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Trading Operations

A running series on the operational backbone of commodity trading: freight, demurrage, market structure, and the data discipline that separates good desks from great ones.

3 essays and counting
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Five Things Commodity Desks Need to Know This Week
Trading, Business & Finance
#1

Five Things Commodity Desks Need to Know This Week

Your Wednesday briefing on trading technology, markets, risk and regulation, in 5 minutes. Edition #1 of The Trading Narrative.

Anish PujariAnish PujariAug 7, 2026 3 min read
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Freight Management and Tracking Visibility: How Digital Platforms and AI Are Rewriting the Rules of Commodity Logistics
Tech & AI
Premium

Freight Management and Tracking Visibility: How Digital Platforms and AI Are Rewriting the Rules of Commodity Logistics

Why $15 billion in annual demurrage is a data problem, and how AIS, AI, and integrated CTRM are finally solving it.

Anish PujariAnish PujariAug 7, 2026 8 min read
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The Shipping Industry Is Sitting on a $15 Billion Problem. And Nobody Is Talking About It Honestly.
Trading, Business & Finance

The Shipping Industry Is Sitting on a $15 Billion Problem. And Nobody Is Talking About It Honestly.

Demurrage is not an operational inconvenience, it is a systemic failure of data. The industry loses up to $15 billion a year to a problem that lives in inboxes and spreadsheets.

Anish PujariAnish PujariAug 7, 2026 7 min read