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 good activity in the entire drybulk market. The capes had very good activity and the panamax, supramax and handysize all had unchanged positive activity.

The capesizes had much better activity and therefore the result was fine ncreasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was a little better and the market reacted with minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions.

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

The European coaster market was today with slower activity level. 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 unchanged rates and the Mediterranean had minor falling rate levels today.

The tanker market was today once more with a split in level of activity. The crude oil tankers were with little better activity resulting in slight increasing rates in most areas and directions. The product tanker market was today again with little better activity and it resulted in stable rate levels from the various loading areas.

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