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 another general quiet day in the entire drybulk market. The capes had little better activity, and the panamax, supramax and handysize all with fair activity.

The capesizes had a little better activity and slight increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was okay and the market reacted with very 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 unchanged activity with very minor increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with fair activity, and resulted also in very minor increasing rates in all areas and directions.

The European coaster market was today with kind of quiet activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with unchanged rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with very minor increasing rates today and the Mediterranean had again unchanged rate levels today.

The tanker market was today again with a split in level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with good activity resulting in further slight increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with slow activity and it resulted again in slight falling rate levels from the various loading areas.

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