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TAC Index – Air Freight Market Blog

Neil Wilson
November 11, 2024

Rates are firmer in October, but will ‘front-loading’ make the peak more muted?

Air freight rates were up again last month, with the global Baltic Air Freight Index (BAI00) calculated by TAC Data rising +8.1% over the four weeks to 4 November, leaving it ahead by +10.9% over 12 months. October thus delivered another in a series...

Neil Wilson
October 3, 2024

Air freight rates in a holding pattern as new rules in the US target e-commerce – and port strike starts

Overall air freight rates were little changed last month, with the global Baltic Air Freight Index (BAI00) edging up +1.8% over the four weeks to 30 September, leaving it ahead by +7.5% over the previous 12 months. The index of outbound routes from Hong...

Neil Wilson
September 5, 2024

Markets spooked by carry trade worries and Temu results, but air freight rates stay firm

Air freight rates maintained a firm tone again through the month of August. The Baltic Air Freight Index (BAI00) gained another +5.6% over the four weeks to September 2, taking its rise over 12 months to +17.2%. Overall, rates have remained unusually strong throughout...

Neil Wilson
August 1, 2024

IT outage and other distortions cause turbulence – but fail to throw air freight markets off course

July proved to be another unusual month in the air freight market. The TAC Data indices ended the month more or less flat overall – but at levels still stronger than usual for the summer season, when there is often a lull. The overall...

Neil Wilson
July 4, 2024

Air freight rates stay firm – while markets fret about elections, Trump, tariffs and trade

Global air freight rates maintained a firm tone again throughout the month of June according the latest data from TAC Index, the leading price reporting agency (PRA) for air freight. The overall Baltic Air Freight Index (BAI00) calculated by TAC ended the four weeks...

Neil Wilson
June 12, 2024

Air freight rates high for the low season – and looking stronger ahead, especially to Europe

Air freight rates enjoyed another solid month in May, with the overall Baltic Air Freight Index (BAI00) calculated by TAC Data edging up +0.9% in the four weeks to 3 June, leaving it ahead by +6.4% over 12 months. The continuing strength of the...