In today’s freight markets, unpredictability is the only constant. Rates, capacity, and reliability can shift overnight – putting procurement and supply chain teams under constant pressure to adapt. When the market moves this fast, freight rate data alone shows only part of the picture. And you often have to pay a higher price to guarantee your goods will move on time.
To stay ahead, you need visibility into both cost and service levels.
As Simon Sundboell, VP Ocean Liner Networks & Schedules at Xeneta, said in a recent episode of The Freight Debate podcast:
“[The industry's] been talking about ‘data-driven’ for years. That's been a sort of bingo term. Everybody wants to be ‘data-driven’, but I think Xeneta is and was an example of that. Everybody had an opinion about where freight rates went, but now you actually log onto a platform and you see where they went and you have it down to a very granular detail.
eeSea provides the same thing on schedules. Everybody had an opinion about whether MSC's performance, or Hapag-Lloyd's, or OCL’s performance was good or bad, now you got numbers on it”
Seeing Beyond Freight Costs
Xeneta is widely used by global procurement and supply chain teams as the trusted source for rate benchmarking in ocean and air freight – but did you know Xeneta goes far beyond just benchmarking freight rates?
Driven by our mission to transform how freight is bought and sold, Xeneta delivers unmatched visibility across global ocean and air freight markets. Our granular datasets cover spot and long-term contracts, liner and airline rates, capacity, and other service-level metrics to help organizations cut costs, negotiate better contracts, select the right suppliers, and build more resilient supply chains.
But we know data alone is not enough. That’s why we combine millions of validated datapoints with powerful tools, that let you research and benchmark your freight rates, analyze spend, identify weak points, run tenders, forecast costs, plan, and manage your supplier performance – all in one place.
You also gain access to expert analyst insights, and a global community of leading shippers, freight forwarders, and carriers, to give you the context and peer support you need to act with confidence.
At Xeneta, our goal is simple: to bring you clarity through trusted data, technology, and expertise, so you can plan ahead, act decisively, and clearly show the impact of your decisions across your supply chain.
Freight Data That Tells the Full Story
In a volatile freight market, true resilience begins with visibility into price and service levels, allowing you to make balanced decisions that keep costs down and shipments on schedule.
Xeneta delivers a full view of the ocean and air freight markets—combining rate and capacity data with ocean freight insights on carrier reliability, transit times, and cost forecasts. This level of visibility helps you anticipate market shifts, manage suppliers, and act on identified potential weak points and cost saving opportunities.
Explore our datasets that power today’s most resilient freight strategies:
Simplify How You Manage Freight with Xeneta
At Xeneta, we transform millions of freight data points—from shipper contracts, freight forwarder agreements, airline data, and trusted data partners—into clear, actionable insights that drive more effective tenders, contract negotiations, budgeting, and planning.
No more juggling spreadsheets or chasing unverified sources. Our intuitive platform gives you a unified view and a single source of truth your teams can rely on. Whether you work in procurement, supply chain, or finance, you can see the market clearly, manage suppliers, select optimal routes, and justify costs.
Fuelled by our extensive range of datasets, here’s how Xeneta's ocean and air product capabilities help you streamline workflows, improve accuracy, and respond to market shifts:
1. Benchmarking & Rate Management
- Manage and Secure Rates More Easily - Benchmark contracts against live market data and compare offered rates to negotiate and agree more quickly.
- Implement and manage Index-Linked Contracts - Cut tender time from months to days; only pay fair market rates; navigate any market condition with our Indexing tools [Ocean product only]
- Manage, standardize, and compare your door-to door rates - Centralize and standardize all freight rate, charge, and service data in one secure repository. Improve data accuracy, streamline invoice workflows, and eliminate manual inefficiencies of managing rates in spreadsheets [Ocean product only]
2. Market Monitoring & Risk Management
- Monitor the Market & Manage Risk - Act fast on shifts in cost and service level through our real-time and predictive risk dashboards
- Forecasting & Budgeting - Avoid surprises. Understand historical spend and performance and use our forecasts to plan and budget with accuracy. [Ocean product only]
- Decide Time to Market for Tenders - Go to the market at the right time using our predictive analytics, historical & real-time data.
3. Network & Supplier Strategy
- Build a Network & Supplier Strategy - Easily search lane-level freight intelligence and rates, and review and compare carrier reliability.
- Measure & Evaluate Carrier & LSP Performance - Compare carriers/LSPs and evaluate their performance through reliability indexes, transit times benchmarks, and carrier performance scorecards [Ocean product only]
4. Sourcing & Tendering
- Sourcing & Tendering - Run tenders faster and secure best value with our tender benchmark tool. Get predictive insights with our market rate outlook.
- Support Shifts from Air to Ocean ↔ Ocean to Air - Evaluate air and ocean markets with trusted benchmarks and forecasts to support informed freight planning.
5. Network Planning & Optimization
- Network Planning: Routes & Cargo Types - Use real-time lane data, carrier performance, predictive forecasts for capacity and rates to build a more resilient supply chain
6. Reporting & Stakeholder Communication
- Report & Justify Internally - Back every decision and report back on your impact, with industry-leading market data through our intuitive dashboards, exports, reporting tools, and our expert analysts reports.
The world’s leading shippers and freight buyers have already made the shift.
In fact, 70% of the world's top global FMCG giants, 60% of leading pharmaceutical leaders, and 50% of the top 10 automotive brands already trust Xeneta to guide their freight decisions – with 93% of Xeneta customers choosing to renew with us in 2024.
This is the modern way to manage freight — simpler, faster, and designed to surface opportunities you can act on immediately.
Curious to see how it works in practice? Explore real examples of how leading shippers, freight forwarders, and carriers use Xeneta to make smarter, faster freight decisions.
Photo features Xeneta customers speaking at the 2025 Xeneta Summit in Barcelona
Unlock the power of our experts and community
Data becomes truly valuable when you can interpret it – our expert analysts are here to make that happen.
With weekly and monthly market updates, they help you understand the impact of external factors on freight costs and service levels. Additionally, our customer solutions team can present and produce comprehensive reports that outline opportunities to improve your service levels, reduce costs, and de-risk potential weak points.
As part of our community, you gain access to the annual Xeneta Summit, monthly webinars, roundtables, and Q&A sessions featuring our C-suite leaders and industry peers. These events give opportunity to exchange insights, discuss market trends, and discover how others in your industry are adapting to change.
Being part of Xeneta means you’re never navigating the market alone – you have a community that helps you make sense of change and move forward with confidence.
See Xeneta in action
Freight teams everywhere share the same challenge: making strategic decisions in an unpredictable market. In a world where change never stops, resilience comes from visibility – and the ability to anticipate and adapt quickly to market shifts.
At Xeneta, we go beyond benchmarking – empowering you see the full picture and make decisions with confidence.
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