The Maritime
Dry Bulk Freight Index3,056 +4.4%Capesize5,033 +6.3%Dirty Tanker Index2,801 -0.1%Panamax2,246 +3.7%Supramax1,643 +0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,353 +0.0%Handysize880 +0.3%Dry Bulk Freight Index3,056 +4.4%Capesize5,033 +6.3%Dirty Tanker Index2,801 -0.1%Panamax2,246 +3.7%Supramax1,643 +0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,353 +0.0%Handysize880 +0.3%Dry Bulk Freight Index3,056 +4.4%Capesize5,033 +6.3%Dirty Tanker Index2,801 -0.1%Panamax2,246 +3.7%Supramax1,643 +0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,353 +0.0%Handysize880 +0.3%Dry Bulk Freight Index3,056 +4.4%Capesize5,033 +6.3%Dirty Tanker Index2,801 -0.1%Panamax2,246 +3.7%Supramax1,643 +0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,353 +0.0%Handysize880 +0.3%Dry Bulk Freight Index3,056 +4.4%Capesize5,033 +6.3%Dirty Tanker Index2,801 -0.1%Panamax2,246 +3.7%Supramax1,643 +0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,353 +0.0%Handysize880 +0.3%Dry Bulk Freight Index3,056 +4.4%Capesize5,033 +6.3%Dirty Tanker Index2,801 -0.1%Panamax2,246 +3.7%Supramax1,643 +0.1%Clean Tanker Index1,353 +0.0%Handysize880 +0.3%
MARKET OVERVIEW

The market at a glance

One cross-asset dashboard pulling the headline number from every market module — freight, commodities, secondhand values, fleet deployment and congestion. Each card links straight to the full data.

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S&P deals (30d)

The sharpest freight move this week is Capesize, up +6%, while across commodities wheat-us-hrw is up +101% on the year. On the water, Tanjong Pagar carries the heaviest queue at 16 vessels waiting, and the last 30 days booked 40 chartering fixtures against 243 secondhand sales.

CROSS-ASSET SNAPSHOTas of 01 Sept 2026

Freight Indices

Daily levels & day-on-day change · published under our own generic names

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Capesize

5,033+298.0

TC $45,651/day

Dry Bulk Freight Index

3,056+130.0

Dirty Tanker Index

2,801-1.8

Panamax

2,246+80.0

TC $20,213/day

Supramax

1,643+2.0

TC $20,765/day

Clean Tanker Index

1,353+0.2

Commodity Backdrop

Latest level & year-on-year change

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Coal (Australian)

131.9+16.8%

($/mt)

Coal (South African)

96.3+2.9%

($/mt)

Crude oil (Brent)

83.4+17.5%

($/bbl)

Crude oil (Brent, spot)

91.4+34.7%

USD/bbl

Crude oil (Dubai)

76.7+10.8%

($/bbl)

Crude oil (WTI)

79.4+17.8%

($/bbl)

Crude oil (WTI, spot)

83.6+29.0%

USD/bbl

Diesel/heating oil (NY Harbor No.2)

4.1+87.9%

USD/gal

Secondhand Values

Median resale $/dwt by segment · last 24 months, outlier-filtered (The Maritime)

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Bulkers

$244/dwt

1,526 deals · avg $20.9M

Tankers

$370/dwt

828 deals · avg $40.3M

Gas Carriers

$1,022/dwt

27 deals · avg $33.7M

Fleet Deployment

Utilization, slow-steaming speed index & idle tonnage · derived from AIS (The Maritime)

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Containers

70%+16.0pp

speed idx 0.62

Gas

low conf
65%-8.2pp

speed idx 0.85

Dry Bulk

63%+13.3pp

speed idx 0.80

OTHER

57%+4.2pp

speed idx 0.83

Port Congestion

Busiest waiting ports · vessels at anchor

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Chokepoint Transits

Busiest passages · 30-day daily average

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Each tile shows the latest headline only — open any module for the full series, methodology and confidence. Freight indices are licensed and published under The Maritime’s own generic names. Secondhand $/dwt, fleet utilization, slow-steaming and port congestion are derived by The Maritime from its own data and open AIS feeds. Slices with no current data are omitted rather than estimated.