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 again with split situation in the drybulk market. The capes and panamax had a negative tendency today, and with the supramax and handysize both has unchanged positive activity tendency.
The capesizes had today slow activity and it resulted in real falling rates in most areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was little slower too and the market reacted with minor falling rates.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had stable and unchanged activity levels. The supramax tonnage had good activity and with minor increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with okay activity, and resulted in unchanged stable rates in all areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with better activity levels. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with stable rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with minor increasing rates today and the Mediterranean had unchanged rate levels today.
The tanker market was today with good level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with improving activity resulting in good increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with fine activity and it resulted also in increasing rate levels from the various loading areas.
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