Global Commodity Intelligence
Commodity Atlas
A neutral learning and intelligence portal for commodity markets: energy, metals, agriculture, and freight.
Markets
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The largest commodity market by value. Energy covers crude oil, natural gas, LNG, and coal — the fuels that power industrial civilisation. Price discovery happens across spot markets, futures exchanges (NYMEX, ICE, SGX), and long-term supply contracts.
4 subcategories
Metals
Metals divide into ferrous (iron and steel) and non-ferrous (base metals like copper, aluminium) and precious (gold, silver). The LME in London is the price-setter for base metals. China dominates both supply (as producer) and demand (as consumer).
3 subcategories
Agricultural
Agricultural commodities — grains, oilseeds, and soft commodities — feed the world. They are among the most politically sensitive markets due to food security implications. The CBOT in Chicago is the benchmark exchange for grains; Euronext for European wheat; ICE for sugar, coffee, and cocoa.
2 subcategories
Freight
Freight is the invisible cost embedded in every physical commodity trade. The Baltic Exchange in London publishes daily indices for all dry bulk and tanker vessel classes. Freight can be hedged via Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs), traded on ICE. Understanding freight is the difference between a profitable commodity trade and a losing one.
3 subcategories
Latest News
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Hong Kong bulker owner and operator Cetus Maritime is in talks to take interests in 13 vessels from Hong Kong-listed Seacon Shipping in a cash-and-shares transaction tied to the handysize specialist&#
- Splash247
Greek shipowner Evangelos Pistiolis has been linked to another pair of MR tanker newbuildings, this time securing his first construction slots at South Korea’s K Shipbuilding. Market sources hav
- Splash247
COSCO Shipping Holdings has signed up for another 18 containerships worth RMB20.27bn ($2.99bn), taking its newbuilding commitments in the segment this year to 48 vessels and around $8bn. The latest pa
- Hellenic Shipping News
The product tanker market could be faced with a limited supply of cargoes, if the upcoming refinery maintenance period takes some unexpected turns. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Gibson said
- Hellenic Shipping News
Clean LR2 The TC1 75kt MEG/Japan index strengthened slightly this week, climbing 3.33 points to WS540 as sentiment improved in the East. A voyage west weakened, with the TC20 90kt MEG/UK-Continent ind
- Hellenic Shipping News
Capesize The market maintained a broadly positive trajectory throughout the week, with the BCI 5TC building on its opening level and rising from $42,105 to $48,399, as Atlantic strength and a firmer P
- Hellenic Shipping News
As shipping accelerates its transition towards lower and zero greenhouse gas fuels, the industry is entering one of the most significant periods of operational change in its history. Methanol, ethanol
- Hellenic Shipping News
Rates for shipping containers from east Asia and China to the US edged higher this week and remain at the highest since mid-2022 on congestion at global ports. Shipping market intelligence firm Linerl
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