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 slowing activity in the entire drybulk market. The capes and panamax both again had slowing activity, and the supramax plus the handysize both with little slower activity.

The capesizes had today slower activity and therefore the result was minor falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was also a little slower and the market reacted with slight falling rates in almost all areas and directions.

For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had both little slowing activity levels. The supramax tonnage had little slowing general activity with unchanged rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was also unchanged activity, and resulted in stable rates in all areas and directions.

The European coaster market was today with further slowing activity level view many prompt open vessels. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with slight falling rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with unchanged rates and the Mediterranean had minor falling rate levels today.

The tanker market was today again with a further sliding 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 again with slowing activity and it resulted in further minor falling rate levels from the various loading areas.

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