Freight Waves

aid: freight-waves
name: Freight Waves
description: FreightWaves is a supply-chain, logistics, and transportation news and market- intelligence company based in
  Chattanooga, TN, and backed by 8vc. Its SONAR platform delivers freight-market data — rate indexes, tender volumes and rejection
  indexes, capacity and pricing signals — by market, lane, and national geography over a REST API at api.freightwaves.com.
  Access uses a bearer token obtained from the Credential authenticate endpoint (valid one year); data calls are billable
  while lookup calls (indexes, qualifiers, levels, lanes, zip3, latest) are free, and a global 100 requests/minute rate limit
  applies. FreightWaves also operates a hosted, OAuth-protected MCP server (api.freightwaves.com/mcp, scope mcp:read) exposing
  SONAR data to agents.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/freight-waves/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://www.freightwaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/FreightWaves-1.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 8vc
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Freight
- Logistics
- Supply Chain
- Transportation
- Trucking
- Market Data
- Analytics
- Freight Rates
- SONAR
apis:
- name: SONAR API
  description: Freight-market intelligence API — query index values (rates, volumes, tender rejections, capacity) by market/lane/national
    qualifier and date. Bearer-token auth via /Credential/authenticate. Data calls are billable; lookup calls are free.
  humanURL: https://api.sonar.surf/Help/
  baseURL: https://api.freightwaves.com
  tags:
  - Freight
  - Market Data
  - Logistics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/freight-waves-sonar-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knowledge.gosonar.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.sonar.surf/Help/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://freightwaves.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://knowledge.gosonar.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://knowledge.gosonar.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.sonar.surf/Help/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://knowledge.gosonar.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.freightwaves.com/contact
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.freightwaves.com/news
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/FreightWaves
- type: Login
  url: https://sonar.surf/auth/login
- type: SignUp
  url: https://gosonar.com/sonar-demo-request
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.freightwaves.com/subscribe
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.freightwaves.com/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://firecrown.com/privacy-policy/
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/freight-waves-sonar-openapi.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/freight-waves-sonar-overlay.yaml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/freight-waves-mcp.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/freight-waves-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/freight-waves-llms.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/freight-waves-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/freight-waves-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/freight-waves-conventions.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/freight-waves-rate-limits.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/freight-waves-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/freight-waves-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/freight-waves-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/freight-waves-domain-security.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/freight-waves-data-model.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/freight-waves-agentic-access.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence