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 general slow activity in the entire drybulk market. The capes had unchanged activity, the panamax, supramax and handysize all with little slower activity.

The capesizes had unchanged activity and therefore the result was with marginal increasingslight falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was little 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 again slower activity levels. The supramax tonnage had also little slower activity with very minor falling rate levels in most areas and directions. For the handysize vessels the market was again with little slower activity, and resulted in very minor falling rates in all areas and directions.

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

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

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