After months of rebounding, bulker prices are struggling to find further room to rise

Prices for capesize vessels have held steady, but Baltic Exchange data shows that secondhand values headed downward in the small to mid-size bulker sectors.

The Baltic Sale and Purchase Assessment for handysize bulkers fell to $14.58m on Friday, down from $14.75m a month earlier.

Prices for panamax bulkers hit $21.1m