{
  "id": 14667811,
  "title": "TD34 FFA trades outpace TD3C in debut week as market seeks greater Gulf freight cover",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/td34-ffa-trades-outpace-td3c-in-debut-week-as-market-seeks-greater",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-15T10:00:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/td34-ffa-trades-outpace-td3c-in-debut-week-as-market-seeks-greater-gulf-freight-cover/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The launch of the Forward Freight Agreement (FFA) for the Baltic’s TD34 route (Gulf of Oman to China) by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has seen near-record volumes since its launch on 5 October. The cash-settled freight futures contract, based on the Baltic Exchange’s TD34 price assessments, has been embraced by tanker freight traders from the outset, ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}