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The Freight Right TrueFreight Index (TFX) tracks global container shipping rates in real-time, ensuring accuracy through rigorous data validation and volume-weighted calculations. It aggregates pricing from logistics providers, filtering anomalies. Automated processes enhance objectivity, while ongoing reviews and audits ensure reliability, aligning with market trends and industry demands.
The TrueFreight Index provides shippers, forwarders, and BCOs with the most up-to-date snapshot of container shipping spot market rates. Our index is updated daily with verified market bids to help you navigate rate volatility, secure better contracts, and plan your supply chain with confidence.
Below are the latest spot rates for the most active trade lanes. Rates reflect the market average for standard 20ft (LCL) and 40ft containers (FCL) on the spot market.
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The Freight Right TrueFreight Index (TFX) is a benchmark designed to accurately reflect global container shipping rates by capturing real-time market fluctuations across carriers' spot, FAK, vessel and ratio rate data. Built on a foundation of transparency and data integrity, the index aggregates pricing information from multiple logistics providers, including freight forwarders and industry stakeholders.
To maintain accuracy, the index applies rigorous data validation techniques, filtering out anomalies and inconsistencies. It primarily relies on median spot rates for standard container shipments across key trade lanes. In cases of limited data availability, a structured methodology ensures completeness and reliability.
The index calculation follows a volume-weighted approach, where major trade routes with higher shipping activity exert greater influence on the final benchmark value. Automated processes eliminate bias, ensuring objectivity and consistency in rate determination.
Freight Right continuously enhances the index through regular reviews, quality control audits, and backtesting, ensuring it remains a reliable market indicator that aligns with industry trends and market demands.
The TrueFreight Index is a supplemental index to the world's major container freight indicies. The major indices offer holistic views of the freight market while TrueFreight offers analysts, logistics managers and supply chain professionals an answer to the question "how much does it cost to purchase container space today?" with an uncluttered look only at the spot rate market.
TrueFreight is built on verified daily spot market bids and focuses on real, actionable rates you can benchmark instantly. Unlike survey-based indices, our data is direct from active market transactions.
Yes, we track FCL, LCL, and premium service tiers, plus different container sizes (20ft, 40ft, HC).
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