Baltic Exchange (FBX) Index Prices selected for new CME Group shipping container freight futures Six daily Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) indices administered by the Baltic Exchange will be used for…
FFAs tipped to play integral role in volatile LNG market Forward Freight Agreements will play a key role in an increasingly volatile LNG market, says leading shipbrokers Simpson Spence Young…
2019 volatility lifts freight derivative volumes The freight derivatives markets for both tankers and dry cargo vessels saw increased traded volumes in 2019 according to data released by the Baltic…
Figures compiled by the Baltic Exchange reveal that the overall volume of Forward Freight Agreement (FFA) trades increased in 2018. Freight derivative volumes in the tanker market rose by 20%…
As Capers remained …”afloat” with 86 plus points, bringing the BCI up at 1,225 points; so does the BDI@946 – up 13 – for luck… per Agatha Cristies’ novel. The…
John Banaszkiewicz, the managing director of Freight Investor Services (FIS), has been elected as Dry Chairman of the Forward Freight Agreement Brokers’ Association (FFABA). He replaces Tasos Spiliopoulos of Simpson…
Figures compiled by the Baltic Exchange show that April 2015 was the busiest month of the year for the dry bulk freight derivatives market. In excess of 140, 000 lots…
The Baltic Exchange’s electronic trading platform, Baltex, has now handled more than 100, 000 block futures since launching its new block futures facility on 1 December 2014. The system allows…
The Baltic Exchange will be making changes to the Baltic Capesize Index including a change to its vessel description, amends to the route weightings and the addition of three new…
The Baltic Exchange will be making significant amends to the Baltic Capesize Index including a change to its vessel description, amends to the route weightings and the addition of three…