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Notes on method, sourcing and what the data does and does not show. This is commentary, separate from the reviewed event archive and the daily news list.
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What a measured effect on this site actually meansBaseline, window, exclusions: the effect method in plain terms, and why it shows timing rather than cause.2026-09-15 (15 September 2026) · World Freight MonitorHow an event gets onto this siteFrom a first news report to a published record: drafting, sourcing, gating and the one human approval step nothing skips.2026-09-11 (11 September 2026) · World Freight MonitorWhy this site carries no freight rate indexCommercial freight rate indices are useful to shippers. We still keep them off this site, and explain why.2026-09-08 (8 September 2026) · World Freight Monitor