This white paper recaps the March 2024 State of Freight Webinar, featuring insights from FreightWaves SONAR CEO Craig Fuller and Head of Freight Market Intelligence, Zach Strickland. During this session,...
Take Demand Planning and Forecasting to the Next Level: An Introduction to Tender Data
John Paul Hampstead
Electronic tender data is the fastest, most accurate way to measure volume and demand in the freight market. Tender volumes and rejections typically move before prices, making tender data a...
Asleep at the Wheel: Shippers and the Freight Market Outlook for 2024
John Paul Hampstead
Shippers were put through the wringer during the pandemic, suffering from a combination of high rates and low service levels, but they took back pricing power in 2022. Last year...
Index-Linked Contracts: A New Solution for Shippers’ Dissatisfaction with RFPs
John Paul Hampstead
It’s no secret that the traditional RFP freight procurement process is rife with inefficiency, and even when agreements are made, rates can still vary widely throughout the term of the...
Catering to the winners – SONAR subscribers beat the market
Mike Baudendistel
In this report, we revisit an October 2021 report that highlighted how the shares of publicly traded SONAR subscribers outperformed their peer groups. We did not suggest in that report...
Navigating the Yellow Corp. Crisis: Implications and Strategies for LTL Shippers
Tony Mulvey
At the time of writing, Yellow has announced that it would defer its required contributions — including those for pensions — for June and July, collectively totaling more than $50...
During the pandemic years of 2020-21, retailers were subjected to unprecedented volatility in transportation markets. After a spike in e-commerce activity, imports flooded the U.S. and led to persistent, widespread...
What demand planning looks like with 2020s supply chain data
Joe Antoshak
In today’s fast-paced and increasingly digital world, shippers are facing new challenges and opportunities. The ability to accurately predict demand is more critical than ever, directly impacting operational efficiency, cost-effectiveness...
The price you pay: dissecting cost in your routing guide
Tony Mulvey
The waterfall theory of freight highlights the impacts that routing guides have on the relationship between shippers and carriers. In a soft freight environment, much like the current environment, routing...
Prolonged down cycle, is timing the up cycle possible?
Tony Mulvey
In a highly cyclical industry like over-the-road freight transportation, market conditions can shift at a moment’s notice and shippers often don’t have the data to react to changing conditions in...
The cyclicality in the freight market has never been more evident than during the past three years. In 2020 and ’21, transportation companies experienced unprecedented freight demand and remarkably tight...
SONAR highlight reel: West Coast freight markets loosen across modes
Tony Mulvey
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 showing signs of easing as...
