Laneway unbundles the ocean freight base rate — giving carriers better utilization and shippers guaranteed capacity.
Ocean freight contracts bundle two fundamentally different costs into one number. When demand oscillates, the contract breaks — shippers lose space and carriers lose cargo.
A tradable loading guarantee that lives alongside your contract, not inside it. Space gets its own price, and both sides benefit.
Shippers purchase AEUs from carriers by service and week. AEUs lock in guaranteed capacity.
Buy as much or as little space as you need, week to week. The AEU price adjusts to reflect market conditions.
Shippers attach the AEU code to their contract booking. The carrier recognizes it — space guaranteed.
Cancellations become cargo instead of empty slots. AEUs convert the fall-down problem into a structured market for space.
Your base rate hides the cost of space. In soft markets you overpay; in tight markets you lose your cargo.
Manage AEUs on behalf of your customers — guaranteed loading, fewer booking failures, less rework. This is how allocation should have always worked.
The TEU prices the service. The AEU prices the space. The BAF prices the fuel.
Add AEUs to your contracts and see the difference.