IHS Fairplay Energy Trading Solutions

If you need a front-office market intelligence solution to support commodity trading, you’re in the right place.

Specifically, the movements of vessels carrying crude, refined products, chemicals, LPGs, LNG, methanol and dry bulk cargoes.

Supply and demand intelligence is the key ingredient for formulating trading strategies.

Knowing when and where to buy and sell makes the difference between profit and loss.

With IHS Fairplay solutions you can accurately map physical cargo activity:

• Aggregate the flow of imports into any port, region or country
• Calculate changes in floating storage volumes to better validate
• forward price curves
• Visualize and quantify disruptions at port facilities - from
• geopolitical unrest to hurricanes
• Optimize voyage economics with full vessel characteristics
• Assess the nearby spare capacity of vessels

IHS Fairplay data has been the industry benchmark since 1764 and to this day remains second to none.

As the sole originating source for assigning IMO Ship and Company numbers, IHS Fairplay is able to offer an unmatched level of accuracy and coverage.

IHS Fairplay combines the largest network of land-based AIS receivers with satellite surveillance of mid-ocean vessel positions to bring you a unique global picture.

The data received from this network is transformed into actionable Market Intelligence at an unrivalled frequency, for better fundamental analysis and more profitable trading.

No other provider can match our update frequency and coverage range.

Visualize the live positions and historical activity of vessels carrying hydrocarbon cargoes on your screen, take hourly data to add to yours, or receive regular specialized analysis.

Market Intelligence Network is a turnkey desktop solution designed by energy traders, for energy traders. A front-office geospatial tool that displays the live global positions of vessels carrying hydrocarbons, and the ports they visit, to help you aggregate imports.

View a wealth of up-to-date ship characteristics such as ownership and charter details, as well as ship trails for up to 24 months of activity. More

Vessel Movement Service (VMS) provides real-time data on the positions and movements of vessels carrying cargoes of oil products, coal and LNG, leading to better fundamental analysis and more profitable trading.

It also provides extensive ship characteristics, casualty and detention reports, and charter fixture activity, for evaluating vessel selection and commercial terms.

VMS data is supplied in a format and frequency of your choice so you can integrate it into your existing in-house systems to conduct your own trend analysis. Our team will optimise the data to meet your exact specifications.

LNGLive has been created for those with a specific interest in the movement of vessels carrying Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).

Discover the exact location of every LNG ship in the world and the true volume of global gas, before the official data is disseminated.

IHS Fairplay LNGLive is the world's first fully automatic tool that accurately reports every LNG ship movement every day, transforming "what ifs" into critical insights for energy traders and analysts.