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Podcast: Freight Up! Fuel oil, iron ore, steel and other commodity insights from Freight Investor Services
Episode: Conflict & Commodities: Impact on Freight Rates, Iron Ore Demand, and Oil Prices
Description: Markets in Motion: Dry Freight Gains, Middle East Tensions, and Iron Ore UpdatesHello and welcome back to Freight Up, the number 1 commodities and freight markets podcast from FIS. We're your hosts, Jess, and Davide, and in this episode of Freight Up we'll dissect the latest geopolitical events impacting our sectors, from the Middle Eastern tensions and their muted effect on crude oil, to the unexpected surge in cocoa prices due to West African crop shortfalls.In this episode, Ben Klang decodes the dry freight market's roller coaster ride, while Hao Pei predicts...