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 split in big size and smaller size in the drybulk market. The capes had reverse positive tendency today, the panamax continue the positive tendency, and the supramax and handysize both had unchanged activity tendency.

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

For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had again stable and unchanged activity levels. The supramax tonnage had fair activity and with very minor increasing rate levels in all areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with okay activity, and resulted in basically unchanged and stable rates in all areas and directions.

The European coaster market was today with further slowing activity levels and many open vessels. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with further minor falling rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were also with minor falling rates today and the Mediterranean had unchanged rate levels today.

The tanker market was today with unchanged level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with unchanged activity resulting in minor falling rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with fair activity but 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