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 more positive direction of the drybulk market. The capes and panamax both had improving activity, the supramax and handysize both continued with unchanged activity.
The capesizes had little better activity today and therefore the result was with minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was again little better and the market reacted with very minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had unchanged activity levels. The supramax tonnage had little better activity with very marginal increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with unchanged activity, and resulted in stable rates in all areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with further slowing activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with more falling rates view many open vessels after Easter days. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with minor falling rates and the Mediterranean had unchanged rate levels today.
The tanker market was today with unchanged level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with unchanged activity resulting in stable rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with marginal improving activity and it resulted in very minor increasing rate levels from the various loading areas.
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