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 an unchanged general activity situation in the entire drybulk market. The capes had unchanged but positive activity, the panamax with very little improving activity, the supramax and handysize had both unchanged activity.
The capesizes had fair activity and resulting in minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was again little improving and the market reacted with very 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 stable 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 okay activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with minor increasing rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were also with very minor increasing rates today and the Mediterranean had stable rate levels today.
The tanker market was today with a balanced level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with unchanged activity resulting in stable rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with little improving activity and it resulted in very minor increasing rate levels from the various loading areas.
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