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 unchanged activity in the entire drybulk market. The capes and panamax both again had slower activity, and supramax plus handysize both with unchanged and stable activity.

The capesizes had little slower activity and therefore minor falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was also marginal slower and the market reacted with very minor falling rates in almost all areas and directions.

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

The European coaster market was today with quite slow activity level,as many countries have winter holidays thus week. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with minor falling rates. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with minor increasing rates today and the Mediterranean had minor increasing rate levels today.

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

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