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 today was a mix and different directions in the dry bulk market. The capes had little better activity, the panamax slower activity, the supramax and handysize both with better activity.
The capesizes had little better activity and therefore the result was with minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was little slower and the market reacted with minor falling rates in almost all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market today had better activity levels for both sizes. The supramax tonnage had little improved activity and with very minor increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with further marginal better activity, and resulted in very minor increasing rates in all areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with unchanged activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with very minor increasing rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with slight increasing rates and the Mediterranean had very minor increasing rate levels today.
The tanker market was today with very good level of activity. The crude oil tankers had fine activity resulting in minor increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was with great activity and it resulted in good increasing rate levels from the various loading areas.
We will be back tomorrow with more freight market news from www.icshipbrokers.com
