Shipping and Commodity Flows Market Data
The shipping data you need to gauge markets, ready to
seize opportunities as the shipping markets move.
The Pricing Intelligence Needed to Navigate Global Shipping
Shipping and Commodity Flows Market Data is a comprehensive pricing intelligence solution that combines industry-leading freight assessments across tankers, dry bulk, containers, and bunker fuels, as well as marine fuel pricing. It provides the independent market transparency needed to navigate volatile shipping markets with confidence.
Whether you're negotiating freight contracts, valuing shipping exposure, tracking market movements, or managing commercial risk, this solution delivers trusted pricing intelligence to help you benchmark transactions, respond quickly to changing market conditions, and make more informed decisions.
Who could benefit from Shipping and Commodity Flows Market Data?
Ship Owners
Maximizing vessel earnings requires a clear understanding of prevailing freight rates and market fundamentals. This solution helps ship owners benchmark charter opportunities, evaluate vessel performance against the market, and make more informed decisions on chartering strategies, fleet deployment, and revenue optimization.
Charterers
Securing capacity at competitive rates can be challenging in volatile freight markets. Shipping and Commodity Flows Market Data provides independent freight benchmarks and market transparency, helping charterers assess freight costs, negotiate contracts with confidence, and make better decisions around vessel selection, timing, and route economics.
Freight Forwarders
Managing customer expectations and protecting margins requires visibility into changing freight market conditions. This comprehensive solution helps freight forwarders benchmark rates, monitor market movements, and make more informed pricing and procurement decisions, enabling them to respond quickly to market volatility and deliver greater value to clients.
Traders
Freight costs can have a significant impact on commodity trade economics and arbitrage opportunities. This solution helps traders assess voyage costs, evaluate route economics, monitor freight market shifts, and make more informed trading and logistical decisions that support profitability and risk management.
Our Impact, by the Numbers
Sector Coverage Across the World
Tankers
Tankers delivers the numbers you need to gauge your shipping markets, your competition, and your future potential.
Dry Bulk
Dry Freight delivers the numbers you need to gauge your shipping markets, your competition, and your future potential.
Containers
Containers delivers the numbers you need to gauge your shipping markets, your competition, and your future potential.
Marine Fuels
Find the essential Marine Fuels data within the Shipping Market Data package.
Product Features
Our price data helps you keep up with moving markets, confidently negotiate contracts, manage risk, and develop your trade and investment strategies.
Professionals across the shipping industry trust our shipping data every day.
Access Prices for Precise Actions
Platts Price Benchmarks and Key Assessments
We’re at the Forefront of Changing Markets
Shipping and the Energy Transition
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is targeting a 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions from the global fleet by 2050, when compared with 2008 levels.
To help our clients in their sustainability efforts, we have been assessing new areas of the shipping market to bring transparency and information you can act upon.
Market coverage includes:
- Carbon accounted freight
- LNG Bunker fuel Rotterdam assessments
- Newcastlemax dry bulk ships using LNG bunker fuel
- Methanol bunker fuel
- Dirty tanker and dry bulk Time Charter Equivalents for scrubber fitted and non-scrubber fitted vessels
Market Data by Vessel Type and Marine Fuel
Data & Distribution
Get the edge in today’s global markets with our Essential Intelligence® delivered through the providers and platforms which suit you.
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Cloud
Data Feed
Desktop & Mobile
PLATTS PRICE ASSESSMENTS
Methodology
S&P Global Energy methodologies bring consistency and robustness to our natural gas price assessments through principles and parameters that guide our market specialists at every stage of the process.
Why this Product?
Unparalleled Experience
For 100+ years, we've delivered Platts freight rate assessments for physical and forward markets. Customers count on us for news, pricing, and shipping insights, ensuring transparent, efficient markets for confident decisions.
Benchmark Prices
With 250+ Platts benchmarks, we're the industry standard for pricing negotiations and contracts. Our proven credibility in shipping market analysis spans established and emerging shipping industries.
Robust Methodology
Our robust methodology guarantees shipping market data integrity with stringent quality controls, diverse sources, and adherence to strict guidelines and IOSCO principles. We openly publish methodologies and freight rate assessments to foster trust.
Data Your Way
Gain access to our essential shipping industry trends and intelligence direct and from multiple providers – from the established to the cutting edge – all via multiple platforms that can give you a decisive edge in today's global shipping industry.
Pricing Experts
Globally, our extensive pricing experts, dedicated to each commodity, ensure pricing and methodology accuracy that reflects the nuances and complexities of the shipping markets, offering invaluable shipping insights to clients.
Independent Source
Platts offers an independent and unbiased view. Our commitment to impartiality ensures that our shipping insights and assessments are trusted by the shipping industries.
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