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

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

For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had fine activity levels. The supramax tonnage had fine activity with unchanged rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was again with fair activity, and resulted in very minor increasing rates in all areas and directions.

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

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

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