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 similar split in directions of the drybulk market as yesterday. The capes and panamax both had little improving activity tendency today, the supramax and the handysize both still with okay activity.

The capesizes had fine activity and it resulted in slight increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity unchanged 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 unchanged okay activity levels. The supramax tonnage had okay activity with unchanged rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with good activity, and resulted in minor increasing rates in all areas and directions.

The European coaster market was today with little slower activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with minor falling rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with unchanged rates today and the Mediterranean had again very minor increasing rate levels today.

The tanker market was today with okay level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with unchanged activity resulting in minor falling rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today 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