For most enterprises the first sign of a winter storm is still a broad, countrywide warning, the kind that tells a leadership team something is coming but says nothing about which lanes will fail, which distribution centers sit in the path, or which customer commitments are about to slip, and in a season shaping up […]
SONAR’s SCI: Custom Insights now uses a shipper’s own data to identify which lanes should change mode or pricing strategy, and how much a shipper stands to save.
We call them freight cycles, but the term implies a regularity the data doesn’t support. Since 2000, the domestic transportation market’s turns have looked less like clockwork and more like a series of random shocks
For the better part of eight months the price of diesel has climbed to levels that gasoline has not come close to matching, and for a carrier whose single largest variable cost is the fuel in the tank, that split is not a curiosity but a direct hit to the bottom line, which is why […]
The new index from SONAR shows that carriers have been trying to get rate increases since before the market turned, now they are getting what would have been the equivalent of a few years worth in one.
New SONAR datasets show what shippers pay brokers and carriers when freight falls past the first tender, plus SearchCarriers watchlists and alerts.
Tender rejections are 2.5x last year and contract rates are up 18%. SONAR’s new sitrep shows how shippers go from shipper of choice to partner of choice.
Many expected a recovering truckload market after months of rate inflation. The data suggests the opposite.
U.S. debt topped $40 trillion and interest now exceeds $1 trillion a year. Here’s how rising borrowing costs hit truck financing, carriers and warehouses.
The SONAR Pricing Power Index fell to 70 this week as intermodal contract rates and ocean bookings softened. Truckload rejections held near 13.9%.
The Northwestern harvests are crushing capacity, but only temporarily. The Midwest’s sustained tightness tells a more meaningful long-term story about capacity.
Truckload rates rose in 2026 on flat freight. SONAR data and ATRI’s 2026 cost study show carriers still earn too little to cover costs. See why rates must keep rising.
SONAR Rate Intelligence now includes intermodal contract and spot rates, ramp data and Conversion Savings to compare truckload vs. intermodal costs.
Tender rejections are up 268% in three years while volume is up 9%. SONAR data shows why new trucking capacity isn’t entering the 2026 market.
Trucking spot rates once again are rising as demand falls, but insufficient capacity is not the only culprit this time.
Looser fuel economy rules help Detroit’s truck-heavy lineups, but SONAR data shows accepted truckload volume is flat to down while tender rejections nearly tripled.
Rates are once again a poor indicator of demand in the maritime space. Comparing data on the Mediterranean and trans-Pacific lanes highlights this.
Economics of the New Canadian Tit-for-Tat Tiff Tariffs On September 8, the disagreement escalated past tariffs entirely. The U.S. announced it would outright ban imports of Canadian dairy, alcohol, and large-displacement motorcycles, effective September 29. Not another rate hike, a straight prohibition. It’s the newest turn in a dispute that’s been building for months: on […]
On September 16, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the federal funds target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%, its first hike after a run of cuts, citing inflation that Fed Chair Kevin Warsh called “too high and has been for too long.” Effective September 17, the Fed also moved its full set […]
Fuel costs are possibly one of the most misunderstood items in transportation. Its impact on carriers is uneven and more nuanced than most expect.
