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 general slower activity in the entire drybulk market. The capes had a slow day with unchanged activity, the panamax with little improving activity, the supramax and handysize had both 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 falling rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was also with fair activity, and resulted once again in stable rates in all areas and directions.

The European coaster market was today with good Friday activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with slight increasing rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with very minor increasing rates today and the Mediterranean had also minor increasing rate levels today.

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

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