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 fully unchanged direction of the drybulk market. The capes had much slower activity tendency again today, the panamax, supramax and handysize all with improving and good positive activity.

The capesizes had slower activity and it resulted in further real falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was very good and the market reacted with further slight increasing rates in most areas and directions.

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

The European coaster market was today with more slight improving activity level. In the Baltic Sea area or on the Continent the freight rates were with very minor improving freight levels. The freight rates in the Black Sea area were with unchanged rates today and the Mediterranean had very minor increasing rate levels today.

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

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