A full suite of products to keep you ahead of the competition.
FreightWaves TRAC Spot Rates
FreightWaves TRAC collects data daily from a consortium of key market-driving companies adhering to a standardized protocol. FreightWaves TRAC Spot Rate methodology uses data when the load is covered to provide better insight into freight pricing and negotiate better contracts. FreightWaves TRAC delivers better data than the current market standard.
SONAR Container Atlas
Multidimensional market data including bookings, rates, capacity, and congestion. This product allows you to navigate supply and demand dynamics in ocean markets. SONAR Container Atlas concentrates on bookings, sailing schedules, vessel locations, and container rate data from multiple providers. Gauge risk, manage fluctuations and pinpoint cost-savings opportunities with this data.
SONAR SCI
SONAR SCI (supply chain intelligence) is a groundbreaking data and analytics platform with all of SONAR’s features and data – and more. SONAR SCI subscribers have access to existing SONAR data, including $80 billion of freight invoices. These invoices are submitted every evening, and are what shippers actually pay carriers, not self-reported data. They are also broken down by industry-specific cohorts.
Lane Signal
A lane-by-lane freight rate forecasting app showing past, present and future rates, pricing power scores and a visual comparison of markets that impact your business.
Lane Scorecard
An easily downloadable scorecard using SONAR’s proprietary data to help users make better-informed decisions. This offers users the ability to upload 200 lanes at a time to help save precious time and money.
Ocean Shipments Report
Knowing what is moving on the ocean can help you gain insights into what will be moving over the road in the coming weeks. Use this feature to help you navigate through the ever-changing freight market.
Freight Market Research
Proprietary transportation market research is a cornerstone of SONAR. FreightWaves' Research Team produces exclusive deep dives, whitepapers and daily playbooks, all backed by SONAR data.
3D Maps
A good mapping system is an essential tool in every transportation and logistics data analysis product. SONAR takes mapping to a new dimension – literally!
Watchlists
Based on our growing catalog of watchlist features, compare conditions across the industries, markets and modes of transport that matter most to you.
SONAR Signals Open API
Free to use through third party developers, SONAR Signals Open API is the easiest way to simplifying your daily decision making.
Charts
Charts are the most powerful feature you can leverage in SONAR. They’re not only the easiest way to see how freight data tracks over time – they provide a comprehensive set of tools for in-depth analytics, trending and detailed reporting.
Most Volatile Markets
When it comes to freight, volatility is a fact of life. It’s also a huge cause of roadblocks and opportunities for freight market participants. SONAR’s Most Volatile Markets provide the visibility you need to avoid the roadblocks and take advantage of opportunities as they arise.
Critical Events
SONAR's Critical Events widget is your trusted intelligence center during severe weather, natural disasters, fires or controlled power outages, allowing you to react smarter to events across the globe.
Freight Market Alerts
Things happen quickly in the freight market, which is why we've created customizable alerts to keep you in the loop on the data that matters most – wherever you are.
Broker Benchmarking
Measure the success and performance of your company against your cohorts in the industry. This gives you the unique opportunity to create custom KPI's using proprietary market insights and data from your competitors.
Freight News
SONAR keeps you up to-date with freight news and context from a wide variety of qualified sources. Enjoy up-to-the-minute news that matters to you and your business without all the chatter.
Outbound Tender Volume Index
The Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) is the most up-to-date and reliable indicator of market demand. Use this index to see which markets are shipping the most freight, along with the trends and changes in freight volumes. OTVI shows you where freight is available in a market. Use OTVI in conjunction with the Outbound Tender Rejection Index (OTRI) to optimize your freight rates.
Outbound Tender Rejection Index
The OTRI dashboards allow supply chain teams to visualize freight movement patterns, volatility, and price movement. FreightWaves SONAR’s Outbound Tender Rejection Index shows supply and demand dynamics at a national, regional, state, or market level. This index helps you make decisions on accepting or rejecting loads based on tender rejection rates.
Diesel Fuel Price Rates
Find out the average market rate and average fuel cost on your most important lanes. Fuel rates let you optimize carrier costs and spot cost-savings opportunities on key routes. Get insight into diesel fuel prices across major transportation lanes by evaluating the average fuel cost rate per mile in SONAR.
Predictive Freight Rates
SONAR trucking rates provide unparalleled visibility into freight market conditions, trends in rates, volumes, demand and capacity and empower you to take action across all modes of transport.
Video Library
SONAR’s Video Library keeps you informed and entertained with the latest freight market news and context with a variety of daily shows, analysis, entertainment, SONAR instructional use cases and updates.
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