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 more or less unchanged directions of activity levels for the drybulk market. The capes remained with a good positive tendency, the panamax, supramax and handysize with a minor negative tendency.
The capesizes had today again fine activity and it resulted in further increasing rates in almost all areas. For the panamax size the activity was again slower and the market reacted with minor falling rates in basically all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had again little slower activity levels. The supramax tonnage had minor falling rate levels in most areas and directions, except again slight falling rates out of US Gulf. For the handysize vessels the market was with slower activity, and resulted in minor falling rates in all areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with unchanged slow activity. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with minor falling tendency. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with minor increasing rates today and the Mediterranean had again unchanged rates today.
The tanker market was today with unchanged slow level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with unchanged activity resulting in mainly stable and unchanged rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with fair activity and it resulted in very minor increasing rate levels from the various loading areas.
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