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 general positive direction in the entire drybulk market. The capes had a minor positive tendency today, the panamax is back with very minor positive tendency, and with both the supramax and handysize remains basically remains with unchanged tendency.
The capesizes had today little improving activity and it resulted in slight increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was little improving and the market reacted with minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had fair activity levels. The supramax tonnage had unchanged rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with okay activity, and resulted in mainly 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 rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with minor increasing rates today and the Mediterranean had also minor increasing rate levels today.
The tanker market was today with little improving level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with little improved activity resulting in unchanged rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today also with fair activity and it resulted in stable and unchanged rate levels from the various loading areas.
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