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 again with a more negative tone in the drybulk market activity. The capes had much slower activity, the panamax marginal slowing activity, and the supramax and handysize both again with fully unchanged activity.
The capesizes had much slower activity and therefore the result was real falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was still fair and the market reacted with very minor falling rates in almost all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had fully unchanged activity levels again for both sizes. The supramax tonnage had unchanged activity with stable rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was also with unchanged activity, and resulted also in stable rates in all areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with unchanged activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with stable rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with minor increasing rates and the Mediterranean had very minor increasing rate levels today.
The tanker market was again today with a mix level of activity. The crude oil tankers had unchanged activity resulting in very minor increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was with further slowing activity and it resulted in minor falling rate levels from the various loading areas.
We will be back tomorrow with more freight market news from www.icshipbrokers.com
