Our guest this episode is Professor Nikos Nomikos, an expert in shipping trade and finance. He has experience in researching freight derivatives and their use in managing freight exposure for shipping companies. In an insight packed 20 minutes on the Freight Up podcast from FIS he notes that charters are more active in the freight derivatives market than ship owners, who primarily focus on managing costs to survive the volatile shipping markets. However, shipping is an industry ripe for investment due to its role in facilitating the vast majority o ...