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 split of activity in the drybulk market. The capes had a negative tendency today, the panamax positive tendency, the supramax negative tendency and the handysize had unchanged activity tendency.

The capesizes had today little slower activity and it resulted in slight falling rates in most areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was fine and the market reacted with slight increasing rates.

For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had little slower activity levels. The supramax tonnage had slower activity and with minor falling rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with unchanged activity, and resulted also in unchanged rates in all areas and directions.

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

The tanker market was today again with little slower level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with slower activity resulting in minor falling rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today also with 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