Data Coverage & Methodology
Where does Freightos Terminal data come from?
Freightos Terminal is built on data generated across Freightos applications, including procurement, rate management, and booking tools. Our data sources include: Carrier APIs Rate files from 5,000+ freight forwarders Customer-submitted rate sheets ...
What data does Freightos Terminal cover?
Freightos Terminal provides global coverage for ocean and air freight, with lane-level data down to specific port-to-port and airport-to-airport pairs. Freightos Terminal goes beyond pricing. Depending on the dataset, it also includes: Supply and ...
What is the FAX?
FAX stands for Freightos Air Index. It’s a comprehensive, transaction‑based view of air cargo market pricing, built from actual deals between forwarders and carriers and reinforced by real offered digital rates on WebCargo by Freightos - the largest ...
What ports and airports are considered for each region?
Freightos Terminal groups lanes into defined regions for both ocean (FBX) and air (FAX). The FBX flagship index is a weighted average of 12 regional route indices. Each region is defined by a specific list of ports or airports. Ocean (FBX) regions: ...
Does the index include spot or contract rates?
Yes - both. In Terminal, you can switch between Spot and Contract using the rate‑type toggle, and view one at a time for clean apples‑to‑apples comparisons. FBX and FAX are spot benchmarks. In the same interface, you can benchmark contract rates on ...
Does the index include door to door pricing (land, customs, handling etc)?
Freightos Terminal benchmarks (including FBX/FAX) reflect the main freight leg only - not full door‑to‑door quotes. For ocean freight, rates are calculated CY‑to‑CY (Container Yard to Container Yard). For air, they’re airport‑to‑airport. That means ...
What is the FBX?
FBX stands for Freightos Baltic Index. It’s the industry benchmark for ocean freight rates on 40' containers (FEUs), produced with the Baltic Exchange and calculated daily (Mon–Fri). You’ll see a global composite plus 12 regional trade‑lane indices. ...