SONAR this week released a significant upgrade to Batch Rate Intelligence, expanding the feature from a bulk lane analysis tool into what the company describes as a complete RFP pricing workflow.
The US Department of Transportation has signed a deal to receive high-frequency freight market data from SONAR.
FreightWaves SONAR will launch its first virtual Driver App Shortage Hackathon on June 15-22 to address the lack of software built primarily for truck drivers.
As the freight cycle recovers and utilization rises, the industry is confronting a massive accumulation of deferred maintenance from the prolonged freight recession of 2022–2026.
AI investment is increasingly driving construction growth in the U.S.
April’s State of Freight discussion suggests the current freight lull is more seasonal than structural.
Market Monitor is a lightweight SONAR dashboard with AI-powered intelligence.
FreightWaves has compiled a comprehensive SONAR Sitrep detailing the ground-level logistics impact of America’s AI data center build-out.
Carriers are rejecting more than 13% of tendered truckload shipments.
Nationwide tender rejections are at 11.5%.
Container rates on a key U.S. route are dropping earlier than expected, suggesting retailer caution caused by trade war uncertainty.
Vooma users can instantly validate their pricing against SONAR’s spot rates and lane scores.
Real-time spot rates, weekly contract rates, benchmarks and lane scores are integrated into Blue Yonder TMS.
SONAR goes much deeper in volume data with a new tender source.
Truckstop.com has launched the freight industry’s first load board exclusively for dry vans, aiming to provide an affordable edge for owner-operators and small fleets.
A white paper and webinar analyze the trucking market’s sudden shift.
Last week, SONAR released a new dashboard within the Container Atlas application, titled Maritime Trade Console. This is the latest of the dashboards added to SONAR and, like the others, is intended to enhance SONAR’s usability and is powered by Google Looker. It includes details on ocean data that haven’t been released elsewhere, as bookings […]
Enhancements include integrations, AI layers, new dashboards, better maps, and an iOS app.
Container rates on the trans-Pacific reached two-year lows as weak demand is expected to continue through the end of the year.
Shippers can find relevant, safe carriers inside SCI even faster.
Last week, SONAR released enhancements to their map widget, this week, they made maps easier to access and use. Enhanced Map Widget SONAR redesigned the Map Widget to make it more powerful, intuitive, and user-friendly than ever. What’s New This week, SONAR added Maps to the main menu in the UI to make the overall […]
While ocean container rates on the trans-Pacific were unchanged in the latest week, carriers are testing soft demand with general rate hikes.
Capacity, volume, and spot rate data at the driver’s fingertips.
DAT Freight & Analytics has announced the acquisition of the Convoy platform from Flexport. Sources suggest the price was around $250m in cash. DAT intends to shift away from its main business: a dumb load-board service that connects brokers with carriers. Convoy, a venture-backed unicorn, shut down abruptly in October 2023. Flexport snapped up its […]
Complimentary Access to SONAR SCI via Cass’s SSO Integration During July and August St. Louis, MO & Chattanooga, TN — July 15, 2025 — Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ: Cass), the leading provider of freight audit and payment services, and FreightWaves SONAR, the premier supply chain intelligence platform, are expanding their strategic partnership to offer enhanced […]
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. […]
Ocean container rates on the key Asia-U.S. trade lanes continued their downward trend in the latest Freightos index.
Hotlanta’s tender rejections peaked at 11.2%.
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 […]
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 […]
The outlook for Asia trade agreements is improving, which is more than can be said for container rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific.
Ocean carriers to reduce cancelled sailings by 44% in July, says Drewry, but weaker trans-Pacific trades to account for almost half the total.
Container rates are giving back recent gains, as U.S.-bound container traffic slumps after a surge fueled by the tariff pause. Shipping consultancy and SONAR data partner Drewry saw its World Container Index fall 9% this week, the second consecutive weekly drop following five weeks of gains. “This decline is a direct result of low demand […]
Hostilities among Israel, Iran and the United States failed to disrupt most transportation markets as container rates fell in the eastbound trans-Pacific.
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 […]
Tender rejections are at 6% and rising, two weeks before the holiday.
Maersk said it was suspending service to Israel’s busiest port just prior to Iran’s missile attack.
Container rates on the Asia-U.S. trade lane surged as shippers rushed early peak- season traffic and carriers announced general rate increases, according to SONAR and Freightos data.
SONAR has released a suite of summer product upgrades designed to let users get even more specific with their data comparison needs.
Echo surveyed 5,000 carriers and shippers on the freight market On Tuesday, Echo and FreightWaves co-hosted a webinar that featured Sean Burke, Echo chief commercial officer, and Jay Gustafson, Echo executive vice president of brokerage operations. The presentation discussed the results of a survey conducted at the end of last year, with more than 5,000 […]
The Port of New York-New Jersey saw April container volumes rise 6% from the same month a year ago.
Ocean carriers are maintaining pricing power This chart of ocean spot rates has moved in a manner similar to stock market averages. (Chart: SONAR) By now, most of us have seen memes about a new and creative way to say “Buy the dip,” which is, of course, Trump Always Chickens Out, or TACO. In addition […]
FreightWaves CEO and founder Craig Fuller analyzed the latest SONAR data on the State Street Markets podcast and says he’s upbeat about the freight market for the latter half of 2025.
Small carriers should check out this SONAR data to learn what the market did this week.
‘Air pocket’ makes its way to port and intermodal volume SONAR Trade War Command Center In April, numerous U.S. ports set records for import volume. The SONAR Trade War Command Center application shows expected steep month-over-month declines in import volumes based on a 14-day moving average of bookings by date of departure. Most notably, volume […]
Integrating multimodal transportation data with inventory data is key.
Carriers in port cities brace for ‘air pocket’ The Los Angeles outbound tender rejection rate is only 2% compared to the national tender rejection rate of 5.4%. (Chart: SONAR) Import volume remained strong in April, as FreightWaves described, with imports up 1.2% from March and 9.1% year over year. Going forward, a major drop-off in […]
Tender volume takes a dive Tender volume, a measure of how often shippers request carriers to move loads, has trended down in recent days. (Chart: SONAR) Up until the past few days, for all the turmoil in trade policy and the financial markets, SONAR had not been showing much change in freight demand, as measured […]
The country’s most reliable source of freight is slowing down.
Imports may fall sharply in second half Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said he expects at least a 10% year-over-year drop in container volume at the port in the second half. I found that to be especially noteworthy because his comments seemed to be a departure from his more bullish remarks in […]
Rapid policy decisions are transforming freight flows.
Reflecting the tariff pull-forward, rail intermodal takes share from truckload.
Fears of tariffs on lumber, other goods drive flatbed rejection rates to 3-year high.
Trade group says stores continue to import as much merchandise as possible.
Amid uncertain demand, capacity continues to exit.
A performance analysis by Orderful of different equipment types highlights strengths and challenges across the market.
Impact of levies seen in Canadian trucking, US imports, warehousing and intermodal.
With the integration of SONAR’s market intelligence into project44’s Freight Procurement Analytics, shippers can access data that enables more informed and agile procurement decisions.
Freight volume has been weak this month Tender volume, which counts how often shippers request that carriers pick up loads, has shown weakness this month. (Chart: SONAR) The Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI – above) is the SONAR chart that stands out the most to me this week. It measures the volume of requests from […]
Freight market not tightening in time for bid season.
Demand is being pulled forward, ships are being built, and the Red Sea may reopen.
SONAR market experts say Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico might have spurred shippers to “pull forward” orders and rethink their supply chains.
Tender rejection rates have held above 7% throughout January and the spread between spot and contract continues to narrow.
Spot rates rise, but inflection yet to take hold.
Tender rejection rates remain above 7%, but tender volumes and spot rates are experiencing some seasonal pressure
Tender rejection rates are remaining elevated during a period where the market would traditionally be loosening
Tender rejection rates were back on the rise this week as winter weather impacted markets across the south. Tender volumes start 2025 down y/y
Tender rejection rates are retreating from their holiday highs, but spot rates have continued to inch higher into the new year.
Tender rejection rates briefly touched 10% before retreating, which continues to show that the freight market is in transition…
New policy could accelerate nearshoring trend.
Tender rejection rates have moved to a 2-year high, but spot rates have yet to see the significant increase from the holidays.
Tender rejection rate rises as holidays approach The tender rejection rate has risen steadily since early October despite tender volume declining. That implies that capacity is leaving the market, which is leading to a tighter freight market. (Chart: SONAR) Both truckload spot rates and tender rejection rates are indicating that the freight market is tightening. […]
Rejection rates and spot rates are likely to see further upward movement with less than two weeks until the Christmas holiday.
With 2024 drawing to a close, team leaders at SONAR discussed during a Thursday webinar the top enhancements made to the logistics data platform.
Morgan Stanley released its 2025 Transportation Outlook, which describes the next year as likely a tale of two halves, one with a powerful restocking-driven upcycle followed by the fears of a downcycle beginning in 2026.
During the State of Freight webinar for December, Craig Fuller and Zach Strickland discuss how a market shift could impact carriers, brokers and shippers in 2025.
The holiday impacts have yet to arrive as both tender rejection rates and spot rates are off their recent highs and volumes continue to slide.
SONAR shows carriers turning down more than 20% of outbound Ontario loads.
SONAR data will power Transfix’s predictive rating models for freight brokers.
It’s that time of year – retail news abounds on FreightWaves and elsewhere I thought Target’s management team put it well last week as it now describes consumers as “resourceful,” meaning they are still shopping but are looking for value and waiting for deals, rather than “resilient,” the term it used previously. Along similar lines, […]
Tender volumes and tender rejection rates moved higher this week with spot rates following suit. Thanksgiving could change the status quo.
The Port of Los Angeles posted record container volume in October on resilient consumer spending and a strong economy.
Previously known as FreightWaves SONAR, the supply chain data platform rebrands to “SONAR,” highlighting its core focus on the supply chain data platform.
Tender volumes and tender rejections declined over the week, but spot rates are still showing signs that peak season is going to be favorable.
Tender volumes declined over the week, but tender rejections and spot rates are showing signs that peak season is going to be favorable.
Tariffs, taxes, the FTC and food regulations are among the major issues.
FreightWaves SONAR hosted a webinar Wednesday discussing its new shipper data consortium with Charles Odom, director of logistics at Halliburton.
Tender volumes declined over the week, but tender rejections and spot rates found a little positive momentum over the past week.
Tender volumes and rejection rates moved lower over the past week, while spot rates increased slightly during the week.
Nick Persin, director of strategic partnerships for FreightWaves SONAR, spoke with Dylan Alperin, VP of professional services at Keelvar, during the October Webinar about delivering SONAR’s truckload datasets to the Keelvar platform.
Tender volumes and rejection rates moved higher over the past week, but spot rates were unaffected on a national level.
Nationwide tender rejections are already above 5%.
Fast, accurate freight market data is critical in periods of volatility.
Spot rates and tender rejection rates saw a slight increase to start Q4, but tender volumes fell as a result of the ILA strike.
Tender volumes, tender rejection rates and spot rate all drop in the final full week of the third quarter.
