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 for all parts of the drybulk market. The capesize remains with slowing tendency, the panamax and supramax had better activity again today and the handysize in a stable activity tendency.

The capesizes had slow activity and it resulted in very minor falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was little improving and the market reacted with very minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.

For the supramax and handysize dry cargo tonnage the market had unchanged okay activity levels. The supramax tonnage had good activity with further slight increasing rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was with okay activity, and resulted in unchanged and stable rates in all areas and directions.

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

The tanker market was today with very slow level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with slow activity resulting in falling rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today with very slow activity and it resulted in further real dropping rate levels from the various loading areas.

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