What is the Baltic Exchange air freight index?

What is the Baltic Exchange air freight index?

The Baltic Air Freight Indices (BAI) reflect weekly transactional rates for general cargo as provided by freight forwarders.

Is there a freight index?

A freight rate index collects pricing information from multiple carriers, shippers or forwarders at regular intervals to calculate a benchmark or market rate for freight for any given shipping lane and provide visibility into freight rates for interested parties.

What is the freight rate index?

A freight rate index takes the sum of all freight data and calculates the average cost of transportation. Actively analyzing the data creates a transportation benchmark. This benchmark reflects the consistency and value of the data, pricing or demand, regardless of lane or market.

What does TAC index mean?

The TAC Index was created to bring pricing transparency to air cargo. In order to ensure consistency and clarity, the data behind the index comes only from freight forwarders. The ultimate goal is to allow air cargo to benefit from floating rate contracts.

What is IATA rate?

The IATA Exchange Rates are reports used to perform interline invoicing and settlement between airlines. These are world currencies published and monitored against three base currencies (EURO, GBP and USD).

What is Freightos Baltic Index FBX?

FBX stands for Freightos Baltic Index, a series of indices compiled by Freightos and the Baltic Exchange. They measure the daily, 40-foot container rates by freight forwarders for 12 main shipping routes through Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

Will freight prices go down?

After a year in which freight rates continued to set new highs, spot rates are on the decline in 2022 with experts pointing to a series of factors likely contributing to an ongoing decline.

Why are freight rates so high?

Therefore, as the economy expands and demand exceeds supply (which we are seeing now), shipping prices increase to help manage demand for cargo space, and to cover costs from unprofitable periods when prices fall. Shipping prices are also particularly sensitive to changes in fuel prices.

What is FEU shipping?

FEU is an acronym used in logistics, which means ‘Forty Equipment Unit’.