Freight Derivatives

Recent years have seen an unprecedented amount of uncertainty, volatility and risk injected into the shipping market. Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs) were designed to mitigate risk and offer owners and operators a tool with which to bring predictability back to their business.

ICAP Shipping is proud to be in the first tier of FFA broking houses, and offers unrivalled access to this rapidly growing market.

ICAP Shipping’s FFA service combines unrivalled shipping expertise with longstanding relationships in the shipping market and ICAP’s strengths in commodity and commodity derivative broking.

Trading in London and Singapore, ICAP Shipping has been operational on FFAs for over three years and has built a good market share of both the dry and wet sectors. At present, ICAP Shipping has 15 brokers split between wet and dry FFAs and options.

For access to our trading screens for the BDI, tanker derivatives or Capesize freight-implied freight spread contracts please email adam.kaye@icap.com.

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