Global Commodity Intelligence
Commodity Atlas
A neutral learning and intelligence portal for commodity markets: energy, metals, agriculture, and freight.
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The largest commodity market by value. Energy covers crude oil, natural gas, LNG, and coal — the fuels that power industrial civilisation. Price discovery happens across spot markets, futures exchanges (NYMEX, ICE, SGX), and long-term supply contracts.
4 subcategories
Metals
Metals divide into ferrous (iron and steel) and non-ferrous (base metals like copper, aluminium) and precious (gold, silver). The LME in London is the price-setter for base metals. China dominates both supply (as producer) and demand (as consumer).
3 subcategories
Agricultural
Agricultural commodities — grains, oilseeds, and soft commodities — feed the world. They are among the most politically sensitive markets due to food security implications. The CBOT in Chicago is the benchmark exchange for grains; Euronext for European wheat; ICE for sugar, coffee, and cocoa.
2 subcategories
Freight
Freight is the invisible cost embedded in every physical commodity trade. The Baltic Exchange in London publishes daily indices for all dry bulk and tanker vessel classes. Freight can be hedged via Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs), traded on ICE. Understanding freight is the difference between a profitable commodity trade and a losing one.
3 subcategories
Latest News
Full feed- Hellenic Shipping News
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, extended its decline into a fifth day on Thursday, falling about 1.4% to its lowest si
- Hellenic Shipping News
The tanker market is undergoing a “violent” shift of cargo flows in recent memory. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Xclusiv said that “the crude tanker market in 2026 has undergone one of the m
- Hellenic Shipping News
Operating one of the world’s largest and most sophisticated fleets, the Greek shipping community has traditionally embraced technologies that deliver measurable operational and commercial value. Today
- Hellenic Shipping News
Navios Maritime Partners L.P., an international owner and operator of dry cargo and tanker vessels, reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. Angeliki Frangou, Chairwo
- Hellenic Shipping News
“So far this year, ship transits via the Panama Canal have increased 8% y/y to a daily average of 38, driven by the tanker sector. Transits have been especially high during the past five weeks,
- Hellenic Shipping News
Germany’s S&P Global Manufacturing PMI fell to 49.9 in May 2026 from 51.4 in April, below market expectations of 51.0, preliminary data showed. The reading signals contraction in the manufacturing
- Hellenic Shipping News
The CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, is transforming its Java Sea Express (JAX) into the Mekong Transpacific Express (MTE), strengthening its Vietnam offering
- Hellenic Shipping News
The S&P Global US Services PMI eased to 50.9 in May of 2026 from 51 in the previous month, only slightly below the median market consensus of 51.1, according to a preliminary estimate. The result
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