The Meridian Rate Index.

Real rates from real brokered loads across Southern African lanes. No survey, no self-reported numbers — every data point is a load that actually moved.

BUILDING — FIRST PUBLICATION WHEN THE DATA IS REAL

Why this index will be different

Every rate "report" available today is a survey of what people say they pay. Ours is built from executed loads through our own freight desk — the rate, the lane, the equipment, the transit time, from deals we papered ourselves.

What gets published

Lane medians by equipment type (dry van, tautliner, reefer, tanker), updated as loads complete. Domestic triangle first, cross-border corridors as they accumulate volume.

What stays private

Carrier names, shipper names, exact rates of individual loads. Only aggregates publish. Counterparty confidentiality is the whole business.

Why we wait

An index with thin data is worse than no index — it anchors people to wrong numbers. We publish a lane only when the sample behind it is real. Watch this page.

Get it by email

When the first index publishes, email subscribers get it first. Ask to be on the list — no cost, no spam, one email when there's something real to send.

Moving freight in the meantime?

The desk is live even while the index builds. Post a load, or ask what a lane is running at — we'll tell you what we've seen this week.

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