- Post-Panamax sector and Panamax accounts for the highest order book to in-service vessels percentage, at 24% and 2% respectively.
- Handysize vessels stand at 21% with an average age of 17 years. The vessels in service to order book ratio for the Capes is 17% and for the supramaxes at 10%.
- Around 45m dwt vessels are due to enter the dry bulk fleet. The largest fleet is the Supramax fleet with over 2800 vessels trading and approximately 296 ships on order.
- Trade tensions between the US and China...
Post-Panamax
Safe Bulkers Buys Post-Panamax Newbuild
Safe Bulkers inked a deal to acquire a Post-Panamax newbuild from an unnamed seller.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/265532/safe-bulkers-buys-post-panamax-newbuild/