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 new mix of direction in the various drybulk market sizes. The capes had again a little negative tendency today, the panamax a stable tendency, the supramax continue the positive tendency and the handysize had a minor positive activity tendency.
The capesizes had today slower activity and it resulted in further slight falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was unchanged and the market reacted with stable rates.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had both good activity levels. The supramax tonnage had good activity and with further slight improving rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with fair activity, and resulted in minor increasing rates in most areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with little slower activity levels. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were today with slight falls. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with unchanged rates today and the Mediterranean had minor falling rate levels today.
The tanker market was today with improving level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with fine activity resulting in slight increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with good activity and it resulted in fine increasing rate levels from the various loading areas.
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