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 today was today with a different mix of activity in the dry bulk market. The capes had fair activity, the panamax with slowing activity, the supramax with good activity and the handysize with unchanged activity.
The capesizes had today little better activity and therefore the result was with minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was further slowing and the market reacted with minor falling rates in almost all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market today had a mix in the activity levels. The supramax tonnage had good improved activity and with minor increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was again with unchanged activity, and resulted again in stable rates in all areas and directions.
The European coaster market was today with little better activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with minor improving levels. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with further minor increasing rates and the Mediterranean had also minor increasing rate levels.
The tanker market was again today with mixed level of activity. The crude oil tankers had slower activity resulting in slight falling rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was with top activity and it resulted in very good increasing rate levels from the various loading areas.
We will be back tomorrow with more freight market news from www.icshipbrokers.com
