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 further negative development in parts of the drybulk market. The capes and panamax both had slower activity, and supramax plus handysize again with little positive activity.
The capesizes had again slower activity and therefore falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was slow and the market reacted with slight falling rates in almost all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had again little positive activity levels. The supramax tonnage had little better activity with very minor increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with unchanged activity, and resulted in very minor increasing rates in all areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with slow activity level caused with weather trouble in many areas. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with unchanged and stable rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with minor increasing rates today and the Mediterranean had also minor increasing rate levels today.
The tanker market was today with further unchanged level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with little better activity resulting in slight increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today also with unchanged activity and it resulted in stable rate levels from the various loading areas.
We will be back tomorrow with more freight market news from www.icshipbrokers.com
