Delhivery launches Freight Index One to boost logistics transparency

Delhivery, India’s largest fully integrated logistics service provider, has launched Freight Index One, a digital platform offering historical, current, and forward Full Truckload (FTL) pricing estimates for shippers, transporters, fleet owners, and third-party logistics (3PL) players across the country.

The platform provides lane-level freight pricing for both open and closed container vehicle types, marking a major step toward greater transparency in India’s logistics market.

According to Rohan Anand, Head of Data Science at Delhivery, the platform was designed to fill a critical gap in India’s logistics ecosystem, which until now lacked equivalents to global benchmarks like the Cass Freight Index and Freightos Baltic Index (FBX). “This absence has led to routing inefficiencies, uncertainty in cost estimation, and significant information asymmetries,” he said. “Having a reliable estimate of freight pricing is key to reducing logistics costs and increasing revenues for both transporters and shippers.”

Freight Index One draws on nearly a decade of Delhivery’s market intelligence and internal data, including variables such as supply fluctuations, seasonality, route viability, and economic indicators like fuel prices, tolls, and taxes.

Delhivery’s Chief Technology Officer, Kapil Bharati, said the company aims to open freight rate data and forecasts to logistics industry partners, including freight brokers and shippers. “Providing access to a wide variety of stakeholders will enable efficient price benchmarking and help customers plan budgets and negotiate rates more effectively,” Bharati noted. “As more market participants engage with the platform, the accuracy and coverage of the index will continue to grow.”