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 positive tendency in the entire drybulk market, where the capes, panamax, supramax and handysize all had little better activity.

The capesizes had little better activity and therefore very minor increasing rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was marginal better 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 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 minor increasing rates in all areas and directions.

The European coaster market was today with quite slow activity level, as the weather is pretty bad in many regions. 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 minor increasing rates today and the Mediterranean had also minor increasing rate levels today.

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

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