Sea Long Term – Overview

The solution allows benchmarking Sea Long Term rates.

What is Sea Long Term ?

Sea Long Term refers to negotiated maritime freight rates, often based on NAC (Named Account) contracts. These are rates agreed between carriers and shippers (or forwarders) for specific clients, trade lanes, and volumes, typically with a commitment over a longer period (several months to a year).

Geographical Coverage

Our Sea Long Term benchmarking solution is available for seaports and locations across the globe. You provide to the API your precise GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for both pick-up and delivery locations and the associated service type (see below).

If you’re interested, the full list of seaports that can be benchmarked with Sea Long Term, along with their coordinates and geographical zones, is available on our Open Data portal.

Service Type

You can include the pre and post carriage rates in our benchmark if your location is not an airport. The pre and post carriage rates are specifically for road transportation.

Code	Description
ptp	Portt o port
dtp	Door to port (pre carriage included)
ptd	Port to door (post carriage included)
dtd	Door to door (pre and post carriage included)

Container types

You can benchmark one or more containers between the types below:

Code	Description	Dimensions
20GP	20-ft General Purpose	20ft x 8ft x 8ft 6in
40GP	40-ft General Purpose	40ft x 8ft x 8ft 6in
40HC	40-ft High Cube	40ft x 8ft x 9ft 6in
20RF	20-ft Reefer	20ft x 8ft x 8ft 6in
40RF	40-ft Reefer	40ft x 8ft x 8ft 6in
40RH	40-ft High Cube Reefer	40ft x 8ft x 9ft 6in

Hazardous Goods

You can benchmark with or without hazardous goods included in the shipment.

Terminal Handling Charges

Terminal Handling Charges cover the costs associated with handling containers at ports or terminals, including loading and unloading containers. THC fees are typically applicable to both import and export shipments and are charged per container. The charges can vary depending on the ports.

Dates

The benchmarking process provides prices for specific routes on selected dates, including past dates starting from January 1, 2017 to today.