A buyer’s market is building in wide parts of the dry bulk sale-and-purchase scene, as the number of supra­maxes and panamaxes offered to potential ­buyers has increased sharply over the past weeks.

Forty-three bulkers were circulated for sale in ­September, compared with 35 in September last year, according to data from ­brokers’ reports compiled by TradeWinds.

At first sight, the latest figure does not sound particularly impressive.