
264 |
February | 186 | 170
| 191 | 198 | |
254 | 229 | 231 |
267 |
March | 171 | 169
| 190 | 195 | |
260 | 219 | 231 |
260 |
April | 173 | 172
| 191 | 200 | |
262 | 221 | 246 |
258 |
May | 173 | 173
| 193 | 206 | |
262 | 238 | 252 |
262 |
June | 177 | 176
| 202 | 205 | |
284 | 238 | 251 |
272 |
July | 167 | 179
| 202 | 205 | |
266 | 226 | 264 |
272 |
August | 165 | 178
| 203 | 192 | |
210 | 233 | 267 |
253 |
September | 164 | 185
| 206 | | |
208 | 238 | 271 |
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October | 165 | 185
| 207 | | |
222 | 241 | 290 |
|
November | 170 | 195
| 206 | | |
231 | 254 | 278 |
|
December | 168 | 192
| 208 | | |
232 | 237 | 280 |
|
Average | 172 |
178 | 199 | 199
| | 247 | 234
| 257 | 264 |