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Commodities Data | Pricing

Shipping - Fundamentals

High-level shipping fundamentals data supporting freight market analysis, supply-demand assessment and transport trend monitoring.

Key facts for Shipping - Fundamentals

Coverage metric

Geography:
North America, Asia / Pacific, EMEA, Latin America and the Caribbean
History:
July from 2007
Coverage count:
Asset Classes - 3 Commodity markets

Delivery metadata

Data Frequency
Daily
Language
English
Delivery methods:
Excel, Deployed/Onsite Servers, API, Web Service, SFTP, Cloud, Desktop, FTP, Bulk, SQL, RSS Feed, Website, Digital Files
Data formats:
CSV, GZIP, JSON, SQL, Text, Delimited, Metafile Picture, Bitmap, PCAP, Zip Archive, PDF, XML, Python, MPEG, HTML, User Interface
Minimum service frequency
Daily

Overview of Shipping - Fundamentals

ANALYST-LED FREIGHT MARKET COVERAGE

Integrated shipping market intelligence

    • Combines shipping fundamentals with freight analysis, news and tools.
    • Delivers both real-time and historical maritime market insight.
    • Produced by specialist analyst teams covering shipping markets.

GLOBAL MARITIME ACTIVITY COVERAGE

Monitor vessel, cargo, and freight flows

    • Track vessel activity, cargo movement, port dynamics and freight conditions.
    • Coverage spans major shipping routes and maritime trade flows.
    • Includes real-time and historical shipping intelligence.

VISIBILITY ACROSS PHYSICAL FLOWS

See how maritime activity shapes markets

    • Link physical flows to freight and commodity market developments.
    • Support forecasting, logistics planning and supply chain tracking.
    • Assess trends and route behaviour with greater market context.

Description of the dataset

  • With deep expertise in commodities and freight markets, LSEG delivers Shipping Fundamentals data for real-time insight into global maritime trade. Our content helps clients monitor vessel activity, freight conditions, port dynamics and cargo movement across major shipping routes.
  • We combine real-time and historical shipping intelligence to support supply chain tracking, market forecasting and logistics planning. Our coverage gives trading, analytics and operations teams a clearer view of how physical flows influence freight and commodity markets.
  • LSEG brings together shipping fundamentals with proprietary freight analysis, news and tools produced by our analyst teams. We help clients evaluate route behaviour, assess market trends and make more confident decisions in a fast-moving maritime environment.

Accessing the dataset

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Real-Time Distribution System

Advanced Distribution Server (ADS) is the horizontally scalable distribution component within LSEG Real-Time Distribution System providing highly available services for tailored streaming and snapshot data, publication and contribution messaging with optional persistence, conflation and delay capabilities.