There’s a competitor for the Baltic Dry Index. The Shanghai freight index specializes in China imports and has sighed up 23 shippers to provide data. There’s a concern that the Shanghai index will be manipulated by China, since the data come from carriers, not from freight brokers. No futures will be traded here; they will be added later.
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