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 okay activity in the entire drybulk market. The capes had a fair and not so hectic activity, the panamax, supramax and handysize had all unchanged activity.

The capesizes had slower but fair activity and resulting in stable rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was again little improving and the market reacted with minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.

For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had fully unchanged activity levels. The supramax tonnage had fair activity with very minor increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was also with fair activity, and resulted again in stable rates in all areas and directions.

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

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

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