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 change of direction for the different sizes in the drybulk market. The capes had a little negative tendency again today, the panamax and supramax had stable tendency, and the handysize again having a very minor negative tendency.
The capesizes had today further slower activity and it resulted in slight falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was quite fair and the market reacted with stable and unchanged rates in almost all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had okay activity levels. The supramax tonnage had unchanged and stable rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with little slower activity, and resulted in very minor lower rates in all areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with fair activity levels. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were again with stable rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with minor increasing rates today and the Mediterranean had unchanged and stable rate levels today.
The tanker market was today with little slower level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with slight slower activity resulting in very minor falling rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with slower activity and it resulted in slight falling rate levels from the various loading areas.
We will be back tomorrow with more freight market news from www.icshipbrokers.com