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 generally little slower activity in the entire drybulk market. The capes had a little negative tendency today, the panamax size with a more positive outlook, with the supramax continue with minor negative activity tendency, and the handysize were again with a more or less stable tendency.
The capesizes had today fair activity and it resulted in slight falling rates in the Pacific basin, but with slight improving tates in the Atlantic basin. For the panamax size the activity was little improving again and the market reacted with minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had again unchanged activity levels. The supramax tonnage had again minor falling rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with fair activity, and resulted in unchanged and mainly stable rates in all areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with unchanged activity levels. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were unchanged and stable. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were again with slight improving rates today and the Mediterranean had also minor increasing rate levels today.
The tanker market was today back in a slower level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with slow activity resulting in slight falling rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with little 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
