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The Baltic Exchange street sign

About Us

The Baltic Exchange is a membership organisation at the heart of the global maritime marketplace. We provide independent daily shipping market information; maintain professional shipbroking standards and resolve disputes.

The Baltic Market

Baltic Exchange members are at the heart of world trade, arranging for the ocean transportation of industrial bulk commodities from producer to end user. The bulk freight market relies on the co-operation of shipbrokers, shipowners and charterers to ensure the free flow of trade.

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Financials

Please click the arrow below to download a pdf copy of the Baltic Exchange's Directors' Report & Accounts 2007-08.

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Training courses

The Baltic Exchange runs a series of shipping courses and workshops around the world. The "practical" series of courses in London concentrate on aspects of vessel chartering and freight derivative trading and is run in conjunction with the Cambridge Academy of Transport.

The popular Freight Derivatives & Shipping Risk Management and Advanced Freight Modelling & Trading courses will be held in various shipping centres throughout 2008.

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The Baltic - June 2008

The Baltic is a quarterly magazine and your window to what's happening in the shipping world.
Highlights of the latest issue include:

  • Heavy lift goes from strength to strength 
  • Dollar assessments for tankers
  • Surveyors widen their horizons

Over 250 years of Baltic Exchange history

The history of the Baltic Exchange spans more than 250 years and traces its origins back to a humble coffee house -  the traditional meeting place of merchants and sea captains - in the City of London.

 
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Baltic Exchange training courses

The Baltic runs a range of training courses including Advanced Freight Modelling & Trading, Freight Derivatives & Shipping Risk Management and Practical Dry Cargo Chartering.

Forthcoming dates:

Freight Derivatives & Shipping Risk Management (London 27-28 Oct)
Advanced Freight Modelling (London 30-31 Oct)
Practical Dry Cargo Chartering (London 24-27 Nov)
Practical Freight Derivatives (London 28 Nov)
Freight Derivatives & Shipping Risk Management (Dubai 12-13 Jan)

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Baltic Exchange expert witnesses  

Looking for expert witnesses? Check out our new online listing of Baltic Exchange members providing expert witness services.   

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