FreightWaves Market Monitor

The freight market.
On one screen.

Stop piecing together the market from load boards and news feeds. Market Monitor gives supply chain executives, analysts, and freight professionals a single live dashboard of 29 SONAR freight indices — with AI-written plain-English interpretations of every signal, updated daily.

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National
The Daily
News
Research
STVI11,862▼ 0.3%
STRI12.98%▲ 2.9%
NTI$3.08/mi▲ $0.03
DOE$5.35/gal▼ 0.8%
OTRI11.56%▲ 3.3%
VCRPM1$2.35/mi▲ $0.01
STVI.USA
11,862.78
▼ 0.3%
NTI.USA
$3.08/mi
▲ $0.03
STRI.USA
12.98%
▲ 2.9%
VCRPM1.USA
$2.35/mi
▲ $0.01
SONAR Truckload Rejection Index
STRI.USA
12.98%
▲ 2.9%
AI interpretation: STRI surged 173.8% over the past year, signaling sharply elevated rejection rates.
National Truckload Rate
NTI.USA
$3.08/mi
▲ $0.03
AI interpretation: Dry van spot rate rose 40% over the past year, climbing from $2.20 to $3.08 per mile.
Van Contract Rate Per Mile
VCRPM1.USA
$2.35/mi
▲ $0.01
AI interpretation: Contract rates rose 10.6% over the past year, with sustained upward momentum.
Intermodal Contract Rate
IMCRPM1.USA
$1.72/mi
▼ $0.01
AI interpretation: IM contract fell 0.6% over one year with minimal downward pressure.
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29 live SONAR freight indices
AI-written daily interpretations
Truckload, rail, ocean & macro data
FreightWaves news included
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Who it's for

Built for freight market awareness

Market Monitor is national-level intelligence — not lane-level quoting. It's for people who need to understand what's happening across the entire freight market.

Supply Chain Executives

Keep a real-time pulse on what's happening in the freight market — without needing an analyst or a full SONAR subscription. The Daily briefing tells you what moved and why, every morning.

Freight Brokers

Read tender rejection rates and volume trends before spot rates move. Use national market data to coach your team, set expectations with customers, and get ahead of market shifts.

Shippers & Procurement Teams

Time mini-bids and RFPs to regional OTRI and OTVI signals. Know when capacity is loosening before your contract comes up for renewal — and use the data to negotiate from a position of strength.

Logistics Analysts & 3PLs

Deliver enterprise-grade freight market intelligence without building a data team. Share branded snapshot cards with clients, track 29 indices, and build custom multi-series charts across any SONAR data.

What's included

29 live indices. AI interpretations.
FreightWaves news. All in one place.

Everything you need to stay on top of the freight market — updated daily, interpreted in plain English.

29 live SONAR freight market indices

Truckload volume (STVI, OTVI), rejection rates (OTRI, STRI), spot & contract rates (NTI, VCRPM1), rail volumes, ocean TEUs, diesel prices, LMI data, and more — updated daily from FreightWaves SONAR.

AI-written market interpretations

Every index move comes with a plain-English explanation — not just a number. Know what a 2.9% rise in STRI actually means for the market right now, without having to be a SONAR expert.

The Daily — morning freight briefing

A curated daily briefing on what's moving in the freight market, delivered every morning. Includes top index moves, market context, and FreightWaves news in one place.

Custom multi-series chart builder

Build your own charts across any combination of SONAR indices with year-over-year comparisons. See correlations, spot divergences, and track the metrics that matter most to your business.

Shareable snapshot cards

One-click branded snapshots for any chart or index view — ready to paste into a deck, Slack message, or client email. No screenshotting or reformatting required.

FreightWaves news feed

Breaking freight industry news from FreightWaves journalists — integrated directly into the dashboard alongside your market data so you have context for every market move.

Sample of tracked indices

OTVI

Outbound Tender Volume Index

OTRI

Outbound Tender Rejection Index

NTI

National Truckload Index — spot rate/mi

STRI

SONAR Truckload Rejection Index

VCRPM1

Van Contract Rate Per Mile

INTRM

Intermodal Contract Rate Per Mile

ORAIL

Outbound Loaded Rail Container Volume

IOTI

Inbound Ocean TEUs Volume Index

DTS

DOE Diesel Price

LMI

Logistics Managers' Index components

VOTRI / ROTRI / FOTRI

Rejection indices by mode

+ 18 more

Housing starts, PPI, CPI, and more

Full list of all 29 indices at getfreightdata.com →

Pricing

Simple pricing. Instant access.

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Monthly
$199
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Annual
$1,999
per year
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  • 29 live SONAR freight market indices, updated daily
  • AI-written plain-English market interpretations
  • The Daily — curated morning freight market briefing
  • Custom multi-series chart builder with YoY comparison
  • Shareable branded snapshot cards
  • FreightWaves news feed integrated
  • Truckload, intermodal, rail & ocean data
  • Macro indicators (LMI, diesel, PPI, CPI, housing)
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Data insights and trends around vessel delays and price fluctuations to help users mitigate risk and make more informed and profitable decisions.

NTI

A real-time proxy for the health of the national supply chain used by freight and non-freight businesses to make more accurate decisions.

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Optimize pricing and relationships by creating dynamic contracts based on the source of truth for the supply chain industry.
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