Airlines rethink strategy as ecommerce to US begins decline
Shippers and forwarders are waiting to see how airlines manage their capacity before locking into ...
As shippers, carriers and forwarders look to index-linked contracts (ILAs) to mitigate risk to capital amid Red-Sea freight-rate volatility, Matthew Gore, partner at shipping law firm HFW, warned of potential flaws in the system.
Yesterday, Xeneta revealed that a shipper with an ILA may use 40ft containers (feu) to transport their goods, but their contract is tied to a 20ft equivalent container index (teu).
It said: “Global ocean trade is dominated by 40ft containers, yet many ILAs benchmark against teu indices ...
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Walter Kemmsies
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