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

Freight and commodities. A complex industry when it comes to investment, but the Freight Investor Services broking team are here to keep you informed! Join Davide and Jess each week as they chat with the incredibly knowledgeable people from various desks within the Freight Investor Services organisation. Freight Investor Services works with professionals in the freight and commodity industry to ensure we're fully on top of all things trading! With news from our fuel oil desk and general freight updates, after listening, you'll be fully educated on your options for hedging and investment.

Hedging commodities, monetary policy and crude oil fluctuations

36 mins; June 25, 2025

Capes Climb and Arb opportunity on Iron Ore Spreads

23 mins; June 11, 2025

Iron ore drops and HSFO cracks at historical highs

18 mins; May 28, 2025

Tariff suspension provides short term boost to commodity markets

20 mins; May 14, 2025

Global events shaping the commodities markets

26 mins; April 30, 2025

Tariffs, Trade, Trump: A brief history and future of the global economy

35 mins; April 16, 2025

How electric arc furnaces are adding new steel capacity in the US

21 mins; April 02, 2025

China's steel restrictions and a new lithium contract

21 mins; March 19, 2025

Freight Up! (And iron ore DOWN)

21 mins; March 05, 2025

Capes at a Two-Year Low and Gas Markets Volatility

19 mins; February 19, 2025

Impact of Russian Sanctions on HSFO & Tariffs on Ferrous

20 mins; February 05, 2025

Navigating 2025: Freight Market Trends, Tariff Turbulence, and Green Horizons

13 mins; January 22, 2025

Merry Freight-mas and Happy New Year!

16 mins; December 18, 2024

Turbulent Waters: Dry FFA Market's Volatility

19 mins; December 04, 2024

Strengthening US dollar weighs on Commodity Prices

13 mins; November 20, 2024

2024 US Election Special

19 mins; November 06, 2024

Falling capes amid Chinese stimulus

17 mins; October 22, 2024

Oil Special – the year in review and what can we expect in the future

27 mins; October 09, 2024

Bullish Dry FFAs and The Chinese Stimulus Package

16 mins; September 25, 2024

Volatility and Trends in US HRC Futures

26 mins; July 31, 2024

Iron Ore Stays Flat - Fuel Oil Drops: Mid-July Analysis

15 mins; July 17, 2024

Iron Ore Insights and Biofuel Benefits

25 mins; July 03, 2024

China’s Economic Developments & Fuel Oil Rallies

16 mins; June 19, 2024

Iron Ore drop & OPEC Meeting Impact on Oil Prices

16 mins; June 05, 2024

Insights on Freight Rates, Iron Ore, and Oil Market Fluctuations

14 mins; May 22, 2024

What Drove Cape 5TC’s 54% Spike?

20 mins; May 08, 2024

Conflict & Commodities: Impact on Freight Rates, Iron Ore Demand, and Oil Prices

14 mins; April 24, 2024

Freight Falls, Iron Ore's Rise & Oil Market Heats Up!

17 mins; April 10, 2024

Dry Freight Drama, Iron Ore volatility and Crude Oil Cash Rise

17 mins; March 27, 2024

US Energy Insights with our American Experts

20 mins; March 20, 2024

Fuel oil arbitrage and Capes take a breather

17 mins; March 13, 2024

Iron Ore takes a dive – but can it rebound from 118?

16 mins; March 06, 2024

Slumps, bumps and oil pumps

26 mins; February 28, 2024

Uranium's 16 Year High, Highs and Lows in Dry Freight, Spreads and Battery Metals

21 mins; February 22, 2024

Crude Oil Trends & Impact of OPEC Production Cuts In This Year of the Dragon

17 mins; February 07, 2024

Commodities Volatility: Our CEO John Banaszkiewicz looks back at 2023 (and forecasts for 2024)

45 mins; December 13, 2023

Cape market surge, and unveiling iron ore market and 2024 projections

10 mins; December 06, 2023

OPEC is NoPEC and EU ETS explained as shipping companies face new regulations

50 mins; November 29, 2023

BHP iron ore strikes, OPEC meeting coming and positive sentiment?

25 mins; November 22, 2023

Iron ore rebound and China's stimulus update

21 mins; November 15, 2023

Oil Tanker Economics and the Strong Dollar's Impact

25 mins; November 08, 2023

Oil tankers and the percentage cost of fuel oil on freight

0 secs; November 08, 2023

Andrew Schenkel's slides

0 secs; November 08, 2023

Cape sizes in dangerous water amid valuation fears

22 mins; November 01, 2023

Bloomberg report reveals slipping physical prices in crude market! And a weekly market report.

13 mins; October 27, 2023

Fuel Prices React to Middle East Unrest: Updates from the Commodity Markets

19 mins; October 13, 2023

Sentiment vs. Supply: Does market mood impact freight rates?

15 mins; October 05, 2023

The Impact of Q4 Tightness, Crude climbing and monsoon season on Fuel Markets

13 mins; September 21, 2023

Saudi & Russia Crude Production Cuts, Iron Ore's HUGE spike & new IEA Data

11 mins; September 14, 2023

Hurricane Idalia's making waves but not like the High Sulphur East West contract!

15 mins; August 31, 2023

Carbon offsets future: transparency in the emissions offset markets (Recast)

13 mins; August 24, 2023

Cape Market Update: Analyzing Support, Range Bound Conditions, and the Positives in the Market

25 mins; August 10, 2023

China's Politburo Meeting: How it Shapes the Iron Ore Market!

13 mins; August 03, 2023

Russia / Ukraine invasion: market impact update & IS steel 'summer lull' over?

17 mins; July 27, 2023

Iron Ore's surge, container futures, and the financial report typo that cause a crude spike

26 mins; July 20, 2023

Mastering Market Trends: Unleash the Power of Technical Analysis to Transform Your Trading Strategy

38 mins; July 13, 2023

We need to talk about Tangshan! Freight chat: fuel oil market volatility & fertilizer options

43 mins; July 06, 2023

Iron ore and fuel oil rallies: Chinese Premier Li's words have impact on prices!

12 mins; June 29, 2023

Data discrepancies between US and EU HRC markets - and what we've done to fix it!

21 mins; June 22, 2023

Navigating Market Waves - Insights on Carbon Auctions, Cape Rates, and Steel Market

30 mins; June 15, 2023

Unmasking Market Mysteries: China, Base Metals, Iron Ore, Fuel Oil and Inflation - global market trends and macro factors

19 mins; June 08, 2023

Decoding Ammonia Market Barriers, Biden-McCarthy, OPEC and that Saudi-Russia situation

33 mins; June 01, 2023

Fuel oil market tension and OPEC cliffhanger involving Saudi's energy minister

10 mins; May 25, 2023

Scrap's rising importance in the steel market and recovery in risk tolerance

20 mins; May 18, 2023

Oil market surge (US consumer price index knock on) and year on year CPR data means confidence?

18 mins; May 11, 2023

The Shipping Industry: An Opportunity for Portfolio Diversification

17 mins; May 09, 2023

The 5% drop! Banking concerns hit fuel oil and the paper market for both Cape size and Panamaxes looking 'lacklustre'.

10 mins; May 04, 2023

The impact of First Republic Bank deposits on Crude prices and caution urged in Mill margin trades due to tough market conditions

16 mins; April 27, 2023

G7 Price Cap Debate: Russian Oil Impact & Ukraine Crisis: New expert broker insights

13 mins; April 20, 2023

Scrubber Secrets and Cyclone Chaos - and all the insider news on the hot rolled coil

22 mins; April 13, 2023

'Bullish' Freight Market and OPEC's surprise move and its impact on the fuel oil market

14 mins; April 06, 2023

The Freight and Commodities Podcast's future, discussing our CEO and our shipping expertise!

26 mins; March 29, 2023

The outlook for the container market: FIS at Singapore Exchange Container futures launch

16 mins; March 22, 2023

The Silicon Valley Bank story - how does it impact on commodity and freight?

22 mins; March 15, 2023

Carbon EUA Pricing, Shipping, and Our New Consultancy

23 mins; March 08, 2023

The fertilizer market saw volatility in 2022. What's next? We also discuss a new product out for 2023.

11 mins; March 01, 2023

EU sanctions, Russian oil and ESG - shipping journalist Erik Hoffman joins us to discuss!

37 mins; February 22, 2023

Freight, FFAs, ferrous complex and oil in the wake of the Turkey earthquake

13 mins; February 15, 2023

Is Australia's FOB coking coal continuous growth sustainable?

19 mins; February 08, 2023

Iron Ore before and after Chinese New Year - what caused impacts?

15 mins; February 01, 2023

Freight rates hit a year low - with Cape Index losing BIG TIME

9 mins; January 25, 2023

What does the oil market have in store for us this year?

15 mins; January 18, 2023

FIS CEO and founder John Banaszkiewicz: the FFA market, China, and the war in Ukraine

23 mins; January 11, 2023

New developments in Ammonia derivatives and the Argus Clean Ammonia Europe conference

16 mins; December 14, 2022

EU sanctions on Russia, OPEC+ meeting and how it all affects the freight and FFA market and crude oil

20 mins; November 30, 2022

Freight and FFA market overview and China impacts on iron ore

15 mins; November 16, 2022

The fastest growing ‘next generation’ fuels...

17 mins; November 02, 2022

Podcast founder Chris Hudson's final episode sees him riffing all about FFAs fuel oil and steel

44 mins; October 19, 2022

The physical freight market, geopolitical events and freight and commodity market movements with Head of the Shipbroking team and Director of our Singapore office, Kim Klarmann

34 mins; October 05, 2022

Barcelona, battery metals, pulp and paper, geopolitics, and the freight index

37 mins; September 21, 2022

Brent reality, Russian threats and Nordstream gas pipe turn off

18 mins; September 07, 2022

The longer term effects of Ukraine war on the freight and commodity markets

36 mins; August 24, 2022

Episode 103 - 10/08/22

28 mins; August 10, 2022

Episode 102 - 22/06/22

23 mins; June 22, 2022

Episode 101 - 15/06/22

23 mins; June 15, 2022

Episode 100 - 08/06/22

29 mins; June 08, 2022

Episode 99 - 25/05/22

19 mins; May 25, 2022

Episode 98 - 18/05/22

29 mins; May 18, 2022

Episode 97 - 11/05/22

25 mins; May 11, 2022

Episode 96 - 04/05/22

20 mins; May 04, 2022

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