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 split in direction of the drybulk market. The capes with top positive tendency, panamax with positive tendency today and the supramax and handysize both had a stable tendency.
The capesizes had fantastic activity and it resulted in booming and top increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was again better and the market reacted with slight increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had again unchanged activity levels. The supramax tonnage had with unchanged activity very minor falling rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with fair activity, and resulted mainly with unchanged and stable rates in all areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with minor improving activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were again with minor falling rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with minor falling rates today and the Mediterranean had unchanged rates.
The tanker market was today with more general activity. The crude oil tankers were with improving activity resulting in minor increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with slower activity and it resulted in falling rate levels from the various loading areas.
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