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 further “heat” under the entire drybulk market. The capes had again a top activity tendency today, the panamax and supramax with good positive activity and with the handysize also with little positive activity.

The capesizes had todat a top activity and it resulted in great increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was also good and the market reacted with fine increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.

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

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

The tanker market was today again with little better level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with very little improving activity resulting in unchanged rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today also with little better activity and it resulted once again in stable and unchanged rate levels from the various loading areas.

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