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Dry Bulk Freight Index2,545▼ -4.6%Dirty Tanker Index7,727▼ -0.0%Capesize3,322▼ -8.5%Clean Tanker Index2,522▲ +0.0%Panamax2,356▼ -2.2%Supramax1,856▲ +0.6%Handysize1,007▲ +0.4%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,545▼ -4.6%Dirty Tanker Index7,727▼ -0.0%Capesize3,322▼ -8.5%Clean Tanker Index2,522▲ +0.0%Panamax2,356▼ -2.2%Supramax1,856▲ +0.6%Handysize1,007▲ +0.4%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,545▼ -4.6%Dirty Tanker Index7,727▼ -0.0%Capesize3,322▼ -8.5%Clean Tanker Index2,522▲ +0.0%Panamax2,356▼ -2.2%Supramax1,856▲ +0.6%Handysize1,007▲ +0.4%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,545▼ -4.6%Dirty Tanker Index7,727▼ -0.0%Capesize3,322▼ -8.5%Clean Tanker Index2,522▲ +0.0%Panamax2,356▼ -2.2%Supramax1,856▲ +0.6%Handysize1,007▲ +0.4%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,545▼ -4.6%Dirty Tanker Index7,727▼ -0.0%Capesize3,322▼ -8.5%Clean Tanker Index2,522▲ +0.0%Panamax2,356▼ -2.2%Supramax1,856▲ +0.6%Handysize1,007▲ +0.4%Dry Bulk Freight Index2,545▼ -4.6%Dirty Tanker Index7,727▼ -0.0%Capesize3,322▼ -8.5%Clean Tanker Index2,522▲ +0.0%Panamax2,356▼ -2.2%Supramax1,856▲ +0.6%Handysize1,007▲ +0.4%
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.

81
S&P deals (30d)

The sharpest freight move this week is Capesize, down +8%, while across commodities Natural gas (Europe) is up +129% on the year. On the water, Tanjong Pagar carries the heaviest queue at 15 vessels waiting, and the last 30 days booked 21 chartering fixtures against 81 secondhand sales.

CROSS-ASSET SNAPSHOTas of 16 Oct 2026

Freight Indices

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

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Dirty Tanker Index

7,727-2.5

Capesize

3,322-308.0

TC $30,128/day

Dry Bulk Freight Index

2,545-122.0

Clean Tanker Index

2,522+1.1

Panamax

2,356-53.0

TC $21,200/day

Supramax

1,856+11.0

TC $23,466/day

Commodity Backdrop

Latest level & year-on-year change

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Coal (Australian)

147.1+38.4%

($/mt)

Coal (South African)

98.2+6.4%

($/mt)

Crude oil (Brent)

116.8+71.8%

($/bbl)

Crude oil (Brent, spot)

96.0+41.2%

USD/bbl

Crude oil (Dubai)

93.3+37.6%

($/bbl)

Crude oil (WTI)

96.9+52.1%

($/bbl)

Crude oil (WTI, spot)

91.5+43.0%

USD/bbl

Diesel/heating oil (NY Harbor No.2)

4.6+106.4%

USD/gal

Secondhand Values

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

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Bulkers

$247/dwt

1,501 deals · avg $20.6M

Tankers

$374/dwt

852 deals · avg $41.8M

Gas Carriers

$1,010/dwt

25 deals · avg $31.1M

Fleet Deployment

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

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Gas

low conf
71%-9.9pp

speed idx 0.76

Containers

64%-2.3pp

speed idx 0.60

Dry Bulk

62%-1.1pp

speed idx 0.79

Tankers

59%-3.0pp

speed idx 0.69

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.