Key facts for Shipping - Maritime Data
Coverage metric
Geography:
North America, Asia / Pacific, EMEA, Latin America and the Caribbean
History:
From 1900
Delivery metadata
Data Frequency
Continuous
Language
English
Delivery methods:
Excel, Deployed/Onsite Servers, API, Web Service, SFTP, Cloud, Desktop, FTP, Bulk, Snowflake, Website, RSS Feed
Data formats:
PDF, GZIP, XML, JSON, CSV, SQL, Text, Python, HTML, Bitmap, MPEG, User Interface, PCAP
Minimum service frequency
Continuous
Overview of Shipping - Maritime Data
GLOBAL MARITIME MARKET DATA
Understand global shipping markets
• Track vessel movements, freight rates and port activity.
• Monitor trade flows and route activity across shipping markets.
• Access maritime intelligence for oil, gas and dry bulk markets.
CONNECTED MARITIME INTELLIGENCE
Integrated shipping market intelligence
• Combines maritime fundamentals, pricing, news and broker data.
• Links vessel and infrastructure data with weather and freight factors.
• Uses structured metadata to support analytics and operational workflows.
INSIGHT FOR SHIPPING DECISIONS
Navigate changing shipping conditions
• Evaluate fleet behaviour and freight market conditions.
• Support trading, logistics and risk decisions with market context.
• Assess physical shipping signals alongside broader commodity markets.
Description of the dataset
- LSEG curates real-time Shipping - Maritime Data / Marine Time Data to give customers a broad view of global shipping markets across vessel movements, freight rates, port activity, trade flows and related news. We support oil, gas and dry bulk market participants with operational and market intelligence from our commodities shipping coverage.
- Our maritime fundamentals help customers evaluate fleet behaviour, route activity and freight market conditions in one connected view. We enable trading, logistics and risk teams to make informed decisions by combining physical shipping signals with LSEG market expertise.
- LSEG defines the dataset through structured metadata covering business data elements, dimensions, element identifiers, names, descriptions, short names, abbreviations and level IDs. We include PermID links, source information, language codes, language names and name-type references to support consistent interpretation across systems.
- We document this real-time maritime dataset through a 61-row data dictionary that supports integration into analytics, monitoring and operational workflows. LSEG helps customers use shipping fundamentals alongside broader commodity pricing and market context.
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