Freight index platforms are keen to push index-linked agreements (ILAs), but there are questions about whether a volatile market attracts or deters shippers and carriers from changing their contract style.
Today, Patrik Berglund, CEO of freight rate intelligence platform Xeneta, predicted: “2025 will be the year we bring clarity to this industry as to how indexing should be done.”
Index-linked contracts track freight rates and offer periodic price adjustments to the agreed rate, …
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