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 further positive activity in the entire dry bulk market. The capes had fine activity, the panamax a little better activity again, the supramax and handysize both with very marginal better activity.

The capesizes had fine activity and therefore the result was with minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was again little better and the market reacted with further minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.

For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had little better activity levels for both sizes. The supramax tonnage had further marginal better activity and with very minor increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was also with little better general activity, and resulted also very minor increasing rates in all areas and directions.

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

The tanker market was today with fine level of activity. The crude oil tankers had little better activity resulting in slight increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was again with fine activity and it resulted in very minor increasing rate levels from the various loading areas.

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