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 little changed direction in part of the drybulk market. The capes had now little slower activity tendency today, the panamax with unchanged positive activity and with the supramax and the handysize both remain with little positive activity.
The capesizes had slower activity and it resulted in minor falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was fine and the market reacted with slight 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 okay activity with further minor increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with fair activity, and resulted in minor increasing rates in all areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with slow activity level view the religious holiday in many countries. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with unchanged levels. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with minor increasing rates today and the Mediterranean had again very minor falling rate levels today.
The tanker market was today with a further split of the level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with little improving activity resulting in minor increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with much 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
