A Wet or Dry Freight Futures contract (henceforth “Freight Future”) is a cash settled derivative contract based on a financial index only giving rise to the payment or liability to payment of the outturn of an average index price against the traded value of the commodity contract (“Index or Assessment”). Freight derivatives are financial instruments whose value is derived from the future levels of freight rates, like " dry bulk " carrying rates and oil tanker rates. Freight derivatives are often used by end-users (ship owners and grain-houses) and by suppliers (integrated oil companies and international trading corporations)

Lakefront Futures' Trucking & Freight Derivative Group advises key industry market participants – i.e. trucking carriers, shippers and 3PLs/Brokers – on how to  Setting margins for Freight Futures: The IMAREX case. The margin system is the clearing house's first line of defense against default risk. Various methods are  network (ANN) in order to forecast the future price of freight derivatives. More specifically fluctuations in the prices of freight futures, in relation to changes in   14 Feb 2019 A new freight futures market may actually help trucker salaries catch back up to its previous standards, surprisingly. That's because the futures  31 Mar 2019 And observers say this first trucking freight futures marketplace is just the latest sign of how trucking, long stuck in the past, is steadily rolling into  3 Dec 2019 O said on Tuesday it would be the first futures exchange to launch trading of three liquefied natural gas (LNG) freight futures contracts on Dec.

7 Jan 2020 It took only hours after contracts were launched late last month on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) for the first liquefied natural gas 

7 Jan 2020 It took only hours after contracts were launched late last month on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) for the first liquefied natural gas  1 Apr 2019 Launch of its Trucking Freight Futures contracts on March 22 has been announced jointly by Nodal Exchange, FreightWaves, and DAT  Lakefront Futures' Trucking & Freight Derivative Group advises key industry market participants – i.e. trucking carriers, shippers and 3PLs/Brokers – on how to  Setting margins for Freight Futures: The IMAREX case. The margin system is the clearing house's first line of defense against default risk. Various methods are 

Setting margins for Freight Futures: The IMAREX case. The margin system is the clearing house's first line of defense against default risk. Various methods are 

Futures are derivative financial contracts that obligate the parties to transact an asset at a predetermined future date and price. Here, the buyer must purchase or the seller must sell the

CME Group's freight futures contracts are designed to meet the needs of the industry for secure and efficient clearing of Freight Forward Agreement transactions.

A futures exchange (Nodal Exchange for Trucking Freight Futures) is a financial hub that supports and facilitates the competition between buyers and sellers, and it also provides a center to manage each transaction as the exchange conducts Trucking Freight Futures Contract Specifications Our Trucking Freight Futures Partners Nodal Exchange is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management solutions to participants in the North American energy markets. Why should a company want to trade Trucking Freight Futures? As a freight market participant, a company is exposed to the volatility of rates in the trucking market. Unstable prices create cash flow management issues. By trading Trucking Freight Futures, a participant can mitigate some of its exposure to the volatility of trucking spot-rates and therefore more accurately forecast its forward cash flows. Freight futures are the closest an investor could get in when it comes to the actual shipping markets. Prior to the institutionalization of freight futures, one could get access to the real shipping market only by buying a ship, a task that requires significant capital commitment, extensive operations and considerable risk.

Freight derivatives first appeared in shipping during the 1980’s when Baltic Exchange introduced BIFFEX (Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange) in 1985. BIFFEX was an official exchange where one could buy and sell futures contracts.

Why should a company want to trade Trucking Freight Futures? As a freight market participant, a company is exposed to the volatility of rates in the trucking market. Unstable prices create cash flow management issues. By trading Trucking Freight Futures, a participant can mitigate some of its exposure to the volatility of trucking spot-rates and therefore more accurately forecast its forward cash flows. Freight futures are the closest an investor could get in when it comes to the actual shipping markets. Prior to the institutionalization of freight futures, one could get access to the real shipping market only by buying a ship, a task that requires significant capital commitment, extensive operations and considerable risk. The freight futures market, which is opening on March 29, will help retailers, manufacturers, and trucking companies lock in service rates for the coming years. That would eventually benefit America's 1.8 million long-haul truck drivers. CME Group’s freight futures contracts are designed to meet the needs of the industry for secure and efficient clearing of Freight Forward Agreement transactions. Following the launch of our first wet freight futures contracts on NYMEX in 2005, CME Group continues to expand its offering in the wet freight market to meet customer demand.

Services for interest rate, equity index, ag and global energy derivatives Futures—also called futures contracts—allow traders to lock in a price of the underlying asset or commodity. These contracts have expirations dates and set prices that are known up front. Futures are identified by their expiration month. For example, a December gold futures contract expires in December. Freight Futures is an important element in the Government’s agenda to maintain Victoria as a competitive place to do business and an attractive place to live. CME Group is the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace. The company is comprised of four Designated Contract Markets (DCMs). Further information on each exchange's rules and product listings can be found by clicking on the links to CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX. European Energy Exchange AG, Augustusplatz 9, 04109 Leipzig, Germany, Tel.: +49 341 2156-0 The International Maritime Exchange or Imarex is an Oslo -based exchange for trading forward freight agreements (FFAs). It started trading tanker freight futures contracts in 2001, followed by dry cargo freight futures contracts in 2002. All futures contracts are cleared by the Norwegian Futures and Options Clearing House (NOS).