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