Clarksons

F5. The Reference Layer: Glossary, Units, Signals and Information Sources

Definition

London-based shipbroker and shipping data provider, founded 1852.

London-listed shipping-services group founded in 1852, the world’s largest shipbroker by revenue. Its broking desks cover dry bulk, tankers, gas, containers, and sale-and-purchase, while Clarksons Research publishes vessel, fleet, orderbook, and freight-market data through the Shipping Intelligence Network platform and the weekly Shipping Intelligence Weekly. The firm’s databases and indices are a standard reference for owners, charterers, financiers, and analysts pricing tonnage and tracking newbuilding and demolition activity.

Source: Clarksons PLC (founded 1852); Clarksons Research / Shipping Intelligence Network.