Freight Market Report 02/01-2026 Presented By IC Shipbrokers

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 on this first trading day of 2026 was a general slow day in the entire drybulk market. The capes had slower activity, the panamax a little positive activity and supramax plus handysize both with slowing activity.

The capesizes had slowing activity and therefore falling rates in almost all areas and directions. For the panamax size the activity was much 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 had further slow activity levels. The supramax tonnage