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How to Read Ocean Freight Market Signals Together

Capacity, forward curves, schedule reliability: each one tells you something different. Read only one and you'll miss the setup for the next GRI weeks before it lands.

Not All Freight Indices Are Equal. Here's How to Pick the Right One.

The right freight index depends on what you are using it for. An index suitable for general market monitoring may be completely unsuitable for a financial contract. Using the wrong...

How to Give Your CFO a Real Number for Ocean Freight Spend

The Problem: Ocean Freight Budgets Are Educated Guesses When a CFO asks for a firm projection of ocean freight spend over the next 12 to 18 months, the honest answer from most logi...

Why Your Fixed-Rate Ocean Freight Contract Isn't Actually Fixed

Ocean Freight Procurement Tools: What Leading Shippers Are Using in 2026

Most procurement teams have a TMS, an audit tool, and a tender process. Almost none have the two categories that actually close the gap. Here's the five-category map of what leadin...

How to Audit Your Ocean Freight Invoices

Your freight invoice should be predictable. You have a contract. You know your lanes. You know your carrier. The number at the bottom should not surprise you. If it does, you are n...

Ocean Freight Indices Explained: SCFI, WCI, FBX, NYFI and How to Choose the Right One

Volatility didn't create ocean freight's problem, it exposed one that was already there: contracts and budgets anchored to assumptions that stop updating. Here's why that gap neede...

Index-Linked Contracts in Ocean Freight: What They Are and How They Work

A fixed rate isn't the protection it looks like. Carriers control the surcharge stack. Here's the contract structure that closes that gap.

How to Read an Ocean Freight Quote

An ocean freight quote is not a single number. It is a collection of charges that together represent the total cost of moving your cargo from origin to destination, and the way tho...

Why Did My Ocean Freight Rate Go Up?

A higher invoice doesn't mean your rate changed, it might mean a surcharge did. Here's the actual list of reasons ocean freight rates go up, and how to tell which one hit you.

Ocean Freight Surcharges: Complete List and What Each One Means

This guide covers every major ocean freight surcharge, organized by category, with plain-language definitions and the abbreviations you will see on freight quotes and invoices.

NYFI vs Xeneta: Setting the Record Straight on Freight Benchmarks