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  2. Shipping markets - Wikipedia

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    Shanghai Shipping Freight Exchange is the first electronic shipping freight exchange in the world. It has three lines of businesses, including International Dry Bulk, Domestic Coastal Coal, and International Container. The container freight derivatives were launched in 2011 and shortly became the most liquid container freight contracts.

  3. Baltic Exchange - Wikipedia

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    The Baltic Exchange (incorporated as The Baltic Exchange Limited [1]) is a membership organisation for the maritime industry, and freight market information provider for the trading and settlement of physical and derivative contracts . Situated since Edwardian times at 24–28 St Mary Axe, London EC3, the building was destroyed by a bomb in 1992.

  4. Electronic data interchange - Wikipedia

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    In 1996, the National Institute of Standards and Technology defined electronic data interchange as "the computer-to-computer interchange of a standardized format for data exchange. EDI implies a sequence of messages between two parties, either of whom may serve as originator or recipient. The formatted data representing the documents may be ...

  5. Forward freight agreement - Wikipedia

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    Forward freight agreement. A forward freight agreement ( FFA) is a financial forward contract that allows ship owners, charterers and speculators to hedge against the volatility of freight rates. It gives the contract owner the right to buy and sell the price of freight for future dates. FFAs are built on an index composed of a shipping route ...

  6. Freightos Baltic Index - Wikipedia

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    The Freightos Baltic Index ( FBX) (also sometimes known as the Freightos Baltic Daily Index [1] or Freightos Baltic Global Container Index [2]) is a daily freight container index issued by the Baltic Exchange [3] and Freightos. The index measures global container freight rates [4] by calculating spot rates for 40-foot containers on 12 global ...

  7. Microsoft Exchange Server - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Exchange Server is a mail server and calendaring server developed by Microsoft. It runs exclusively on Windows Server operating systems. The first version was called Exchange Server 4.0, to position it as the successor to the related Microsoft Mail 3.5. Exchange initially used the X.400 directory service but switched to Active ...

  8. Maritime transport - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Maritime transport (or ocean transport) or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people ( passengers) or goods ( cargo) via waterways. Freight transport by sea has been widely used throughout recorded history. The advent of aviation has diminished the importance of sea travel for passengers, though it is still popular ...

  9. Automatic identification system - Wikipedia

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    A graphical display of AIS data on board a ship. The automatic identification system ( AIS) is an automatic tracking system that uses transceivers on ships and is used by vessel traffic services (VTS). When satellites are used to receive AIS signatures, the term Satellite-AIS (S-AIS) is used. AIS information supplements marine radar, which ...

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