IC Shipbrokers herewith welcomes you to today’s freight market report. We are giving you an insight in today’s freight market and an update with the latest freight market indications.
The market was today with a kind of undecided or revised direction in parts of the drybulk market. The capesize remains with slowing tendency, the panamax and supramax had bith better activity today and the handysize in a stable activity tendency.
The capesizes had slower activity and it resulted in minor falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was improving and the market reacted with minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had unchanged fine activity levels. The supramax tonnage had good activity with slight increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with fine activity, and resulted mainly with unchanged and stable rates in all areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with unchanged activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with very minor falling rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with unchanged rates today and the Mediterranean had very minor falling rate levels today.
The tanker market was today with slow level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with slowing activity resulting in slight falling rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with slow activity and it resulted in real dropping rate levels from the various loading areas.
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