Routes & Markets

What this hub covers

Freight is priced by lane. The same vessel earns a different rate depending on where it loads, where it discharges, and how the ballast leg back to the next cargo looks. This hub maps the major dry bulk trade lanes and the markets that price them, so a cargo owner can see where a route sits in the wider flow of tonnage before asking for a rate.

The lane pages cover the main corridors: the transpacific iron ore and coal run into Asia, the transatlantic grain and ore trades, the Asia to Europe lane, and regional markets across West Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. The Baltic indices page explains how the benchmark freight assessments are built, and major ports covers the load and discharge terminals that anchor the lanes.

Who it is for and where to start

These pages are for traders and charterers who want the commercial shape of a lane, its typical cargoes, vessel classes, and the constraints that move the rate, rather than a live print. For a freight figure on a specific cargo, pair this hub with the rate calculator.

• Understand pricing first: the Baltic indices.
• Read a lane: transpacific or transatlantic.
• Estimate a voyage: the rate calculator.

For a market read on your specific route, tell us about your cargo and a broker will respond within one business day.