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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.