Launch of freight US Gulf-Japan price

Fastmarkets launched a FM-FRT-0031 freight US Gulf-Japan price on Monday February 17.

February 17, 2025

By Eoin Hughes

Agriculture Freight Pricing notice

Fastmarkets has launched this price in response to customer demand for freight rate information for Panamax vessels carrying corn and soybeans from the US Gulf to Japan.

The price includes historical data starting from September 2022.

FM-FRT-0031 Freight US Gulf-Japan
Location: FOB, US Gulf to Japan
Timing: Shipment the next calendar month
Unit: USD per tonne
Publication: Weekly, Wednesday 1pm eastern time
Notes: Soybean and corn Panamax freight rate

These prices will be a part of the Fastmarkets grains package.

To provide feedback on this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price, please contact Eoin Hughes by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Eoin Hughes, re: Freight US Gulf-Japan”.

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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