| Year | BDI | Year | BDI |
| 2010 | $4200 | 2011 | $~2000 |
| 2012 (*) | $~1,000 647 units = collapse of the index (**) | 2015 end | 504 units |
| 2016 (April); We reckon 2016 to be the end of the 2009 depression (which lasted 8 years). | 500 units (lowest) | 2017 May | 994 units |
| 2018 | 1,109 units | (*) A gloomy year with record deliveries, dismal earnings and record scrapping | (**) Though seaborne trade increased by ~4% in 2011 and ~6% in 2012 |