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 was once more with a true copy of the last five working days in the drybulk market. The capes had slower activity, the panamax little slower activity, and with the supramax plus the handysize having unchanged positive activity.
The capesizes had slowing activity and therefore the result was real falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was also 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 had better activity levels. The supramax tonnage had little better activity with 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 unchanged activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with unchanged but low rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with very minor falling rates and the Mediterranean had again unchanged rate levels today.
The tanker market was today with unchanged level of activity. The crude oil tankers had again little improving activity resulting in very minor increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was with little slower activity and it resulted in further very minor falling rate levels from the various loading areas.
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