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 little new changes in the directions of the drybulk market. The capes had further slowed tendency today, the panamax remains with fine positive tendency, the supramax with little slower tendency and with the handysize now having little positive tendency.

The capesizes had again slower activity and it resulted in more slight falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was again fine and the market reacted with further slight increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.

For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had new different activity levels. The supramax tonnage had little slower activity also therefore also minor falling rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with okay activity, and resulted in minor increasing rates in all areas and directions.

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

The tanker market was today with okay level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with good activity resulting in slight increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was with fair activity and it resulted in minor increasing rate levels from the various loading areas.

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