News / New air freight rate index allows shippers to compare modal pricing

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2013 looks as if it might be the year that air freight rate indexes come to the fore in a way that they haven’t previously. Yesterday saw the launch of the long-awaited Drewry east-west air freight price index, based on a weighted average of air freight rates across 21 east-west trades.

Drewry, hitherto primarily a maritime consultancy, is looking to move into Seabury’s air freight stronghold (while Seabury is equally putting some focus into the ocean sector) has teamed up with ...