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 complete turnaround in most parts of the drybulk market. The capes had a booming activity tendency today, the panamax and supramax with positive activity and with the handysize with unchanged activity.

The capesizes had great activity and it resulted in good increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was good 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 positive activity levels. The supramax tonnage had fine activity with slight increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with okay activity, and resulted in unchanged rates in all areas and directions.

The European coaster market was today with little better activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with unchanged rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with minor increasing rates today and the Mediterranean had very minor falling rate levels today.

The tanker market was today with a split in level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with good improving activity resulting in fine increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with little slower activity and it resulted in slight falling rate levels from the various loading areas.

We will be back tomorrow with more freight market news from www.icshipbrokers.com