FFABA

The Forward Freight Agreement Brokers Association (FFABA) is an independent association of FFA broking Baltic Exchange members formed in 1997 and is serviced by the Baltic.

Aims:

  1. Promote the trading of forward freight agreements (FFAs)
  2. Promote high standards of conduct amongst market participants
  3. Liaise with the Baltic Exchange to ensure the production of high quality indices for use by the freight futures industry
  4. Provide a forum for brokers and principals to resolve problems as they arise
  5. Develop and promote the use of standard contracts
  6. Develop the use of other 'Over the Counter' and exchange traded derivative products for freight risk management.

Click here to download the Baltic Exchange guide to market practice for members of the Forward Freight Agreement Brokers Association (issued June 2002).

Chairman (Dry): Ed Radcliffe (GFI)
Chairman (Wet): Nils Arnessen (MAREX Spectron)

Members:

Banchero Costa - Via Pammatone 2, 16121 Genova, Italy
Matteo Musso Piantelli mmp@bancosta.it 
tel: +39 010 5631251

BRS Futures  - 36-38 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NG, UK
Chris Reilly ffa@brsbrokers.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7283 0786

Clarkson Securities - St Magnus House, 3 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6HE, UK
Alex Gray csl@clarksons.co.uk 
tel: +44 (0)20 7334 3151

Eugene Investments & Futures Co Ltd- 3 Floor, Eugene Investment & Securities Building #23-9 Yoido-dong, Yungdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 150-710 Korea
Johnston Bae johnston@eugenefutures.com  
tel: +822 3771 8982

Freight Investor Services- 80 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6HL, UK
John Banaszkiewicz info@freightinvestor.com 
tel: +44 (0)20 7090 1120

GFI Group- 1 Snowden Street, London, EC2A 2DQ, UK
Dorian Benson dorian.benson@gfigroup.co.uk 
tel: +44 (0)20 7877 8092

ICAP Shipping - 2 Broadgate, London, EC2M 7UR, UK
ffa@icap.com 
tel: +44 (0)20 7532 4929

MAREX Spectron- Hieronymus Heyerdahls gate 1, 0160 Oslo, Norway
Nils Andreas Arnesen Nils.Andreas.Arnesen@imarex.com
tel: +47 23 89 42 00

McQuilling Brokerage Partners- 1035 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York, NY 11530, USA
John Schmidt jms@mcquilling.com 
tel: +1 516 227 5700

Mallory Jones Lynch Flynn- Clearwater House, 2187 Atlantic Street, Stamford CT 06902, USA
Bob Flynn futures@mjlf.com 
tel: +1 203 326 2830

Pasternak Baum & Co Inc- 500 Mamaroneck Avenue, Harrison, New York 10528, USA
Gilbert Landy chartering@pasternakbaum.com 
tel: +1 914 630 8105

Simpson Spence & Young - Lloyds Chambers,1 Portsoken Street, London, E1 8PH, UK 
Mark Richardson futures@ssy.co.uk 
tel: +44 (0)20 7377 7400

Yamamizu Shipping- 4-4-2 Nihonbashi Hon-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo 103, Japan 
Sho Hatano yamaship@yamamizu.co.jp 
tel: +81 332 450 311

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