Surge Transportation is a freight brokerage that chose to focus on highly demanding consumer packaged goods companies who place a premium on constant, real-time shipment visibility. Their No. 1 KPI: […]
Over a decade of traffic pattern data is scrapped for now.
The coronavirus pandemic created a traffic shift — from highways to the internet — as citizens shelter in place.
FreightWaves won the “Best Overall Culture – Southeast” award from Powderkeg. Learn more!
Register for this important update to hear about the current state of the industry and how you can prepare for what’s next based on the latest data available.
A comparison of U.S. annual inflation rates to Freightos daily shipping rates over the course of two years
2020 had promised to be an interesting year for the shipping industry. However, it has posed unprecedented challenges. This white paper from S&P Global Platts looks at those challenges and provides solutions.
This webinar will explore the results of a survey of the manufacturing industry to better understand what we can expect as the manufacturing industry continues to recover, including how domestic and foreign activity are likely to be impacted.
The U.S. moved 11.84 billion tons of freight last year, a figure expected to increase 25% by 2045.
FreightWaves and Zembles have partnered to present a one-hour webinar on Thursday, December 3rd at 2 pm ET to demonstrate the source of the 95% failure factor – chasing down prospects who don’t need what you’re selling.
This fireside chat between Drew Wilkerson, president of XPO’s North American transportation business, and George Abernathy, president of FreightWaves, will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience.
Register for this important update to hear about the current state of the industry and how you can prepare for what’s next based on the latest data available.
Join Freightwaves and Level One Technologies for an hour-long webinar on Tuesday, December 1 at 2pm ET, where we’ll discuss how Epay Manager can convert a broker’s A/P and A/R departments to one that uses the principles of self-invoicing to more efficiently create and exchange carrier invoices, customer bills, documents and payments electronically.
The U.S. rail network comprises nearly 140,000 miles of track, broken into three main categories.
Industry speakers, technology demos and venture capitalists took center stage last week for FreightWaves’ FreightTech Venture Summit and LIVE @HOME events. Now you can catch sessions you may have missed or rewatch those that most interested you with a special rebroadcast of the events beginning Tuesday.
You can find every FreightWaves podcast conveniently in one feed via the free FreightCasts channel on iTunes, Spotify or wherever podcasts are found.
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 founder Craig Fuller hosted a Fuller Speed Ahead episode with Truckstop.com CEO Paris Cole and Phil Yates, founding partner at Bregal Sagemount.
FreightWaves today announced FreightWaves for Startups, a new initiative aimed at helping startup companies grow into successful organizations.
Certain types of business models are more attractive to venture capitalists.
Tune into a fireside chat with USA Truck’s George Henry and Prasad Gollapalli, founder and CEO of Trucker Tools. Listeners will learn from USA Truck’s experience as it launched into its technology journey with Trucker Tools, lessons being learned, and best practices to follow in designing and executing a best-in-class technology strategy while keeping the business running and avoiding being left on the shoulder of the technology transformation highway.
AOL co-founder and current Revolution CEO Steve Case and Ryder’s Karen Jones to headline star-studded virtual event focused on FreightTech.
Election 2020: It’s hard for long-haul truck drivers to predict where they will be from week to week, but most say they plan to be at the polls on Election Day, Nov. 3.
To assess the hidden costs of trailers and understand how companies can help mitigate these costs, FreightWaves and Spireon partnered to conduct an industry survey and will be exploring the findings during a live webinar on Thursday, November 19 at 2pm ET.
FreightWaves’ newsletters have over 500,000 subscribers combined.
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller was interviewed for the podcast “The Business of Content.” Read highlights here.
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller appeared on the A Media Operator podcast. Read highlights of the podcast here.
Register for this important update to hear about the current state of the industry and how you can prepare for what’s next based on the latest data available.
Now in its third year, the FreightTech 100 shines a spotlight on some of the most innovative companies across the industry, featuring both young startups and household names.
Join this webinar to learn the top five ways navigation can go beyond an address to improve efficiency fleet-wide. Register today!
Former JOC Group COO joins the FreightWaves Board of Directors. With her appointment, the company has big plans to expand coverage beyond North American surface freight transportation.
Technology strategies are not “one and done;” rather, your technology platform is on a continuous journey, an evolution addressing the evermore demanding needs of a highly competitive market for capacity.
FreightWaves’ JT Engstrom talked e-commerce logistics with Prologis’ Melinda McLaughlin during the FreightWaves Future of Logistics Real Estate Summit on Tuesday.
J. J. Keller and FreightWaves team up to illustrate the 2020 HOS Changes.
In this white paper, brought to you by FreightWaves and Transplace, we will take an in-depth look at how unlikely events — often described as white or black swan events — are driving supply chain and transportation professionals to seek out realtime alternative data to create a competitive advantage in their operations and finances.
Join FreightWaves and Kuebix on Tuesday, October 27 at 2pm ET for an hour-long webinar where we will discuss how you can prepare yourself with tips and actionable ideas to help you master the 2020 peak capacity season.
Disruption continues to be the prime focus of supply chains, whether it’s positive business surges or times of crisis. Overcoming these disruptors requires an operation with complete visibility, flexibility, and optimization across the entire supply chain journey.
FreightWaves CEO and Director of Freight
FreightWaves and Uber Freight have partnered to provide a one-hour webinar on September 17th, 2020 at 2 pm ET that will cover freight tracking and the benefits of implementing this technology in your business.
FreightTech veteran Travis Rhyan has been appointed to head FreightWaves Media.
FreightWaves’ monthly Market Update webinar is our most popular monthly segment designed to provide insights around all of the events affecting the freight markets today.
This Carrier Rate Report —presented in partnership with SkyBitz — is the third installment of a quarterly publication. This report will review the first half of 2020 and provide a forecast for the remainder of the year. Carrier survey results and SONAR data included.
Whether you’re an employer looking to fill freight-related positions or a job-seeker, Freight.Careers.com is the go-to website.
FreightWaves announces launch of Firecrown Media, which offers custom virtual events production, as well as custom-produced video and virtual media networks.
FreightWaves will provide SONAR, its freight data and analytics platform, free through 9/4/2020 due to Hurricane Laura.
To better understand how automotive shippers are planning to evolve their strategies in these unique times, FreightWaves and Redwood Logistics partnered on a research initiative and will be exploring the findings of this study during an hour-long webinar on Tuesday, September 1 at 2pm ET.
During this session, we will hear about the latest market trends from FreightWaves Director of Freight Market Intelligence, Zach Strickland, as well as insights from a special guest speaker around the role that technology can play in helping carriers prepare for the unexpected.
Tropical Storms Laura and Marco continue to gain strength Saturday and are expected to hammer the Gulf of Mexico early next week.
This webinar will explore the benefits of back-office technologies, including a demo of Level One Technologies’ Epay Manager.
Keller Trucking uses TCA benchmarking program to identify Best Practices and elevate profitability.
Some of today’s most innovative and disruptive companies in the logistics industry showed off their products during FreightWaves’ first virtual Carrier Summit on Wednesday.
Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of FreightWaves, has been honored by Ernst & Young. Learn more about the honor.
Tracxn names FreightWaves as one of “Emerging Startups of Data as a Service.”
This Shipper Rate Report is the third installment of a quarterly publication using freight payment data from U.S. Bank in conjunction with FreightWaves SONAR data sets to create the most in-depth rate and demand outlook for shippers.
During this webinar—presented by FreightWaves in partnership with Vector—Will Chu, CEO of Vector, will sit down with industry leader Brian Fielkow, CEO of Jetco, to discuss how Brian has successfully deployed technology to drive impressive growth, productivity and scale across his business.
o share strategies to help companies master the middle mile and ensure they are able to continue driving sales during times of uncertainty, FreightWaves is partnering with RJW Logistics Group to host an hour-long webinar on Thursday, August 20 at 2pm ET.
FreightWaves’ monthly Market Update webinar is our most popular monthly segment designed to provide data around the latest events affecting the freight markets today. Based on real-time intelligence, we will be exploring the most economic factors and freight trends available to help you and your company plan for the future.
This webinar will discuss how technology can help brokers build trust with their carriers and secure reliable capacity.
During this webinar, presented by FreightWaves in partnership with Descartes Systems Group, we will explore current and near-term challenges in visibility and capacity sourcing to help you get your carrier network ready.
Even as more states roll back their reopenings as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the country, there is some evidence that the strong freight volumes seen in July are here to stay for a while.
FreightWaves and EKA Solutions, Inc. announce a collaboration to bring more data to EKA Solutions’ clients.
FreightWaves is partnering with Transfix to present an hour-long webinar on Thursday, August 6 at 2pm ET to address how shippers are adapting to meet customer needs during this unprecedented time.
FreightWaves raised $37 million in two rounds of funding. Learn more about FreightWaves and Kayne Partners, which led one of the rounds.
Brian Aoaeh continues a series of commentaries on technology-driven innovations in supply chains, logistics and trucking.
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. […]
Early preparations for possible natural disasters helped Trinity Logistics get ready to adapt to remote leadership changes forced by the coronavirus pandemic.
To better understand the impact of these factors on the industry and how shippers are preparing for the remainder of 2020 and beyond, FreightWaves and Redwood Logistics partnered on a research initiative and will be exploring the findings of this study during an hour-long webinar on Wednesday, July 22 at 2pm ET. During this webinar, we will explore:
Todd Davis will take over benchmarking for FreightWaves and the inGauge platform that powers TCA’s Profitability Program for Chris Henry, who founded the inGauge benchmarking platform.
FreightWaves has designed this monthly Market Update webinar to provide data around the latest events affecting the freight market. During this session, we will discuss where the market is headed, what the key drivers are and how the industry can best respond.
New trends and technological improvements have simplified tolling in this new decade. So what are those improvements and how can you implement them into your processes? FreightWaves has partnered with Bestpass to bring you a complimentary white paper examining ways tolling has transformed over the past years.
During this webinar, shippers will learn how preparations for a range of risk scenarios can start with strong balance sheet liquidity—the number one issue in terms of the viability of their business—and their carriers’ business.
During this webinar, our market experts will shed light on critical areas to monitor that may further impact global supply chains.
FreightWaves has been honored with 9 Azbee Awards of Excellence, including four Gold Awards.
This webinar—presented by FreightWaves in partnership with Trucker Tools—will provide useful lessons learned and insights for brokers through a discussion of how GlobalTranz has developed and refined its technology strategy and the role that Trucker Tools plays in that strategy.
