The Baltic Exchange has produced an official White Paper to discuss the inner workings of its Investor Indices. 

The Baltic Exchange Investor Indices (BII) White Paper looks in detail at the various indicators provided by the Baltic Exchange for dry bulk and tanker shipping investors, how they are constructed and how they be used to help support entry and exit decisions in these sectors.

You can read the White Paper in full for free here.

The BII is an easy-to-use online dashboard displaying data relevant to vessel investment decisions, residual value, health of earnings, spot and five-year timecharter earnings; purchase and recycling values; and running costs. They offer a high level of clarity and transparency for investors in the dry bulk sector, including for Capesize, Panamax, Supramax and Handysize vessel types, and the tanker market, including for Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), Aframax, Suezmax and Medium Range (MR) vessels. 

You can find out more about the BII here.