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Market Intelligence

Turning Market Data into Commercial Advantage

At Platytera Shipping, we believe successful commercial decisions begin with informed market intelligence. Our Market Intelligence division provides timely analysis, freight insights and industry updates to help shipowners, charterers, commodity traders and maritime professionals navigate an increasingly dynamic global shipping market.

By monitoring freight markets, commodity flows, fleet developments and geopolitical events, we deliver practical intelligence that supports smarter commercial decisions and better risk management.

Whether evaluating freight opportunities, planning vessel deployment or assessing market trends, our objective is to provide clear, relevant and commercially valuable information.

What We Cover

We monitor freight market developments across key shipping sectors, providing insights into market direction, rate movements and vessel supply-demand dynamics.

Our coverage includes:

  • Tanker freight markets
  • Dry bulk freight markets
  • Regional freight developments
  • Voyage economics
  • Time charter trends
  • Seasonal market patterns

Our tanker market coverage focuses on global crude, clean petroleum products (CPP), dirty petroleum products (DPP), chemicals and edible oil trades.

Regular analysis includes:

  • VLCC market developments
  • Suezmax market updates
  • Aframax market movements
  • LR1 and LR2 trends
  • MR tanker markets
  • Coastal tanker activity
  • Regional product trades
  • Vegetable oil shipping

We provide updates covering major dry bulk commodity movements and freight developments.

Coverage includes:

  • Coal
  • Iron Ore
  • Grain
  • Fertilisers
  • Minerals
  • Cement
  • Steel Products
  • Minor Bulks

Understanding cargo movements is essential for identifying commercial opportunities.

We analyse:

  • Global commodity trade flows
  • Import and export trends
  • Regional demand shifts
  • New trading patterns
  • Infrastructure developments
  • Seasonal cargo movements

This helps clients anticipate market changes before they influence freight rates.

We monitor developments affecting vessel availability and fleet dynamics, including:

  • Fleet growth
  • Vessel deliveries
  • Demolition activity
  • Port congestion
  • Vessel positioning
  • Fleet utilisation
  • Trading patterns
  • Regulatory developments

Platytera Shipping publishes regular market reports designed to provide concise, commercially relevant insights into global shipping markets.

Our reports include:

Each report combines market data with practical analysis, enabling clients to quickly understand current market conditions and emerging opportunities.

Shipping markets are influenced by far more than freight rates.

Our analysis also considers:

  • Geopolitical developments
  • Energy market trends
  • Commodity demand
  • Refinery maintenance
  • Seasonal trading cycles
  • Environmental regulations
  • Port infrastructure
  • Supply chain disruptions

By connecting these factors with freight markets, we provide a broader commercial perspective.

Reliable market intelligence enables better commercial decisions.

Whether fixing a vessel, negotiating a charter, planning fleet deployment or evaluating investment opportunities, informed decisions reduce uncertainty and improve commercial performance.

Our objective is not simply to report market movements, but to explain the factors driving those changes and identify the opportunities they create.

Built for Commercial Decision Makers

  • Shipowners
  • Charterers
  • Commodity Traders
  • Fleet Operators
  • Shipbrokers
  • Maritime Investors
  • Financial Institutions
  • Marine Service Providers

Every update is prepared with a commercial focus, delivering information that is practical, relevant and actionable.

Markets move quickly, and timely information creates competitive advantage.

Follow Platytera Shipping for our latest freight market commentary, tanker intelligence, trade analysis and commercial shipping insights.