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 change in activity levels of the drybulk market, The capes and panamax having today a slight negative tendency, and the supramaxes and handysizes having a unchanged and stable tendency.

The capesizes had today little slower activity and it resulted in slight falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was also little slower and the market reacted also with slight falling rates in most areas and directions.

For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had today again unchanged activity levels. The supramax tonnage had minor sliding or stable rate levels in most areas and directions, except increasing falling rates out of US Gulf. For the handysize vessels the market was with unchanged activity level, and it resulted in basically unchanged rates in all areas and directions.

The European coaster market was today with unchanged activity. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with stable or in some case very minor falling tendency. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with stable rates today and the Mediterranean had once more minor increasing rates today.

The tanker market was today with unchanged level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with little slower activity resulting in minor falling rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with fine activity and it resulted in very minor increasing rate levels from the various loading areas.

We will be back tomorrow with more freight market news from www.icshipbrokers.com