Benefits & Rates

The Baltic Exchange represents over 500 of the world's leading shipbroking, ship owning and operating, chartering and freight derivative trading companies.

Join the Baltic today and benefit from quality freight market information; a professional framework for your business to operate within; a disputes resolution service and much more.

There are currently 550 companies in membership including shipbrokers, owners, operators, traders as well as a host of related maritime service companies including lawyers, financiers, arbitrators and P&I clubs.

Reduced rates for freight market data

Baltic Exchange members receive reduced rates for accessing all Baltic freight market products.

The Baltic is the world’s only provider of high quality, independent freight market information covering the dry and wet markets. The range of data produced includes:

• Seven daily wet and dry indices
• More than 50 separate route assessments
• Settlement prices
• Mark-to-market information
• Four dry cargo reports
• Baltic Sale & Purchase assessments
• Daily dry cargo fixture list
• Searchable fixture database
• LPG route assessments
• Historical index and route rate database
• Charting facilities
• Downloadable raw data

A seat at the table

All members are entitled to have their input into the future development and direction of Baltic freight market information through membership of the Freight Market and Futures Consultative Group. Relevant members also have input via the FFA Brokers Association or the users’ groups - divided into wet and dry markets.

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Recovering money for members

This free service collects monies owing on behalf of members for unpaid commissions, demurrage claims and arbitration awards that have not been honoured. Defaulting companies are listed on www.balticexchange.com and are sent to members.

Valuable network of contacts in a self-regulated market
Membership of the Baltic means membership of the market and provides invaluable contacts across the international shipping industry. Members are listed in a regularly updated directory and include: shipowners, charterers, shipbrokers, traders as well as a host of related maritime service companies such as maritime lawyers, ship financiers, arbitrators and P&I clubs.

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International recognition
Be recognised worldwide as a Baltic member through the new balticexchange.net e-mail address. There is no need to change your existing e-mail service provider.

Speaking on your behalf

Members' interests are promoted at the highest levels by maintaining close contact with politicians and legislators around the world.

A London base

Members can meet colleagues and clients at the Baltic to discuss business, exchange information and entertain in a relaxed club atmosphere with high quality food. Work stations are now available with internet connections to allow you to work on the move.

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Industry news

Keep abreast of market and industry developments through Baltic Briefing and The Baltic magazine. Up to date information is also available on www.balticexchange.com, including:

• Member news
• Searchable membership database
• Daily bunker prices
• Weekly container report
• Piracy reports

Reduced communication costs

An exclusive agreement with COLT Telecom offers competitive tariffs to UK Baltic members.

Professional development
A regular programme of practical shipping courses is run by the Baltic for the tanker, dry cargo, sale and purchase and freight derivatives’ markets. These take place in London as well as shipping centres around the world.

Sports clubs and Young Baltic Association
A number of sports clubs exist for members and for those under 35 membership of the Young Baltic Association (YBA) is automatic. The YBA encourages professional development and business contacts through various organised professional and social activities. Regular sponsored “Baltic Broker Fridays” in the Baltic bar encourage further networking opportunities.

Baltic Charitable Society
Membership is open to any members of the Baltic and their employees and provides help for those who find themselves in financial difficulty.

Membership and freight market information access levels

Category	Benefits
Basic membership	Membership directory entry, lobbying support, publications, use of Baltic facilities, password to members area of www.balticexchange.com (no freight market information).
Level 1	Access to headline freight market information - Baltic Dry, Capesize, Panamax, Supramax, Dirty Tanker, Clean Tanker indices and Dry market fixture list.
Level 2	Access to detailed freight market information - route rates, fixture and rate archive search, market reports, index alerts, mark-to-market FFA prices. USE RESTRICTED TO WITHIN COMPANY.
Level 3	Access to all freight market information for distribution to clients after 1700hrs (London).

Rates

Subscriptions Year April 1 to 31 March 2011
	Basic Ł	FFA Ł
Sole Trader No Freight Market Information	595	n/a
Sole Trader	950	4,005
Corporate Member with:
between 2 and 4 Relevant Employees	2,145	5,200
between 5 and 9 Relevant Employees	3,360	6,415
between 10 and 19 Relevant Employees	5,755	8,810
between 20 and 49 Relevant Employees	11,990	15,050
50 or more Relevant Employees	23,990	27,045
Social Member
Corporate (up to 4 nominated people)	2,355	n/a
Individual	585	n/a
Retired Member	25	n/a

Corn Exchange Member
Subscription for each Principal and Representative	270	n/a

Freight Market Information - Members	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
	Ł	Ł	Ł
Sole Trader	164	2,055	2,055

Corporate Member with:
between 2 and 4 Relevant Employees	405	2,055	2,330
between 5 and 9 Relevant Employees	475	2,055	2,740
between 10 and 19 Relevant Employees	475	2,460	3,150
between 20 and 49 Relevant Employees	475	2,875	3,565
50 or more Relevant Employees	475	2,875	3,565

Freight Market Information - Non-Members
Number of passwords issued to the Subscriber	1st	2nd	3rd	Subsequent passwords
	Ł3,575	Ł595	Ł595	Ł300

ALL PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO UK VAT WHERE RELEVANT

Relevant employees are defined as shipbrokers, commodity traders, employees engaged in trading in financial instruments and derivatives and such other employees of a member engaged in a relevant business as the Board shall in its absolute discretion determine.