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%
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Ship Segment

Container Ships Market

The box fleet — from feeders to ULCVs carrying the world’s manufactured goods in TEU.

Fleet

2,974

114.9M dwt

Average age

19.1 yrs

median 19 yrs

Orderbook / fleet

0.3%

8 on order

Secondhand

$837 /dwt

29 sales

Fleet

Fleet Structure

Tracked vessels2,974
Total deadweight114.9M dwt
Average age19.1 yrs
Median age19 yrs
Snapshot date2026-08-27

Age distribution

0-4144 (5%)
5-9307 (10%)
10-14404 (14%)
15-19750 (25%)
20-24606 (20%)
25+763 (26%)

Supply

Orderbook & Deployment

On order

8

50k dwt

Orderbook / fleet

0.3%

on-order ÷ in-service

Net supply (1y)

−2.1%

6 due 1y

Deployment

37.9% slow-steaming

30% idle

Pricing

Asset Value & Freight

Secondhand benchmark

$837 /dwt

median of 29 sales (12m)

Freight index

—

no licensed index for this segment

TC-equivalent

—

not published

We do not yet carry a commercially-licensed container ship freight index, so the freight figures are intentionally left blank rather than estimated.

Recycling

Recycling Pressure

Median scrap age

23 yrs

structural curve

Demolished (12m)

9

vessels

LDT recycled (12m)

31k LDT

Scrap rate

0.3%

12m count ÷ fleet

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This overview is a pure rollup over the same data behind our deep analytics pages — it fetches no new source, so it can never drift from them. Fleet, age and orderbook come from our tracked fleet and the orderbook feed; secondhand pricing is the outlier-screened trailing-365d median $/dwt; the freight index is shown under our own generic name (CONTAINER and GAS have no licensed index today and are left blank). Figures are honest to the underlying sample — a thin segment is flagged. Computed 2026-08-27.

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