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Our teams of shipping futures brokers and options brokers are the leading provider of freight derivative products, at the forefront of the sector. Leveraging the expertise and market dynamics of the wider Clarksons Group to offer best-in-class execution services to the freight, iron ore, LNG & LPG, fuel oil, battery metals and carbon markets. A dynamic team of brokers, with years of combined broking and trading experience to suit ever-evolving market needs.

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1st

Pioneering freight derivative product in early 1990s

60+

Experienced brokers in the team

6

Strategically placed global locations

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Shipping Derivatives Services

Dry Freight

16

Expert Dry Freight brokers in our global team.

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Dry Freight

Widest market coverage delivered by a client-focused team

Wet Freight

60+

Years of Wet Freight broking and trading experience

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Wet Freight

The leading Wet FFA broker in the market

Iron Ore

10

Years working in the iron ore market.

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Iron Ore

Experts in financial iron ore derivatives contracts

LNG & LPG

3

World-first derivative trades.

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LNG & LPG

Breaking new ground and developing markets

Fuel Oil

2

offices in London and Singapore

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Battery Metals

New

Across futures and physical markets

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Battery metals

A new offering across the futures and physical markets

Carbon

4

Offices in London, Geneva, Oslo and Singapore.

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Carbon Broking

Client-led solutions for maritime decarbonisation

Renewables Derivatives

New

Decarbonising the maritime industry through green gas.

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Renewables Derivatives

Container FFA

High-touch broking

Our brokers enable access to liquidity with a client-first approach to broking.

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Growing our offering

Link Group is North America's leading physical crude oil and derivatives brokerage and market data provider.

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Key Contacts (5)
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Sander Bots

Chief Operating Officer, Futures
Derivatives London
+44 20 7334 5520
Ben Courtney

Ben Courtney

Managing Director
Derivatives Wet Freight London
+44 (0)20 7334 4755
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Emily Driver

Head of Dry FFA
Derivatives Dry Freight Dubai
+44 7591 353 393
Chris Greenop, Clarksons

Chris Greenop

Head of LPG & LNG
Derivatives LNG & LPG Geneva
+44 (0)20 7334 4705
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Dean Bevens

Head of Business Development
Derivatives Container FFA London
+44 7885 656126
Derivatives

Global expertise and execution

Clarksons pioneered the first freight derivative product in the early 1990s and we are still number one in the market today. We lead the sector with a hard-earned reputation for sound consultation and best-in-class execution. Our derivatives brokers includes people from mainstream shipping with first-hand knowledge of the physical shipping markets as well as those who have trained in the financial sector and know how those markets operate.

This rare blend enables us to offer our clients unrivalled expertise and knowledge. Our teams of FFA brokers, in combination with our world-leading options brokers, have the scope, scale and specialist skills required to help you realise your objectives in this fast-moving and volatile business.

Offering comprehensive Freight Forward Agreement (FFA) and specialist commodity derivative broking services, we are the partner of choice for a range of shipping companies, banks, investment houses and other institutions seeking to manage freight exposure by increasing or reducing risk. Authorised and regulated by all relevant global regulated authorities.

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NEWS AND INSIGHTS

Leading the way

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News

Clarksons Futures joins London Metal Exchange

Clarksons Futures Limited is proud to announce its approval as a member of the London Metal Exchange (LME), a world leading metals marketplace.

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Clarksons Sponsors Energy Trading Leaders Summit

Clarksons is pleased to sponsor the Energy Trading Leaders Summit, taking place on 2–3 June, where we will also host a panel focused on the growing importance of biomethane in the maritime sector.

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Derivatives Container FFA Achievement
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Clarksons' brokers first Container freight futures trade settled on NYSHEX NYFI

In a significant milestone for the container derivatives market, Clarksons has successfully brokered the first ever trade on the newly launched Container Freight Futures, benchmarked against the New York Shipping Exchange’s (NYSHEX) NYFI Index.

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