CASC

Commodities and Shipping Club · Northeastern University

Where the world’s barrels, bushels and boats meet the classroom.

Northeastern’s student desk for energy, metals, agriculture and shipping: weekly research, industry speakers and a path into the trade.

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  • Brent◆
  • WTI◆
  • Henry Hub◆
  • VLCC◆
  • Capesize◆
  • FFA◆
  • Copper◆
  • Aluminium◆
  • Gold◆
  • Soybeans◆
  • Corn◆
  • Urea◆
  • Containers◆
  • Power◆

14

E-board members

4

Research desks

15

Events hosted

11

Firms on stage

4

Analyst briefs this week

Why join

CASC?

Commodities and Shipping Club

01

Research desks

Join one of four desks and publish a weekly analyst brief on the stories moving your market.

02

Industry speakers

Hear traders, analysts and risk managers from the firms that physically move the world's commodities.

03

Career pathways

Resume reviews, interview prep and introductions for trading, shipping and commodity-finance roles.

04

Community

A close group of students who read the tape together, argue about freight, and share pizza on Wednesdays.

Firms in the CASC network: speakers, placements and connections

  • Vitol◆
  • Chevron◆
  • Cargill◆
  • Hartree Partners◆
  • The Andersons◆
  • Rhode Island Energy◆
  • TotalEnergies◆
  • Trafigura◆
  • UBS◆
  • BP◆
  • Morgan Stanley◆

Partner with CASC

Meet the analysts before the market does.

Desk sponsorships, speaker sessions and early access to a résumé book of students who write weekly research on your markets.

Fall 2026

Leadership

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applications are open!

Commodities and Shipping Club

Analyst seats on all four desks, every semester. No trading experience required, just curiosity.

Apply to CASC