Freight Up! Fuel oil, iron ore, steel and other commodity insights from Freight Investor Services

Freight rates hit a year low, with Cape Index losing 70% value and Panamax 33%. We get an update on the freight and FFA market in the last week and month. We discuss volumes, volatility, prices and contributing factors.

The oil market had many swings last year. So, what will it bring for us this year? We have our Fuel Oil desk give us their thoughts on 2022 and things to consider for 2023, as well as a weekly update on freight, and ferrous complex.

John Banaszkiewicz, CEO and founder of Freight Investor Services, has a conversation with us about the FFA market in 2022, FFA in 2023, China opening up and its impact, and what FIS is doing about the war in Ukraine.

A focus on new developments with Ammonia derivatives, how they could be used to manage physical price risk, the market opportunity, the Argus Clean Ammonia Europe Conference, and how grey ammonia derivatives would work in the fertiliser and energy markets.

EU sanctions on Russia, a G7 meeting, a price cap on Russian oil, an OPEC+ meeting, and rare protests in China against zero-COVID rules included in our conversations on how this impacts the freight & FFA market, crude oil & products market, and the ferrous commodity complex.

An overview of the Freight and FFA market; with a rollercoaster of news in China, we hear how that affects Iron Ore and finally end with some colour in the fuel oil market.

We cover one of the fastest growing ‘next generation’ fuels with multiple uses, including electricity generation, vessel fuel, and fertilizer: our latest product addition, Ammonia. We also put a little sprinkle of oil as we look at the oil & products market and get a freight market overview.

A special edition episode as we wish the podcast founder, Chris Hudson a farewell. We interview Chris and his old friends on the world of FFAs, fuel oil, and steel.

In this week’s episode, we speak with the Head of the Shipbroking team and Director of Singapore Office Kim Klarmann about his thoughts on the physical freight market. We also spotlight the FFA market, geopolitical events, and market movements of our major freight and commodity markets.

Barcelona, battery metals, pulp and paper, geopolitics, and freight index rebound are all on this week’s podcast episode with Peter Hannah from Fastmarkets, Kerry Deal, Kieran Walsh, Mopani Mkandawire and Chris Hudson.