Greg Miller
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Minus $7,400 a day? How can shipping rates fall below zero?
Tanker and bulker spot rates can go sub zero — some tanker rates are there now. What do the negative numbers really mean?
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Chris Gillis
Monday, November 16, 2020
Baltic Exchange enters airfreight market with pricing index
The London-based maritime market data provider will offer subscribers airfreight indices via partnership with TAC.
Greg Miller
Friday, March 27, 2020
Crossroads for dry bulk shipping: recovery or disaster?
Some believe Capesize rates will remain depressed. Others see light at the end of the tunnel.
FreightWaves Staff
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Freightos gets Baltic Exchange nod for container rate indices
Eight-year-old company working with storied shipping group to make indices available for financial products
Greg Miller
Friday, November 1, 2019
Platts debuts parallel IMO 2020 ship indices – and spread is huge
New freight indices provide visibility on potential earnings premiums of scrubber-equipped vessels.
Greg Miller
Friday, October 4, 2019
Platts poised to take on Baltic Exchange in dry freight futures
The Baltic Exchange has been unrivaled in its creation of indices for dry freight futures. That may be about to change.
Greg Miller
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
How to go ‘straight to the freight’ when betting on dry bulk
An exclusive interview with John Kartsonas, the developer of the BDRY exchange-traded fund that tracks bulker rates.
John Paul Hampstead
Monday, February 5, 2018
Baltic Dry Index re-weighted for futures investors
The Baltic Exchange is changing one of their signature indices, the Baltic Dry Index, which averages shipping rates for raw materials like coal, ores, and grains. Baltic is hoping to make the BDI a more attractive benchmark for futures investors.