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
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: Shippers feel chills as October approaches
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 have rebounded in the … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR SCI: Holding carriers accountable means knowing the freight market
There is a scene in Curb Your Enthusiasm where Larry David, who had never before purchased illegal drugs, asks a dealer, “Is that a fair price you’re quoting me?” Without … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: Shippers are frustrated, but at least football is back on TV
This “SONAR highlight reel,” which we publish every other week, is intended to concisely hit data highlights and trends in truckload, intermodal and maritime. Holiday noise is dramatically impacting the … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] Ida in 12 SONAR charts
There is never a good time for a Category 4 hurricane to make landfall, but what we heard repeatedly last week was that this hurricane could not have come at … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: Hurricane Ida further pressures transportation networks
This “SONAR highlight reel,” which we publish every other week, is intended to concisely hit data highlights and trends in truckload, intermodal and maritime. Demand to move freight through the … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] Ocean shippers trapped in house of pain
Ocean shipping issues have caused some to question whether Christmas will be cancelled. While that may be too soon to call, it’s clear that these are trying times for shippers … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: Intermodal spot rates surge in past week
This “SONAR highlight reel,” which we plan to publish every other week, is intended to concisely hit data highlights and trends in truckload, intermodal and maritime. Freight volumes continue the … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR SCI: use for RFP management
Over the past two years, all modes of transportation have been under immense pressure as freight rates have set new all-time highs. Freight demand continues to grow almost daily. The … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: Freightos takes its ocean rates to repair shop
This “SONAR highlight reel,” which we plan to publish every other week, is intended to concisely hit data highlights and trends in truckload, intermodal and maritime. Accepted truckload tender volumes … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] Shippers pay more for packaging while paper and packaging companies face rising input and freight costs
One year ago, we wrote a white paper in which we estimated that the top five paper and packaging companies in the U.S. spent a whopping $7 billion to $9 … Read More
[WHITE PAPER] SONAR highlight reel: Intermodal congestion worsens
This “SONAR highlight reel,” which we plan to publish every other week, is intended to concisely hit data highlights and trends in truckload, intermodal and maritime. Truckload demand remains elevated … Read More