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 mixed tendency in the drybulk market. The capes had again a little slower activity, the panamax with further improving activity, the supramax and handysize both also with little better activity.

The capesizes had slower activity and the result therefore was minor falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was little better and the market reacted again with minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.

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

The European coaster market was today with okay 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 with very minor increasing rates and the Mediterranean had unchanged rate levels today.

The tanker market was today with okay level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with fine activity resulting in further slight increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today again 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