How many people does the Baltic Exchange employ?
The Baltic Exchange employ 20 staff members. Back to top • What does the Baltic Exchange do? The Exchange regulates its members’ activities as shipbrokers, collates and distributes a range of unique freight market information, resolves disputes, speaks on behalf of the market and provides business facilities for its members. Back to top • What are the Baltic indices? The Baltic indices are an assessment of the price of moving the major raw materials by sea. The indices are based on assessments of the cost of transporting various bulk cargoes, both wet (eg crude oil and oil products) and dry (eg coal and iron ore), made by leading shipbroking houses located around the world on a per tonne and daily hire basis. The information is collated and published by the Baltic Exchange. The Baltic is the only source of independent and quality freight market data and information. The principal indices are: the Baltic Exchange Capesize Index (BCI); Baltic Exchange Panamax Index (BPI); the Baltic Exch
