Insights

Julie Van de Kamp Thursday, July 17, 2025

SONAR Unveils Redesigned Supply Chain Intelligence Platform with New Risk and Efficiency Quadrant

A completely redesigned experience for SONAR’s Supply Chain Intelligence (SCI) has been launched allowing SCI to deliver faster insights, deeper market intelligence, and more actionable guidance for shippers managing their RFPs. The updated platform merges the previous Opportunity View and List View into a single, powerful page called Lane View. This consolidation allows users to […]

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Michael Baudendistel Wednesday, July 16, 2025

SONAR adds intermodal savings rates

Building upon SONAR intermodal and dry van contract rate data already available in the platform, as of today, intermodal savings rates are now included in SONAR, as a national average, for 63 individual lanes, and two indices.  The LA to Dallas lane is competitive between truckload and intermodal with a 9% average intermodal savings rate. […]

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Julie Van de Kamp Monday, July 14, 2025

SONAR and WeatherOptics Deepen Partnership to Deliver Hyperlocal Weather Intelligence Through Enhanced Critical Events Module

SONAR, a leading global supply chain intelligence platform, is pleased to announce an enhanced partnership with WeatherOptics, a leading weather impact and risk intelligence provider. This collaboration allows mutual customers to customize the Critical Events module within the SONAR platform by easily uploading their own specific locations and facilities, enabling them to better anticipate and […]

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Maritime’s early peak masks rising trade and economic uncertainty

Container imports surged to a multi-year high in early July, driven by importers racing to recover lost time after tariff disruptions. While volumes spiked, this early peak doesn’t necessarily signal stronger demand.. As inventories grow more expensive to hold, maritime carriers are bracing for softer demand and more volatile shipping patterns in the months ahead.

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Contributed Content Friday, July 11, 2025

What value does an LSP get from p44?

(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) Shippers don’t partner with LSPs just to move freight—they rely on them to orchestrate complex, responsive, and cost-efficient networks on their behalf. Whether managing global air freight for pharmaceutical companies, regional FTL capacity […]

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Julie Van de Kamp Monday, July 7, 2025

SONAR Enhances Oracle’s OTM Integration and Launches Shipper Consortium for Unmatched Supply Chain Benchmarking

SONAR is proud to announce significant upgrades to its integration with Oracle Transportation Management (OTM), bringing real-time freight market intelligence directly into OTM workflows through a partnership with Redwood Connect. Just in time for the OTM Sig conference, this enhanced integration also introduces SCORE, SONAR’s exclusive shipper consortium, enabling actionable benchmarking insights and accelerated return […]

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FreightWaves Staff Thursday, July 3, 2025

SONAR releases lane-level seasonality comparison tool

SONAR has launched a new capability allowing users to search and visualize spot rates at the lane level and compare year-over-year seasonality directly within its charts. This enhancement to the high-frequency freight market intelligence platform aims to provide shippers, carriers, and brokers with critical insights for navigating the volatile transportation market. The ability to track […]

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, June 27, 2025

Driver Shortage Myths Debunked: Freight Demand Drives Trucking Jobs

The trucking industry’s “driver shortage” debate has persisted for decades. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) claims a chronic shortage since 1987, citing nine studies. Yet, researchers and industry experts argue the labor market functions well when freight demand is strong. A December 2024 study by Professors Jonathan Phares, Jason Miller, and Stephen Burks, published by […]

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FreightWaves Staff Wednesday, June 25, 2025

English Language Proficiency Standards Could Drive Rates Higher

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is intensifying enforcement of English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards, signaling major operational changes for the trucking industry. As of today, June 25, 2025, drivers who fail to meet these requirements face immediate grounding, potentially straining trucking capacity, increasing tender rejections, and driving up national truckload rates. FreightWaves estimates […]

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Carrier revocations overachievement illustrates increasing market vulnerability

Chart of the Week:  Carrier Details Net Revocations – USA SONAR: CDNR.USA Carrier Net Revocations—which measure how many truckload operators (businesses) are exiting the industry—have remained unseasonably elevated throughout the first half of the year. The current pace of exits is 16% higher than during the same period in 2024. Although new authority issuances have increased this […]

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