Despite these strengths, each of the five tanker freight indices dropped during 2006.

Road transport Benchmark Freight Index (BFI) initiative taken in India in recently by itransi.

Clearnet and SGX AsiaClear against the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI).

BIFFEX, the Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange - was a London-based exchange for trading ocean freight futures contracts with settlement based on the Baltic Freight Index.