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 back with a mix in activity levels for the drybulk market, as the capes and panamax sizes had a positive tendency and the other sizes had today stable tendency.
The capesizes had today a slightly improving activity and it resulted in slight increasing rates in basically all areas and in all directions. For the panamax size the activity was marginal better today and the market reacted with minor increasing rates in all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had today okay activity levels. The supramax tonnage had very minor increasing rate levels in basically all areas or directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with unchanged fine activity, and resulted in stable and more or less unchanged rates in most areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with kind of slow or wait and see activity. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with unchanged or even minor falling tendency. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were again with slight falling rates today and the Mediterranean had also more falling rates.
The tanker market was today with a mix in the level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with little improving activity resulting in slight increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today again with slower activity and it resulted in falling rate levels from the various loading areas.
We will be back on Monday with more freight market news from www.icshipbrokers.com
