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Commodities Data | Pricing

Shipping - Physical Cash/OTC

Physical cash and OTC shipping pricing data covering freight market values for pricing analysis and market comparison.

Key facts for Shipping - Physical Cash/OTC

Coverage metric

Geography:
North America, Asia / Pacific, EMEA, Latin America and the Caribbean
History:
Jan from 2020
Coverage count:
Asset Classes - 2 Commodity markets
Asset Class
Commodity Spots, Commodity Fair Values, Commodity Derivatives, Commodity Forwards, Commodities

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 - Physical Cash/OTC

REALTIME FREIGHT CASH MARKET PRICING

Monitor freight rates and market activity

    • Access real-time and historical pricing across physical freight and OTC markets.
    • Includes rate levels, deal activity and market sentiment indicators.
    • Covers key maritime routes across global shipping markets.

BENCHMARK EXPOSURE WITH CONFIDENCE

Compare negotiated and market activity

    • Benchmark negotiated levels against observed route and freight activity.
    • Support exposure management with current freight market signals.
    • Identify opportunities across dynamic maritime rate markets.

DESIGNED FOR FREIGHT MARKET WORKFLOW

Structured shipping pricing intelligence

    • Delivers physical freight and OTC transaction market information.
    • Provides real-time and historical views of freight market conditions.
    • Supports trading, risk and analytical market assessments.

Description of the dataset

  • LSEG captures real-time physical cash and OTC pricing intelligence for clients active in global shipping and freight markets. Our content helps market participants understand current rate levels, deal activity and sentiment across key maritime routes.
  • We provide both real-time and historical views of physical freight and over-the-counter transactions to support benchmarking and exposure management. Our data helps clients compare negotiated market levels with observed route activity and broader freight conditions.
  • LSEG delivers shipping cash and OTC pricing in a form designed for trading, risk and analytical workflows. We support confident decision-making across rate assessment, strategy evaluation and opportunity identification in maritime markets.

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.