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Part 4 of 4: How to Get Started with Freight Hedging, and Who in Your Company Should Sign Off

Oil, power and grain buyers hedge, and container shippers are starting to do the same. But who in a shipper's organisation approves it, how do you access the market, and what does it tie up in working capital? Read a practical guide to taking the first step with container freight futures and options.
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Part 3 of 4: What Happens to Your Freight Budget if the Market Doubles?

Your CFO wants a 2027 freight number for his budget that you can hit. An index-linked contract keeps your cargo moving, but it doesn't fix your budget. Here is how container freight futures and options work, in plain words, and what a hedge would do for a European importer.
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Part 2 of 4: How to Set Up an Index-Linked Contract for Your 2027 Europe Tender

In a volatile market, a fixed-rate contract can come under pressure from both sides. An index-linked contract lets the rate follow the market in return for stronger allocation and service commitments. Here is how to structure one for your 2027 Europe tender.
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Part 1 of 4: Preparing for Your 2027 Europe Tender

Carriers are offering index-linked contract options in the 2027 Europe tender. Before you say yes, work through five questions: how much volume, what you get in return, which index, how the rate moves and how you will secure the budget.
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Launching Two New NYFI Trades: Asia to Mediterranean and Asia to US Gulf Coast

NYFI now covers two more trades out of Asia: the Mediterranean and the US Gulf Coast. Here is what launched, why it matters for benchmarking and index-linked contracts, and how a new NYFI trade gets approved.
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Beyond the Market Average: Make More Informed Freight Decisions with NYFI PRO

The free NYFI shows you the trade. NYFI PRO shows you your lane. Subtrade and port-pair indices, history from 2023, futures curves and supply-and-demand analytics help you benchmark your rates and decide when to fix and when to ride the market.
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Trade Options on NYFI: A New Way to Manage Container Freight Risk

Container freight futures let you lock in a freight rate. Options let you set a ceiling, or put a floor under it, while keeping the upside if the market moves your way. Here's a plain-language guide to the new NYFI options contracts on ICE: how they work, who they're built for and how to take a first […]
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Index-Linked Ocean Contracts Explained: How They Work, How to Structure One and How to Choose the Index

Fixed annual rate contracts break whenever the market moves far enough, and they break for whichever side the market has moved against. Index-linked contracts are designed to fix that. Here's a plain-language guide to how they work, the decisions that go into structuring one, and why the NYFI freight […]
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Stop Overpaying on Rates You Already Negotiated: 3 Ways NYSHEX Rate Intelligence Pays for Itself

One mid-sized U.S. importer found that more than 1 in 10 shipments went to a costlier carrier, even though a better rate was already in their contract portfolio. Here's where that overspend hides, and the three ways Rate Intelligence wins it back.
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Why the Best Rate Management Tool Might Be the One You Never Open

Every BCO and NVOCC managing ocean freight rates knows the routine. Carrier rate sheets land as PDFs, spreadsheets, or emails, in different formats, on different schedules, none of them talking to each other. Someone on your team spends hours each week just reconciling what you're actually paying versus […]
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How to Structure Your Ocean Freight Tender Across Fixed, Index-Linked, and Spot Contract

Most tenders ask which carrier gets each lane. Fewer ask which contract structure does. Here's how to split volume across fixed, index-linked, and spot, lane by lane, not portfolio-wide.
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How Do You Know If Your Ocean Freight Contract Management Process Is Working?

Strong contract management isn't measured by how many contracts you negotiate. It's measured by how consistently your organization executes them after they're signed. Here's how leading procurement teams evaluate whether their contract management process is actually working.
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How to Benchmark Ocean Freight Rates Across Your Carrier Portfolio

Benchmarking one lane is useful. Benchmarking your entire carrier portfolio is where procurement teams uncover their biggest opportunities for savings, stronger negotiations, and better allocation decisions.
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Should You Renegotiate Your Ocean Contracts When the Market Changes?

Your contract may no longer reflect today's market, but that doesn't automatically mean it's time to renegotiate. Learn how procurement teams use transaction-based benchmarks, index-linked contracts, and new risk management tools to respond more effectively as freight markets evolve.
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Why Ocean Freight Procurement Spreadsheets Eventually Break Down

Every new spreadsheet solves today's problem. Six months later, it becomes tomorrow's source of confusion. Learn why spreadsheet drift happens in ocean freight procurement and how leading teams eliminate it.
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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.
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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 with greater confidence.
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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.
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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.
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CaseStudies

Learn how BARK used NYSHEX to meet their allocation in-full in 2021 and get ahead of challenges at both destination and origin.

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NYSHEXPodcast

2022 was a crazy year for the container shipping industry. But how can we take these learnings to adjust our strategies for the coming year? In our latest episode, Don brings back Caroline Weaver, Account Manager at NYSHEX, to review what happened in 2022 and what lessons we can bring into the new year. In […]

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NYSHEXWebinars

How to hedge against volatility with multi-year ocean contracts

With all the market challenges and more to come, shippers need to be proactive to avoid future disruptions. Join our upcoming webinar to learn why shippers are starting to sign multi-year contracts to rebuild confidence and stability in the supply chain operations and create an…

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NYSHEXWhitepaper

Winning in Ocean Contracting in 2020 and Beyond

The shipping industry has changed, and reliability has suffered. As an ocean procurement executive, however, your objectives to contract competitive freight rates, minimize spend deviations versus forecasted budget, and ensure cargo arrives on time have not changed. In this white paper, Chuck McDaniel, former Global Logistics Procurement

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