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 had a different development and situation of the drybulk market. The capes had suddenly positive activity tendency today, the panamax and supramax with good positive activity and the handysize with unchanged activity.

The capesizes had positive activity and it resulted in minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was very good and the market reacted with good increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.

For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had positive activity levels. The supramax tonnage had good activity with further slight increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with okay activity, and resulted in unchanged rates in all areas and directions.

The European coaster market was today with generally slow activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were still with minor falling rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with minor falling rates today and the Mediterranean had also minor falling rate levels today.

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