Kpler Dry Briefing | Singapore International Ferrous Week
Synopsis
Join Kpler experts during Ferrous Week for an exclusive executive briefing exploring the forces shaping dry freight, seaborne iron ore trade flows, and ferrous market intelligence in the second half of 2026.
From freight market volatility and geopolitical disruption to real-time steel mill intelligence and AI-powered analytics, this session will provide actionable insights for commodity and maritime market participants navigating an increasingly dynamic market environment.
Event details:
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Address: WeWork @ 21 Collyer Quay. Level 2
Time: 10am SGT
Agenda
Registration
Briefing
Networking Lunch
Agenda
Session 1
Dry Freight & Iron Ore Market Outlook
An outlook on the dry bulk freight market and evolving seaborne iron ore trade dynamics heading into the second half of 2026.
Topics covered:
- Demand and supply drivers: outlook for the second half of the year and implications for vessel earnings
- The shipping market and iron ore: quantifying the freight component in iron ore price strength
- War in the Middle East: scenarios for reopening and why it matters to dry freight
Session 2
Ferrous Trade Intelligence & Market Transparency
Discover how Kpler’s market intelligence capabilities are delivering deeper visibility into iron ore flows, steel production ecosystems, and emerging ferrous markets.
Topics covered:
- Fine tuning flows: how Kpler tracks transshipments and emergent iron ore trades
- Asset level intelligence: real-time visibility into the inflows and outflows of major steel mills
- Intermediate iron products: Kpler’s coverage of the ferrous scrap, HBI and DRI markets
Session 3
AI-Powered Ferrous Market Intelligence
Explore how real-time analytics and AI-driven workflows are transforming market monitoring and decision-making across the ferrous value chain.
Topics covered:
- Using real-time data to monitor changing ferrous market conditions
- Building faster market intelligence workflows with Kpler AI tools
- Identifying market signals, disruptions and trade flow shifts in real time
- Enhancing trading, research and commercial decision-making through AI-enabled insights
Meet the speakers
Jasmine Ng
Jasmine has a background working with Iron Ore, Coal and Steel commodities. Prior to Kpler, Jasmine was a Market Analyst at Majestic Rock Resources, of which parent group Sinogiant is headquartered in Beijing.
Alexis Ellender
Alexis joined Kpler’s Insight Team in March 2023 as Lead Major Dry Bulks Analyst. Based in London, he brings over a decade of experience in dry bulk commodities and freight research. He leads the development of Kpler’s dry bulks research offering, covering coal, fertiliser, grain, iron ore, minor bulks, and dry freight. His work spans market analysis, supply-demand and pricing outlooks, client presentations, industry speaking engagements, and supporting the growth of Kpler’s dry bulks data products. Previously, he was a Director at Simpson Spence Young (SSY) in the Consultancy & Research team.
Chen Kun
Kun Chen is a Lead Market Solutions at Kpler, where he works with traders, analysts, and shipping teams at the world's largest commodity firms to build intelligence solutions that fit the way they actually work. With over a decade of experience in commodity markets, Kun specialises in working with end-users to design and implement solutions built on Kpler's real-time data, from seaborne iron ore flows and vessel tracking to port inventories and cargo intelligence. He has a particular focus on helping clients bridge the gap between raw market data and the decisions they need to make, whether that means building custom data integrations, embedding Kpler's AI tools into existing analytical workflows, or capturing market signals through customised dashboards.
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