Thanassis Martinos is the principal of Eastern Mediterranean Maritime, a Greek owner of tankers, bulkers and containerships

Thanassis Martinos is bullish on bulkers and bearish on tankers this year. One of the regular participants in TradeWinds’ year-ahead survey to venture into making specific rate forecasts, Martinos expects “a low freight market” for tankers in 2018.

He sees VLCCs earning anything between $22,000 and $25,000 per day, with suezmaxes moving in a range of $17,000 to $19,000 per day.