PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS
Commodities at Sea
Overview
Commodities at Sea (CAS) is a high-frequency market intelligence service that provides visibility into commodity supply, trade activities, trade relationships, and fleet analytics. CAS reports the cargo volumes and voyage details for waterborne globally traded commodities that are moved on larger tankers or bulkers. It also provides detailed analytics on trade flow trends and fleet metrics.
Key Benefits
Gain more control and transparency, as you can monitor voyages ensuring shipments are proceeding according to contracted terms
See intelligence on market participants’ activities and relationships, to gain a competitive advantage.
Complements and extends your existing analysis while saving you time and effort on data sourcing, cleansing, integration, analysis, and visualization thanks to our well-prepared, well-structured, and quality-controlled datasets.
Access to our analysts and market specialists that can provide additional context and interpretation of data helping you make sense of the information and extract relevant actionable insights
Enhances commodity, freight and financial trade decision-making by helping you to potentially better:
- Spot market signals for price and availability changes based on shifting supply movements.
- Identify potential trading opportunities.
- Identify emerging trends and confirm market shifts, anchoring your short-term outlooks and trading strategies in facts.
- Prepare regular supply and inventory reports.
- Confirm or challenge your understanding of and assumptions about the market.
- See the cargoes and companies associated with specific shipments.
- Observe or anticipate bottlenecks and delays, enabling you to potentially better resolve issues, choose more cost-effective trades or routes and ensure goods are delivered as contracted.
Product Features
Near real-time trade flow intelligence for all commodities that move on tankers or bulkers including Crude Oil (+500 unique grades), Refined Products, LNG, LPG, NGLs, Biofuels, Chemicals, Coal, Iron Ore, Food/Feed, Forest Products, Fertilisers, Ferrous + Non-Ferrous Metals, Minerals, and other raw materials.
Conservative, expert-driven methodology and careful sourcing to offer the most reliable and comprehensive dataset on ship identities (vessel IMO numbers), characteristics, owners and load and discharge locations.
Well-structured data tables and interfaces with trade tracked at the facility, geographic, industry sector or company levels of detail – both in the present and historically.
Live vessel tracking – ballast and laden voyages.
Analytics on congestion, fleet employment, wait times, route choice and more.
Enhanced destination prediction for laden and ballast voyages.
Trade flows differentiated by commodity type and grade, even whilst in transit.
Regularly published market research notes written by our dedicated team of experienced market analysts, who were drawn from the industry.
Versatile delivery – Web-based analytics dashboards, APIs, Excel Extracts, Vessel Tracking Interfaces, Research Notes, Calls/Webinars.
Data & Distribution
Get the edge in today’s global markets with our Essential Intelligence® delivered through the providers and platforms which suit you.
API Solutions
Cloud
Data Feed
Desktop & Mobile
Why Choose Us?
Unparalleled Experience
For 100+ years, we've delivered Platts price assessments for physical and forward markets. Customers count on us for news, pricing, and analytics, 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 market transparency spans established and emerging markets.
Robust Methodology
Our robust methodology guarantees data integrity with stringent quality controls, diverse sources, and adherence to strict guidelines and IOSCO principles. We openly publish methodologies and price assessments to foster trust.
Data Your Way
Gain access to our essential 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 markets.
Pricing Experts
Globally, our extensive pricing experts, dedicated to each commodity ensure that pricing and methodology accuracy and that reflect the nuances and complexities of the markets, offering invaluable insights to clients.
Independent Source
Platts offers an independent and unbiased view. Our commitment to impartiality ensures that our assessments and insights are trusted by market participants.
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