1, the tanker freight index refers to the index of price changes when cruise ships are used for crude oil transportation in international trade. Well-known freight indexes include super-large crude oil tanker index, Baltic comprehensive freight index, Avra crude oil tanker index, Cape of Good Hope freight index, China export container freight index, Baltic refined oil freight index and so on.
2. Freight rate index is an index used to reflect the change of product transportation price in different periods, generally expressed as a percentage. First of all, we need to get the average freight rate data of a certain base period, and then compare the base period freight rate data with the average freight rate data of various periods, and the obtained comparison number is also the freight rate index. Freight index can be divided into two types according to different base periods, namely fixed base freight index and ring-on-ring freight index. According to the different modes of transportation, it can be divided into railway freight index and air freight index. If the freight rate index is greater than 100, it means that the freight rate has increased at this stage.
1, the Baltic index (BDI index) is an index reflecting the freight rate of dry bulk. It is calculated by the weighted spot freight rates of several major routes, reflecting the spot market. The Baltic Dry Bulk Index (BDI) consists of three parts, and their weights are as follows: the Baltic Convenience Index (BSI) is 30%; Baltic Panama Index (BPI) 30%; The Baltic Cape Index (BCI) is 40%.
2. Container ships, also known as "container ships". Broadly speaking, it refers to ships that can be used to load international standard containers; In a narrow sense, it refers to a full container ship, and all cabins and decks are dedicated to loading containers. Its freight capacity is usually expressed by the container space loaded with 20-foot or 40-inch equivalent standard containers. 1 The container ship was converted from a cargo ship by the United States in 1957. Because of its high loading and unloading efficiency, it greatly shortens the port call time and reduces the cargo damage in transportation and loading and unloading, so it develops rapidly. By the 1970s, container ships had matured.