Monthly archives: November 2020

FIS Castaway Podcast Episode 34

FIS Castaway Podcast – Episode 34   End-of-year-feeling in your markets? Longing to get away? Join the team as they wing it and discuss the new Baltic Exchange Air Freight Index on this week’s Castaway.     Listen Below:   Website https://freightinvestorservices.com/blog/fis-castaway-eps-34-unprecedented-coverage-in-unprecedented-times/   Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/7r7JbKKTNmQpeixCtny9nY?si=r2XtU0CQQ5SBcuCyFAPnxA   And Itunes  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fis-castaway/id1507094242#episodeGuid=06ee4a8d-2a0f-33eb-1f6b-831061b25ff1       Disclaimer: freightinvestorservices.com/castaway-disclaimer/

DCE inches up on better winter demand

Iron ore futures rose slightly, after opening high at the afternoon session but only to slump toward the close. Hence, the most-traded iron ore for January 2021 delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange inched up by 0.57% day-on-day to RMB 880/mt on Wednesday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange however, went down …

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Capesize rates dip despite healthy demand from Pacific

Capesize freight rates dipped slightly despite market optimism over flurry of fixtures being done in the Pacific market. Thus, the Capesize 5 time charter average inched down by $25 day-on-day to $11,996 on Tuesday, as market pullback for a slight correction. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) however, moved flattish and booked a slight gain of …

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