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Shippers and forwarders can now access a real-time spot market air freight rates, as well as the possibility of hedging on prices, as the TAC Index launched this week.

Based on sea freight’s Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI), the TAC has been several years in the making and has ...

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  • John Roberts

    May 23, 2016 at 2:53 pm

    Huh? Forwarders spend time putting in rates regularly so shippers can benchmark prices then go back to the forwarders and get them to reduce their prices. Do I understand this correctly?