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Air cargo market intelligence: helping clients make the best airfreight decisions with our world-wide freight rate data

What We Do

TAC Index provides independent, accurate and actionable global air freight data, allowing our customers to make comparative, cost effective and intelligent air freight decisions. Gain a competitive edge with TAC Index by accessing global freight rates and exploring diverse freight marketplaces. Make informed, data-driven decisions to meet your logistics requirements.

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TAC Index provides independent, accurate and actionable global air freight data, allowing our customers to make comparative, cost effective and intelligent air freight decisions. Stay updated with the Baltic Freight Index and world freight rates today. TAC Index offers timely market updates for informed shipping strategies.

Actionable data sets

TAC Index provides independent, accurate and actionable global air freight data, allowing our customers to make comparative, cost effective and intelligent air freight decisions. Be at the forefront with TAC Index, where you can access global freight rates and explore diverse freight platforms. Utilize data-driven insights to make informed decisions for your logistics requirements.

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Risk Management

TAC Index opens up a new field in air cargo with the development of new risk management products for the industry never previously available. These new tools allow users to fine tune and adjust their risk exposure over time.

Analytics

Never before has such timely, high quality and actionable data been available to market users. TAC Index data sets are used for benchmarking, modelling, dynamic price modelling, as a macroeconomic indicator and more. TAC Index provides valuable freight indices and rates, including freight rates chart and freight cost index. Access real-time data for better logistics decisions.

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Core users of TAC Index data

Multiple industries utilise the TAC data sets in different ways. Select the user journey most relevant to you. Optimize your logistics operations through data driven contract negotiations with trusted partners. Benchmark procurement performance on existing 3PL’s agreements. Signal input form dynamic pricing and financial modeling. Index for Index- Linked contacts and pricing discussions.

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Shippers

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Forwarders

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Airlines

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Airports

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Financial Analysts

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Risk Management

Our Products

TAC Index currently produces three products; some live and others in last stage development. TAC Freight tracks general cargo pricing; demand, while TAC Space tracks theoretical air cargo capacity; supply. TAC Energy tracks fuel surcharge data.

TAC Freight: Air Cargo Pricing Rate Index
TAC Freight: Air Freight Price Index

Airport-to-airport general cargo pricing index tracking volatility across the major air cargo trade routes. Data used for benchmarking and risk management purposes.

TAC Energy: Fuel Surcharge Index
TAC Energy: Energy Spot Rates

Fuel Surcharge pricing index tracking volatility on a global and country level. Your source for centralized Fuel Surcharge information.

TAC Space: Freight Capacity Tool
TAC Space: Space Cargo Rates

Theoretical capacity tracking solution using real-time satellite data. An innovative way to understand fluctuations in air cargo capacity flows.

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FAQ

Both data sets are generated using similar methodology. As the BAI is a financial compliant, fully audited index for the settlement of financial contracts they are obligated to produce a handbook, the latest version can be viewed here.

No, forwarders can only access TAC Freight data sets as a Data Provider which is free of charge. For more information please contact TAC Index directly at info@tacindex.com

No – these user types can only access the TAC Freight data as a subscriber.
This data is available to all users on a subscription basis.
The data is taken from the Master Airway Bill (MAWB) between Airline & Forwarder.
TAC Index is an independent price reporting agency that is fully antitrust compliant. The data sets are produced weekly using only transactional data obtained from the MAWB. The data is filtered, cleaned, checked and verified before publication each Monday at 17:00 GMT making the unbiased data sets extremely valuable at point of publication.

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