For freight brokers who are moving contract freight, it’s been a pretty good year so far. The good times won’t last forever, so cheers to you and enjoy the ride … Read More
[White Paper] What do carriers think of AB5? They’re less decided than you might think
California’s AB5 has made for the kind of articles media outlets dream about. As it’s been litigated over the past couple of years, we’ve seen unions jostle with lobbyists, … Read More
[White Paper] Q2 earnings season — Strong results, moderating outlook
The freight market underwent a significant change during the second quarter. The spot market softened significantly, fuel prices soared, inventory levels were among the highest they have ever been and … Read More
[White Paper] How does the freight market really look right now for owner-operators?
If you’re an owner-operator, chances are 2021 felt pretty good to you. Stimulus money padded consumer pockets, and many companies turned a bit frothy. It was one of the … Read More
[White Paper] 2022 Spot vs. Contract Survey
The 2022 version of the Spot vs. Contract survey is the sequel to the original 2019 edition. The 2019 edition of the survey responded to freight market participants claiming that … Read More
[White Paper] Fear and Loathing in Las Trailer Pools: FreightWaves Research into Drop Trailer Detention Rates
FreightWaves recently completed a survey of truckload carriers that utilize trailer pools. The goal was to determine the frequency, free time and costs associated with trailer detention. For large fleets, … Read More
[White Paper] 2022 Freight Broker Compensation Survey
Given that much of a freight brokerage’s work is handled through online platforms and/or over the phone, successful brokerages can set up base even in regions without a significant importing … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: What’s going on in Shanghai
View the Full White Paper This “SONAR highlight reel” hits data highlights/trends in truckload, intermodal and maritime in 2-3 pages for each mode. The truckload market (pages 2-6) continues to … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] Falling freight demand shapes 2022 outlook
View the Full White Paper If you haven’t read the article that FreightWaves’ CEO Craig Fuller wrote last week titled, “Just 3 years after 2019 trucking bloodbath, another is on … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: West Coast freight markets loosen across modes
View the Full White Paper This “SONAR highlight reel” hits data highlights/trends in truckload, intermodal and maritime in 2-3 pages for each mode. The truckload market (pages 2-6) is finally … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: Carriers bring their pricing power into the new year
View the Full White Paper The truckload market remains tight to start the year, both due to demand that is running ahead of year-ago levels and due to capacity that … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: Contrary to typical seasonality, intermodal volume rises in Nov.
View the Full White Paper See description of the just-released FreightWaves Trusted Rate Assessment Consortium (TRAC) spot rate data on pages 5-6. Truckload demand has started to pick up ahead … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] Brokers’ new BFF: Market Dashboard provides new level of visibility into buy rates
View the Full White Paper FreightWaves released the Trusted Rate Assessment Consortium (TRAC) spot rates last week. The newly published spot rates represent an assessment of the prior day’s average … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: Still waiting on 4Q truckload demand surge
View the Full White Paper This “SONAR highlight reel,” which we publish every other week, is intended to concisely hit data highlights and trends in truckload, intermodal and maritime. See … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] Another rough year for shippers to manage bid process and carrier networks
Meet the new year, same as the old year? The factors driving the tight freight market seem to be sticking around forever, like your in-laws at Christmas. The labor shortage, … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: Truckload demand stabilizes; 4Q surge may be forthcoming
This “SONAR highlight reel,” which we publish every other week, is intended to concisely hit data highlights and trends in truckload, intermodal and maritime. Truckload demand has stabilized at a … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] Peak Season Forecast: Another truckload capacity crunch
In this report, we discuss our outlook for the fall peak season for rail intermodal (p. 3-6), maritime (p. 6-8) and truckload (p. 9-12). Intermodal volume typically peaks in October … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: China’s energy crisis is a significant freight demand risk
This “SONAR highlight reel,” which we publish every other week, is intended to concisely hit data highlights and trends in truckload, intermodal and maritime. Spot rates continue to rise as … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] Ocean markets drive the domestic freight markets
We often demo SONAR to customers that want to see every domestic freight dataset we have to offer while showing little interest in our ocean data. That has always been … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR Customers Outperform
In this report, we put forth an interesting, and admittedly imperfect, way to demonstrate SONAR’s value: publicly traded carriers and freight brokers that use SONAR have outperformed those that do … Read More