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 situation of the drybulk market. The capesize had a slowing tendency, the panamax sliding tendency, the supramax had unchanged tendency and the handysize had further improving activity.

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

The European coaster market was today with slow activity level and again many open vessels. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with stable rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with very minor falling rates today and the Mediterranean had stable rate levels today.

The tanker market was today with unchanged 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 better activity and it resulted in very minor increasing rate levels from the various loading areas.

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