Capesize sentiment continues to heat up, with a 15-year-old unit now trading above the $30m mark — a level traditionally considered the shunned zone by first-class charterers. 

At the beginning of the month, it was a 14-year-old cape that broke the $30m barrier, now with cape rates above $30,000 a day even older tonnage is getting top dollar.  

Sales registers and broking reports report that the Japanese-built 181,400 dwt Seaunity (built 2010) is changing hands at $30.5m–$31m, with buyers remaining undisclosed. 

The last comparable Japanese-built sale was in September, when the slightly smaller 178,600 dwt Leo Felicity (built 2010, Mitsui Ichihara) fetched $26.5m from China’s Greenglobal Ship Management, sold by Tokei Kaiun.