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 change in the activity levels for the drybulk market. The capes had a balanced tendency today together with the panamax size, but the supramax and handysize now get into a little negative activity tendency.
The capesizes had today minor slower activity in general and it resulted in more or less stable rates in almost all areas and directions, except for Continent positions which had slight increasing rates. For the panamax size the activity was again unchanged and the market reacted with minor increasing rates in basically all areas and directions.
For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had little slower activity levels. The supramax tonnage had slight falling rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with fair activity, and resulted in unchanged and stable rates in Atlantic basin, but with a slight negative freight rates in all other regions.
The European coaster market was today with fair activity. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were stable although a number of prompt open vessels seen. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with very minor falling rates today and the Mediterranean had again unchanged rates today.
The tanker market was today with slower level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with little slowing activity resulting in minor falling rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today again with slower activity and it resulted in minor falling rate levels from the various loading areas.
We will be back tomorrow with more freight market news from www.icshipbrokers.com
