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Freely accessible on its website balticexchange.com, the Exchange is building a comprehensive database which will contain the full contact details of port agents around the world.
Welcoming the introduction of the database, Baltic Exchange chief executive Jim Buckley said: "balticexchange.com is already very popular with shipbrokers, owners and charterers who use it on a daily basis to access our freight market indices, route assessments, fixtures and market reports. We're getting over one thousand viewings during any week and I think that this additional service will prove to be of real use."
Peter Titchener, secretary-general of Multiport Ships Agency Network, which represents a worldwide network of vetted independent agents in more than 1,500 ports said: "This is a very good way of helping port agents market their services to a wider audience. All of Multiport's members have already been added to the database."
Alan Philips, director of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers added: "The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers is pleased to be associated with this initiative. Those company members of the ICS that are port agents have been included on the database." Port agents can add their details for an annual fee of US$200 by logging on to www.balticexchange.com.
