with sonar, it's not just information, it's actionable intelligence
SONAR offers insights to both domestic and global data, giving you the chance to view the entire freight market economy in near-real time. SONAR's data is more current and accurate than any other freight intelligence platform in the market. SONAR uses the fastest data sources in each mode. There are hundreds of unique data sources that feed into SONAR, coming from electronic tenders, TMS systems, ELDs, telematics, fuel purchasing systems, truckload carrier accounting systems, customs, and bill of lading data, and many others.
While SONAR is a platform for freight market indexes, aggregating data across the freight economy, SONAR's secret sauce is in the artificial intelligence layer that generates forecasts with all of the information. This enables us to create actionable insights that can significantly impact your profitability.
SONAR maps the freight economy, tracking freight movement, contract freight rates, freight market capacity, tender reject rates, and freight spot rates. Carriers, freight brokers, and shippers use SONAR's deep freight rate benchmarking tools to track freight rate performance against competitors and the overall freight market.
SONAR's transportation rate forecasting platform combines real-time capacity and volume data with multiple factors such as length of haul, rejection rate, freight potential, and economic activity. All of these data points are trained with carrier and freight brokerage financial and operating data, helping the SONAR forecasting model predict how specific decisions will impact profitability.
SONAR is also the only freight intelligence platform that offers data and forecasts across all modes of logistics: trucking, rail, intermodal, maritime, air and warehousing. By tracking the bill of lading and monitoring shipper import activity, SONAR is able to tie containerized imports to truckload and rail moves. All of this data is added to the SONAR logistics forecasting and analytics model.
With SONAR's predictive freight platform, your profits don't live in old data.
trucking intelligence
Price Like A Boss
SONAR offers predictive freight rates based on historical freight rate data with real-time transaction contract tender activity.
swipe right for load data
Tenders are actual contract load requests from shippers to carriers sent over EDI or APIs.
SONAR offers tender index data by volume, lead time, reject rates, and freight marketshare.
on the spot
Truckstop.com’s weekly trucking spot rate and volume data gives you more visibility into the trucking market. Van, flatbed, and reefer spot rates and volume data are available.
Trucking spot rate data is presented in gross (all in) trucking rates and trucking rates per mile.
Fuel Up
Know whether prices are going up or down in 135 markets with SONAR's rack rate overnight forecasting data.
Stay in Your Lane
SONAR monitors hours of service (HOS) activity, FMCSA, safety, and accident data across the trucking industry.
Keep Score
Use TCA benchmarking tools to compare how your fleet compares to the rest of fleets in the truckload industry.
Wheel and Deal
With SONAR’s series of truck and trailer prices, orders and production stats, knowledgable purchasing has never been easier.
Count The Fleet
Know what’s on the road with SONAR’s catalog of truck fleet size statistics and tractor data.
rail, intermodal, and warehousing intelligence
ride the train
Get on the right track to the richest and deepest set of rail and intermodal data ever gathered on a single platform.
Location, Location, Location
Location is everything when it comes to warehouse real estate (and when it comes to SONAR’s warehousing data).
Maritime and trade intelligence
Expand Your Empire
Access our massive collection of international trade and cross-border freight data to expand your global empire.
Eliminate the Wait
No one wins when trucks wait. SONAR’s multimodal port data allows you to eliminate the wait by pinpointing the exact places where (wait) time is costing you money.
Fly like an eagle
See the global air cargo market with a brand-new perspective with SONAR's data.
see the entire picture
Our collection of licensed third-party freight indices allow you to view data from across the freight industry in a single dashboard.
weather, critical event, and road condition intelligence
Eyes on the road
Monitor local, regional or national road conditions with SONAR's 50,000 DOT road cameras.
Keep Calm Before The Storm
SONAR’s comprehensive weather monitoring features help you move assets before the storm (and in the midst of it).
tracking covid-19
With COVID-19, supply chains are changing faster than ever before. SONAR has incorporated COVID-19 related outbreak data into the Critical Event center on the dashboard.
economic, ag, and environmental intelligence
Go Against the Grain
Take advantage of proprietary agricultural production insights with SONAR’s commodity price and volume data.
Go Green
Our CO2 emissions and biodiesel data helps you understand the value and benefits of going green.
Make It Rain
SONAR’s leading economic indicators keep you up to date in the middle of the action, providing you the edge you need to generate new business.
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