Indicative newbuilding assessment per vessel, in million USD
2021-07-26 to 2026-10-12 · 268 dated observations
Capesize Newbuilding Price: 76.5 USD mn/vessel as of 2026-10-12. Region: Not specified.
0 USD mn/vessel (0%) compared with the previous observation on 2026-10-05.
| Date | Price (USD mn/vessel) | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 76.5 | +0.40 | +0.53% | |
| 76.1 | +0.10 | +0.13% | |
| 76 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 76 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 76 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 76 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 76 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 76 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 76 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 76 | +0.50 | +0.66% | |
| 75.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.5 | +0.40 | +0.53% | |
| 75.1 | +0.10 | +0.13% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | +0.20 | +0.27% | |
| 74.8 | +0.10 | +0.13% | |
| 74.7 | +0.20 | +0.27% | |
| 74.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 74.5 | +0.40 | +0.54% | |
| 74.1 | +0.20 | +0.27% | |
| 73.9 | +0.40 | +0.54% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | +0.20 | +0.27% | |
| 73.3 | +0.10 | +0.14% | |
| 73.2 | +0.20 | +0.27% | |
| 73 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73 | -0.50 | -0.68% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | -0.50 | -0.68% | |
| 74 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 74 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 74 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 74 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 74 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 74 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 74 | +0.50 | +0.68% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.5 | -0.30 | -0.41% | |
| 73.8 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 73.8 | -0.20 | -0.27% | |
| 74 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 74 | -0.30 | -0.40% | |
| 74.3 | -0.10 | -0.13% | |
| 74.4 | -0.10 | -0.13% | |
| 74.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 74.5 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 74.5 | -0.30 | -0.40% | |
| 74.8 | -0.20 | -0.27% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75 | -0.50 | -0.66% | |
| 75.5 | -0.10 | -0.13% | |
| 75.6 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| 75.6 | 0.00 | 0.00% |
This is a recorded newbuilding assessment for Capesize Newbuilding Price, not a secondhand sale price, charter rate, freight rate, or individual shipyard offer.
The available history contains 268 observations from 2021-07-26 to 2026-10-12. These are recorded dates, not proof of the earliest available publication; missing intervals are not interpolated.
No. 2026-10-12 is the latest recorded observation date, not a real-time update guarantee. Public-source prices may be delayed, incomplete or inaccurate and are for reference only.
Low 73 · High 76.5 USD mn/vessel; ending 2026-10-12.
Chinese yards took about 94% of the 62 firm orders tracked in the week to 18 October, headlined by MISC's five 174,000 m3 LNG carriers at Hudong-Zhonghua and up to 20 vessels at Fujian Shipbuilding.
A 2027-delivery capesize built at Hengli is changing hands at a reported $90m, the highest of 2026, while the Suez Canal imposes mandatory inspections on every vessel aged 25 years or more.
Zhonggu Shipping has signed for two 14,000 teu ships at Hudong-Zhonghua, lifting its 2026 container spend to $1.37bn, while EuroDry added a third $37m kamsarmax at Hengli on the argument that five-year-old tonnage now costs more than newbuildings.
China's largest private steelmaker registered a wholly owned shipbuilding unit in Tianjin, while Dubai's Emarat Maritime ordered six 74,000 dwt LR1 product carriers.
Clarksons' cross-sector ClarkSea Index jumped 12% in a week to an unprecedented $84,951 a day, 181 newbuilding orders totalling 6.05 million dwt were booked in week 41, and demolition sales fell to their lowest sustained pace since the early 1970s.
Owners committed to a fresh wave of bulker and tanker newbuildings in China this week with disclosed prices between $35.5m and $80m a ship and deliveries stretching into 2030, even as secondhand VLCC values have risen above newbuilding prices for the first time on record.