Inside SONAR

Advancements in tender data science and paid market data now power SONAR SCI (Supply Chain Intelligence) Lane Acuity.  SONAR Lane Acuity provides lane-level insight into market stability and rate benchmarking. What is it?  Lane Acuity allows users to compare their contract rates to their peers as well as market through cohort benchmarking. That promotes a […]

The intermodal contract saving indices (IMCSI) show the percent savings of shipping via intermodal versus dry van truckload contract rates. To ensure comparability across modes, the calculation only compares truckload and intermodal rates in identical origin-destination pairs. The IMCSI tickers are an aggregation of individual lanes. On “This week in SONAR,” Craig Fuller, FreightWaves CEO, […]

Though already present at a lane level in the Lane Signal application inside of the SONAR platform, FreightWaves has aggregated a national predictive rate value for van (FWS.USA) and reefer (FWSR.USA) modes and made them accessible to view historically and up to a year into the future. The national rates are averages of the over […]

SONAR is the leading freight forecasting platform. Two recently added SONAR indices are proving very useful to SONAR subscribers. Learn more.

FreightWaves CEO announces SONAR SCI at FW LIVE @Home. SCI stands for “supply chain intelligence.” Read how SONAR SCI can help your business.

FreightWaves CEO and Director of Freight

FreightWaves will provide SONAR, its freight data and analytics platform, free through 9/4/2020 due to Hurricane Laura.

FreightWaves and EKA Solutions, Inc. announce a collaboration to bring more data to EKA Solutions’ clients.

The FreightWaves SONAR 7.0 release features several key enhancements; each makes the data and analytics platform even more useful to subscribers. Lane Scorecard The first is the Lane Scorecard app. “What makes Lane Scorecard unique from bulk lane rate tools on the market is its proprietary SONAR lane scoring, SONAR predictive rates and its spark […]

Putting on a virtual event is a complex and difficult process. FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller provides an overview of what went into putting on the recent FreightWaves LIVE @HOME, a three-day virtual event that raised the bar.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller introduced three new products at FreightWaves LIVE @HOME – Lane Signal, SONAR Signals and Mission Control.

The FreightWaves SONAR platform is adding an API upgrade allowing subscribers to digest rates directly into their own unique workflows.

FreightWaves SONAR has new features to help subscribers gain more insight and clarity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

FreightWaves SONAR can help those in the freight industry stay current with what is happening in transportation and logistics during the coronavirus pandemic.

FreightWaves’ Freight Forecasting Platform proves its model fits any logistics setup.

FreightWaves SONAR clients will have access to Truckstop.com rates

FreightWaves SONAR has new information for subscribers.

The latest features in SONAR make it easier to navigate.

The latest features in SONAR 5.0 make it the most future-focused version to date.

The latest features in SONAR 5.0 make it the most future-focused version to date.

The waterfall theory of freight governs how freight will be routed

SONAR has become the leading analytics and forecasting platform for the freight market, giving users the ability to forecast dry van, reefer, and flatbed market rates and demand.

The latest features in SONAR 5.0 make it the most future-focused version to date.

The latest features in SONAR 5.0 make it the most future-focused version to date.

The latest features in SONAR 5.0 make it the most future-focused version to date.

The latest features in SONAR 5.0 make it the most future-focused version to date.

We are regularly enhancing and improving SONAR to meet the needs of the ever-changing freight market and the needs of our customers. To help keep SONAR users informed, we deliver a brief recap of newly released data sets, market indices, and product feature improvements in our This Week in SONAR series. More than a year […]

We are regularly enhancing and improving SONAR to meet the needs of the ever-changing freight market and the needs of our customers. To help keep SONAR users informed, we deliver a brief recap of newly released data sets, market indices, and product feature improvements in our This Week in SONAR series. Daily Estimated Miles Driven  […]

New features have been added to FreightWaves SONAR. Learn about them here!

New features have been added to FreightWaves SONAR. Learn about them in this article.

FreightWaves continues to add depth to its air cargo data with new rate data by lane from industry standard Drewry’s.

FreightWaves adds more depth and market insight to the existing tender volume and air freight data, along with new weather forecasting details, in its SONAR platform.

FreightWaves releases new data into SONAR regarding biodiesel and its place in the fuels market.

Several updates have been made inside SONAR to improve the overall user experience.

FreightWaves releases carbon emissions indices, fleet counts and more.

This week’s addition of intermodal volume data to our SONAR platform brings us one step closer to having price, volume, and capacity for all modes of transport including air cargo, trucking, inland waterways (barge), ocean and rail.

Due to Dorian’s unwelcome extended stay, FreightWaves is expanding free SONAR access through next Friday, September 13. As anyone in logistics knows, in the midst and aftermath of hurricanes and other natural disasters, the ability to access the latest information on the market is critical.

FreightWaves releases several new datasets and improves on existing ones in this week’s SONAR release.

Carbon emissions are now available in SONAR on a state level.

Air cargo wait times really vary between airports

FreightWaves SONAR now features railroad-related data from Commtrex. The article provides insight about the Commtrex, the data it will provide to SONAR and how SONAR users will benefit from it.

FreightWaves continues to push more features and data into its data analytics platform with 8 new features and 3 data sets.

FreightWaves adds air temperature information as well as new fleet count data.

FreightWaves adds air temperature information as well as new fleet count data.

The newest release adds major weather data features, visualization and modeling tools, additional news features, and DOT highway cameras.

FreightWaves adds agricultural truckload prices and numerous warehousing and real estate data points to SONAR.

FreightWaves adds agricultural truckload prices and numerous warehousing and real estate data points to SONAR.

FreightWaves adds violations, fuel spread, and more rail data to SONAR platform

FreightWaves adds air cargo volume and pricing data to SONAR platform

FreightWaves adds a real time news widget with twitter feeds and up to the minute financial and transportation new reporting.

FreightWaves adds commercial vehicle accident injuries and fatalities in SONAR as well as adds regions to the TRI.

FreightWaves adds truck driver employment level estimates.

FreightWaves adds benchmark KPIs for asset based carriers and new weather mapping feature.

FreightWaves adds improves mapping and watchlist features while adding rail data.

FreightWaves adds agricultural commodity and warehouse data to SONAR.

FreightWaves adds energy market related data to SONAR.

FreightWaves improves watchlist functionality with new heat mapping feature as well as improves searching with new categories and search bar improvement.

FreightWaves triples the lanes available for the tender rejection indices along with diesel price and volume data. Highly regarded Institute for Supply Management indices have also been added to deepen the macro-economic section.

FreightWaves adds additional risk management and compliance information in the most recent SONAR release.

FreightWaves adds additional functionality to SONAR with tri-delta functionality on the Headhaul Index as well as the newly revised Trucks in Market, making it easier than ever to identify market disruptions.

FreightWaves releases the Headhaul Index, a measurement of the discrepancy between inbound and outbound volumes.

FreightWaves has introduced tender volume indices, giving market participants real-time data on freight volumes by market

Introducing the latest additions to our SONAR platform: DAT lane pricing / Lane Tender Rejection Rates

FreightWaves released an updated version of SONAR today that added thousands of new tickers to give market participants with better insights into the current state of the freight market.

This morning, new SONAR indexes went live, giving a detailed look into tender rejections by equipment type and length of all, and adding employment data for various transportation modes.