freight-pulse 🚢

Should I book this ocean lane now or wait? — one normalized USD/40ft spot rate with a confidence score and a market direction, cross-validated from the public freight indices, plus a weeks-long lane trend.

MCP serverx402 pay-per-callocean freightspot rateFBX + WCIread-only

Ask for a lane (e.g. Shanghai → Los Angeles, 40ft) and get a single trustworthy number — not one vendor's quote, but a cross-validated blend of Drewry's World Container Index and the Freightos Baltic Index, with a confidence score (do the sources agree?) and a rising / falling / stable read.

Two tools

💲 get_spot_rate	Free. Current cross-validated USD rate for a lane + confidence + market direction. UN/LOCODE-normalized ports (`Shanghai` = `CNSHA`). 20ft / 40ft / 40HC.
📊 get_lane_trend	Premium. A weeks-long history of that lane from our own accumulating cache + trend direction, volatility, slope and a book-now-or-wait recommendation. A series no single index hands you free.

Free HTTP API

POST /spot
Content-Type: application/json
{ "origin_port": "Shanghai", "dest_port": "Los Angeles", "container_type": "40ft" }

MCP server (free)

{ "mcpServers": { "freight-pulse": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "freight-pulse-mcp"] } } }

Tools: get_spot_rate (free), get_lane_trend (premium). Or connect over HTTP at POST /mcp.

Unlock get_lane_trend — two ways to pay

💳 Card (Stripe)	Buy a prepaid API key at /pro/checkout, then send `Authorization: Bearer <key>` (or set `FREIGHT_PULSE_KEY`).
🪙 x402 (USDC)	AI agents pay $0.40 per call automatically — no sign-up. Settles on Base.