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Market

Useful places to follow the freight market, shipping news and the rules behind ship types. Links open the source's own site; we do not republish their data.

Freight market

Baltic Exchange The source of the Baltic Dry Index and the dry and tanker freight benchmarks used across the industry. Visit balticexchange.com ↗ Baltic Dry Index (chart) Daily BDI level and history, the most watched barometer of dry bulk freight rates. Visit uk.investing.com ↗

Shipping news

Hellenic Shipping News Daily shipping news with weekly S&P and market reports from many shipbrokers. Visit hellenicshippingnews.com ↗ Splash247 Independent daily maritime news and comment from Asia and worldwide. Visit splash247.com ↗ TradeWinds Long-established shipping newspaper on owners, deals, sale & purchase and markets (partly by subscription). Visit tradewindsnews.com ↗

Rules and class

IMO International Maritime Organization: SOLAS, MARPOL, the IBC, IGC and HSC Codes and other conventions. Visit imo.org ↗ IACS members The classification societies that are members of the International Association of Classification Societies. Visit iacs.org.uk ↗

From this site

Ship types What each vessel type is, grouped as on our menu, following IMO conventions. Open › Tonnage and size classes Mini Handy to VLOC, GP to VLCC, gas carriers by cbm, container ships by TEU, canal limits. Open ›

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