Clarksons Research
London shipping market data and brokerage research arm of Clarkson PLC; sector's benchmark data provider.
Last refreshed: 26 April 2026 · Appears in 1 active topic
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Iran Conflict 2026- What is Clarksons Research and what data does it publish?
- Clarksons Research is the data division of Clarkson PLC, the world's largest shipbroker. It publishes the Shipping Intelligence Network fleet database, tanker and dry-bulk freight rate series, and orderbook data.
- What did Clarksons data show about tanker routing in the 2026 Iran conflict?
- Clarksons Research tracked the shift of VLCC and Suezmax tankers to Cape of Good Hope routing to avoid Hormuz, quantifying the added voyage days and their effect on effective fleet supply and crude delivery times.Source: Clarksons Research
- Who are Clarksons competitors in shipping market data?
- Clarksons Research competes with Drewry, Fearnleys, Gibson Shipbrokers, the Baltic Exchange, and commodity data providers such as Kpler and Vortexa for shipping and tanker market intelligence.
Background
Clarksons Research is the research and data division of Clarkson PLC, the world's largest shipbroking group, headquartered in London. The division publishes the Shipping Intelligence Network (SIN), the industry's most widely used fleet database, and the Clarksons Research Shipping Market Overview, which is closely tracked by tanker, bulk, and container market participants. Clarkson PLC was founded in 1852 and retains its position as the dominant broker connecting shipowners with cargo or sale-and-purchase transactions.
Clarksons Research data covers vessel supply, orderbook, scrapping, freight rates, and bunker costs across all shipping segments. In the context of the 2026 Iran conflict, Clarksons analysts produced key assessments of the tanker market's response to Hormuz disruption: the redeployment of VLCC and Suezmax tankers to Cape of Good Hope routing, the absorption of incremental voyage days into the effective fleet supply calculation, and the pricing of war-risk voyage premiums in tanker charter negotiations.
Banks, shipowners, private equity investors, and commodity traders treat Clarksons data as the most comprehensive neutral reference for shipping-market fundamentals. Its freight-rate series are used in contracts, derivatives, and academic research. Clarekons' access to live deal flow from its brokerage operations gives its research a currency advantage over purely analytical competitors.