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 full positive status of the entire drybulk market. The capes had a very positive tendency, the panamax had a good positive tendency also today, and with the supramax and handysize both having a little positive tendency too.

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

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

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

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