# FreightRatesMCP

> Ocean spot freight rates out of China and Asia, per lane: 20ft and 40ft HC prices, carriers, transit, next departures and observed on-time reliability, as a free web terminal, a REST API and an MCP server AI agents can call. Part of the Navo24 family (https://navo24.com/llms.txt).

FreightRatesMCP is a rate terminal for ocean spot freight. For every lane it tracks it shows the current spot price per container size, the carriers sailing it, port-to-port transit, the next sailings with cut-offs and the on-time record observed per carrier. Rates are live carrier spot prices from public listings, refreshed daily; the FreightRatesMCP Index is the weekly median 40ft HC price per trade, indicative and not a quotation. Checking rates is free and needs no login; a firm all-in quote comes from a vetted forwarder on request. Extended guide: https://freightratesmcp.com/llms-full.txt

## Entry points
- [Home](https://freightratesmcp.com/): latest lane rates and the index.
- [Rates by lane](https://freightratesmcp.com/rates): every lane page, grouped by trade.
- [Rate index](https://freightratesmcp.com/rate-index): weekly median 40ft HC by trade lane.
- Trades: [Asia to Europe](https://freightratesmcp.com/trade/asia-europe) · [Asia to US & Canada](https://freightratesmcp.com/trade/asia-north-america) · [Asia to Latin America](https://freightratesmcp.com/trade/asia-latin-america) · [Intra-Asia](https://freightratesmcp.com/trade/intra-asia) · [Asia to Oceania](https://freightratesmcp.com/trade/asia-oceania) · [Asia to Africa](https://freightratesmcp.com/trade/asia-africa)
- [Request a quote](https://freightratesmcp.com/book): firm all-in price from a vetted forwarder.
- [Pricing](https://freightratesmcp.com/pricing)

## For developers and AI agents
- REST base: `https://api.freightratesmcp.com`, header `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY`.
- Demo without signup: key `frm_demo_public` on the sample lane `GET https://freightratesmcp.com/api/demo/lane?pol=CNSHA&pod=NLRTM` (synthetic, labelled `_demo: true`).
- MCP server (Streamable HTTP) at `https://mcp.freightratesmcp.com/mcp` for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client; setup: https://freightratesmcp.com/mcp. Tools: `get_freight_indices`, `get_lane_rate`, `get_lane_offers`, `get_lane_history`, `get_lane_spot_rates`, `get_spot_quote`, `list_rate_providers`, `get_booking_contacts`.
- Reference: https://navo24.com/developers/reference/rates

## Family
- [Navo24](https://navo24.com/llms.txt): the hub and the other products.
- [TrackingMCP](https://trackingmcp.com/llms.txt): ocean container tracking.
- [SchedulesMCP](https://schedulesmcp.com/llms.txt): sailing schedules and lane reliability, the source of the on-time figures here.
- [AirCargoMCP](https://aircargomcp.com/llms.txt): air waybill (AWB) tracking across cargo airlines.