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.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 193
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Japanese power! And a red hot Cape market with rising oil and iron ore at record levels!
Japanese power, a red-hot Cape market, rising oil, and iron ore around record levels. Get updated on our main markets as well as battery metals and lumber on this week’s podcast. Disclaimer: freighti…
Shipping emissions offsets and their impact on shipping and commodities with Viridios Capital's Andrew Glass
'No Smoking here - It's the Castaway Emissions Special! Join us with our special guest Andrew Glass of Viridios Capital and Avatar Commodities to discuss Emissions Offsets and their effect on the wor…
Where are all the garden gnomes? Also green levies and rising commodity prices.
Garden gnome shortages, green levies and rising commodity prices, find out all about it in this week’s podcast. Disclaimer: freightinvestorservices.com/castaway-disclaimer/
Market movements after a year in dry freight , iron ore, tanker and oil & transition to Panamax 5TC contracts!
In our 50th episode, we look at the market movements in the year since we started, as well as updates on dry freight, iron ore, tanker and oil markets, plus info on the transition to Panamax 5TC cont…
Post Easter 2021 trading regrets!
Post Easter trading regrets? Don't worry, get an update on what's happening in the Freight, Iron Ore and Oil markets on this week's podcast. Disclaimer: freightinvestorservices.com/castaway-disclaime…
Crisis in the Suez - and container conversation!
Crisis in the Suez! We talk to Peter Stallion our Container broker to find out what's been happening, along with our usual freight, ferrous and oil updates. Disclaimer: freightinvestorservices.com/ca…
EPISODE 47 - Air Passenger Special
Serious volatility in air passenger travel has us asking CEO Mark Howarth of Skytra about their index for air passenger travel pricing. Learn about incredible new tools for hedging and trading this v…
EPISODE 46 - Freight Special
Wo is mein Handy? Here it is! Special guest Hans-Christian Olesen joins us to discuss the Baltic Exchange’s new Handysize index and the transition from Panamax 4TC to 5TC in our freight market specia…
EPISODE 45
Confused? Missed last week’s volatile markets? Look no further, listen to this week’s Castaway to get updated on our main shipping and commodity markets. Disclaimer: freightinvestorservices.com/casta…
EPISODE 44
Don’t get caught napping on China’s 5 year plans, OPEC meeting and commodity market movements. Listen to this week’s podcast where we update you on iron ore, steel, freight and oil markets. Disclaime…
EPISODE 43 - John B Special
Record volumes and incredible volatility. Listen to John B, CEO of FIS, on what's been happening in the dry freight markets and the reasons behind it, on this week's podcast. Disclaimer: freightinves…
EPISODE 42 - Cobalt Special
This week we are joined by Charlotte Radford - minors, ores and alloys editor at Fastmarkets - to discuss the increasingly important cobalt market, alongside a brief markets update. Disclaimer: freig…
EPISODE 41
Iron Ore and Ferts have had a rollercoaster of a week, while Capes continue their slide, listen to all the analysis pre-CNY on this week's podcast. Disclaimer: freightinvestorservices.com/castaway-di…
EPISODE 40
IO and Dry Freight tumble, as European HRC stays strong. Hear analysis from the team across our markets, on this week's Castaway podcast - now on Tuesdays! Disclaimer: freightinvestorservices.com/cas…
EPISODE 39
All the interest is in the Steel and Iron Ore markets this week, as Tom gives us insight into what is happening, as margin rates for mills turn negative. Disclaimer: freightinvestorservices.com/casta…
EPISODE 38
Castaway is back with our market updates for Freight, Fuel, Iron Ore, Fertilizers and Tankers, with a special mention for FIS’s first Cobalt trade, tune in now! Disclaimer: freightinvestorservices.co…
EPISODE 37 - Xmas Special
Whether you’ve been Naughty or Nice, tune in to our special episode ‘The 12 Commodities of Christmas’ to hear the team break down the year’s price action and trends across all our products, along wit…
EPISODE 36
Caught off guard by the Iron Ore moves? Listen to this week's Castaway podcast where Chris, Tom and Kerry have it covered, along with all our markets.
Disclaimer: freightinvestorservices.com/castaway…
EPISODE 35 - BRAZIL SPECIAL
This week is our Brazil special. Tom, Alex, Chris, and Kerry are joined by Roberto Doring, Deputy Head of Mission to the UK, to discuss the past, present and future of Brazil’s presence in the commod…
EPISODE 34
End-of-year-feeling in your markets? Longing to get away? Join the team as they wing it and discuss the new Baltic Exchange Air Freight Index on this week's Castaway.
Disclaimer: freightinvestorservi…