Supply Chain Secrets
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Supply Chain Secrets
Same Trade Lane, Different Numbers: Decoding Freight Indices
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Ocean freight rates are past peak season on the Transpacific and Asia-North Europe, but a widening gap between the NYFI and SCFI on Asia-US West Coast is raising questions about which number actually reflects the market.
In this episode, Lars Jensen and Caroline Weaver cover:
- Why NYFI and SCFI measure fundamentally different things, and how to spot a "phantom GRI" before it costs you
- What index-linked contracts actually protect you from, and how to pick the right index for your business
- The current East Coast/West Coast rate divergence and what's driving it
- Escalating Middle East shipping risk, including the attack on tankers in Damietta, and why carrier profits aren't proof of market manipulation
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