Classification of the chartering market of the chartering market

(1) according to the type of ship dry cargo ship market, tanker market, refrigerated cargo ship market, passenger ship market (dry cargo ship market is also divided into dry bulk ship market, traditional general cargo ship market, container ship market, ro-ro market, feeder ship market, special-purpose ship market, etc.)

In China's dry bulk carrier chartering practice, the common types of ships are" Handy" ship type and "Panamax" ship type. Handy" ship type and "Panamax" ship type. The former refers to the ship of about 20,000 tons of deadweight tonnage, and the latter for the ship of 60,000-70,000 tons of deadweight tonnage can be transported through Panama. In addition, there are also large ships such as Aframax, Suezmax and so on.

(2) According to the length of the charter period, it is divided into short-term futures market and long-term futures market

The former is for voyage chartering

The latter is for fixed-term chartering, chartering contract transportation, continuous voyage chartering, and so on.