ICE Launches New VLCC Tanker and Container Freight Contracts as Customers Hedge Freight Risk Across Global Trade Routes

LONDON & NEW YORK, October 05, 2026--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), one of the world's leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, and home to the largest and most liquid energy derivatives markets in the world, today announced the launch of new tanker and container freight futures and options as average daily volume (ADV) across ICE’s freight markets is up 33% year-to-date.