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The NYFI Difference: Why Index Governance Matters More Than You Think

Not all freight indices are governed the same way. If you're using an index for benchmarking, contracting, or financial planning, governance matters more than you might think.

Capacity Data Is the Rate Signal Most Teams Miss

By the time a GRI hits your inbox, the market has already been signaling it for weeks. Learn how procurement teams use capacity data to spot changes before the rate announcement ar...

How Procurement Teams Evaluate New Ocean Freight Lanes with Rate Intelligence

Expanding into new sourcing origins requires more than carrier quotes. Learn how one procurement team used four layers of market intelligence to evaluate new ocean freight lanes wi...

Why Your Ocean Freight Costs Look Different to Every Team in Your Company

Ask procurement, logistics, and finance what you're paying per TEU. You'll get three different numbers. Here's why that happens and what it costs your operation.

Why Ocean Freight Is Now a CFO-Level Conversation

Ocean freight is a CFO-level conversation now. Supply chain leaders with a market benchmark don't defend variances. They report performance. Here's the difference.

The Amendment Problem: Why Ocean Freight Contracts Are Harder to Manage Than You Think

Carriers give you notice before a rate amendment lands. What they don't give you is a system to manage it. Here's what the amendment problem actually costs your team.

How to Know if Your Ocean Freight Rates Are Still Competitive

Annual contracts capture a moment in time, but markets keep moving. Learn how transaction-based benchmarking helps procurement teams understand whether their contracted rates remai...

Why Your Ocean Freight Budget Keeps Coming in Over Plan

The conversation with finance about why freight came in over plan is uncomfortable. Having the data to prevent it is not.

NYSHEX Appoints Nico Smuts to Board of Directors

Capital markets expert brings deep expertise as NYSHEX scales NYFI, the benchmark underlying ocean freight futures now trading on Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)

Container Freight Futures Are Live. Here's What That Actually Means for Shippers.

Something Changed on April 7, 2026

How to Build an Ocean Freight Rate Intelligence Process in Four Steps

Most procurement teams managing ocean freight do not have a rate intelligence process. They have a collection of habits: checking an index occasionally, asking their forwarder what...

What Is Ocean Freight Rate Intelligence? A Practical Guide for Procurement Teams

Rate intelligence eliminates the unnecessary freight costs that exist because of information gaps, and in most procurement organizations that portion is meaningful.

The Five Questions Your CFO Will Ask About Freight Hedging (and How to Answer Each One)

Bringing freight hedging to finance isn't about selling a new idea. It's about answering the same due diligence questions treasury asks of every material business risk.

How Freight Risk Management Changes the Conversation with Finance

The biggest change isn't the hedge itself. It's how procurement can communicate market exposure, trade-offs, and planning decisions to finance before costs begin to drift.

How Hedging Works in Plain Language

Freight hedging sounds complicated because of the terminology, not the concepts. Here's how freight futures work using familiar ocean freight scenarios instead of financial jargon.

You've Been Managing Ocean Freight Risk All Along

The language may be new, but the discipline isn't. Many of the decisions procurement teams make every day are already forms of risk management.

How Modern Procurement Teams Manage Ocean Freight Risk

Ocean freight procurement has always been about managing risk. Today's market is changing how that risk is measured, communicated, and managed.

Trust Requires Structure

Delivering through volatility requires more than accurate data. It requires a benchmark that participants trust to be fair, transparent, and structurally balanced.

Context Turns Data into Insight

Why an Index Alone Is Not Enough

Managing Freight Like a Financial Exposure

Why Hedgeability Matters in a Volatile Shipping Market

Transparency Builds Stability in Volatile Markets

Why Access to an Index Should Not Be Paywalled

Predictability in Volatile Markets Starts with Accuracy

Why an Index Based on Shipped Rates Matters

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to Launch NYSHEX Container Freight Futures

Contracts Offer New Tools to Hedge Container Freight Price Risk

From Signals to Decisions: Operationalizing Rate Intelligence

From Rates to Signals: How Leading Teams Read the Freight Market

For decades, freight rates have been treated as answers.

Why Annual Freight Rate Sheets Stop Reflecting the Market

Annual rate sheets create clarity at contract signing, but markets continue to evolve. Learn why static rate sheets create blind spots long before contracts expire.

Why Freight Budgets Miss After Contracts Are Signed

Your freight budget didn't fail during execution. It started drifting the moment the contract was signed. Learn why budgets diverge from reality as markets continue to move.

Why Ocean Freight Needed a Better Benchmark

Volatility didn't create ocean freight's biggest challenge, it exposed it. Learn why the industry needed a trusted benchmark built on actual shipped transactions, not estimates or ...

How Data Empowers Shippers to Reclaim Control in the Ocean Chaos

By Karina Cooper, NYSHEX VP of Commercial

Rethinking Freight: Why It’s Time for Smarter Contracts, Data-Driven Decisions, and a Cultural Shift in Ocean Shipping

By: Martin Coudurier, NYSHEX Director of Commercial