News / TPM: Volatile ocean rates the stumbling block to index-linked contracts

Photo: Hapag-Lloyd.

04/03/2025

Index-linked contracts are “less desirable” on the transpacific trade, as shippers “need predictability on cost”, and favour longer, traditional contracts, it was reported this week.

CEO of Hapag-Lloyd Rolf Habben Jensen told a press briefing at S&P Global’s TPM25 event in Long Beach, California, the ...

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