Analysis of freight rates movements in tramp shipping

Slobodno brodarstvo najstariji je i najpoznatiji tip tržišta brodskog prostora karakterističan po elastičnosti ponude i potražnje na tržištu, formiranju vozarine kao tržišno određene cijene pomorsko prijevozne usluge i cikličkim kretanjima na tržištu. Slobodno se brodarstvo s aspekta tržišne strukture svrstava u gotovo perfektno konkurentsko tržište na kojem razmjena funkcionira po tržišnim cijenama koje se baziraju na ukupnoj ponudi i potražnji, a gdje postoji veliki broj potraživača i ponuđača određene robe, pa nitko od njih ne može djelovati na tržišnu cijenu, to jest vozarinu. Kvantitativni odnosi ponude i potražnje brodskog prostora neposredno utječu na visinu vozarine u slobodnom brodarstvu, a njena visina ponajviše ovisi o trenutnom stanju na tržištu.Bulk shipping is the oldest and the most known type of shipping characterized by the elasticity of supply and demand on the market, the formation of freight rates as a market-determined price for maritime transport services and cyclical movements on the market. From the aspect of market structure, bulk shipping is classified as an almost perfectly competitive market where the trade functions at market prices based on the total supply and demand, and where exists large number of claimants and suppliers of certain goods, so none of them can influence the market price, i.e. freight. Quantitative relationships between the supply and demand of shipping directly affect on the amount of freight in bulk shipping, and it’s amount mostly depends on the current state of the market