FOR most of the past two decades the main measure of shipping costs has been used as a guide to what is happening to world trade.

在过去的二十年的大多数时候，人们一直把海运的主要价格指标波罗的海干散货指数作为国际贸易状况的晴雨表，它被用以衡量运输煤炭、铁矿石和谷物的大型船只的包租费用。

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IBM has launched a new product called Returnable container Management, which USES the Internet of Things to track and measure the usage of shipping containers.

IBM已经推出了一款叫做可回收集装箱管理(Returnable Container Management)的新产品，该软件采用物联网(Internet of Things)技术跟踪和衡量运输集装箱的使用情况。

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The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping rates for bulk goods, has foundered.

衡量散货运费的波罗的海干货指数(Baltic Dry Index)已经崩溃。

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The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping rates for bulk goods, has foundered.

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The Baltic Dry Index, the most widely followed measure of shipping costs, collapsed in January and, after a brief rally, is now on a down trend again.

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Chinese prices of steel have risen by 20% since November, and the Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping rates and hence the demand for commodities, has more than doubled, although it is still 84% below its 2008 peak.

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