FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Improving carrier operations positively and practically can make this process easier for everyone involved. Freight carrier leaders should turn to these seven practical tips to combine freight analytics with operational excellence improvements. Connect the full freight tech stack to start gaining efficiency in carrier operations.

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AIMMS

MARCH 30, 2020

Prolonged shutdowns will have both financial and operational implications, which are often very difficult to predict due to the complexity and far-reaching nature of supply chains. Scenario planning is the key to understanding the many repercussions of sudden changes in demand and operations brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

Home Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management Freightos Enterprise unifies market intelligence, tender management, and shipment operations into one solution, enhancing logistics efficiency for large import-export businesses.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This week, learn how freight market participants, especially freight carriers, rely on FreightWaves SONAR’s Operating Ratio (OPRAT) index to monitor and understand carrier operating ratios. What is the Operating Ratio (OPRAT) Index? Background on Truckload Carrier Association and freight carriers operating ratios.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 19, 2021

Operational trucking charges and costs are nothing new. While a scorecard of operations, similar to the lane scorecard used by shippers, can help carriers manage their fleets, it still leaves much to be desired. Request a SONAR Demo. The post Operational trucking costs: how to get more from your fleet appeared first on SONAR.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

While valuable for advancement, the rest of the equation rests on ensuring that financial and operational performance continues. The different benchmarks for trucking fleets help ensure that the company operates at an optimal level at all times. Request a FreightWaves SONAR demo to get started. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 5, 2021

Operational costs continue to increase for carriers year to year. Although many carriers have worked diligently towards reducing operational costs and increasing profit margins, there is still work to do for the top for-hire truckload freight carriers to improve. Operating Ratio. Freight data reduces dwell time and load time.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Demand forecasting has more to do with consumer interest in your product, trends in the marketplace, and how these and other factors could affect your future day-to-day operations. Real-time data is centralized and available 24/7 through a single software portal , giving you complete transparency into your fulfillment operations.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In this edition of “SONAR Indices & Insights,” the SONAR team showcases several operational-focused indices to aid asset-lite and asset-based carriers build trucking KPIs that will inform decisions that yield higher profit margins for those who run a trucking business. Operating Ratio (OPRAT).

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Shipchain

APRIL 27, 2020

One way that companies are adding back transparency into their supply chain operations is by leveraging new technologies like automation, IoT, and blockchain , which have proven instrumental in revolutionizing supply chain management. . With automated data handling systems, supply chain operations can flow much more smoothly.

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Freightos

JANUARY 30, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. With these operational challenges and Lunar New Year rapidly approaching ocean rates from Asia to N. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 21% to $6,152/FEU.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Power disruptions kept the Port of Tampa Bay closed until Monday, while ports in Miami and Jacksonville resumed operations before the end of last week.

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Envase Technologies

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Learn how Envase is leveraging our hundreds (upon hundreds) of collective years in dray-tech to make tools once only accessible to the major carriers available to all owner-operators. Read the Blog. Book a Demo to learn more. The Implementation Blues.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) were also level at $2,367/FEU.

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FreightWaves SONAR

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The maritime sector has been operating at peak season-like levels for much of the past year. Request a SONAR Demo. Request a SONAR SCI Demo. All three major modes of transportation – maritime, intermodal and truckload – all have very different peak season timelines. FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE WHITE PAPER.

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Freightos

AUGUST 14, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. By mid-week though, the major airports had resumed full operations, cross-border trucking re-opened, and many garment factories had returned to work. Building port congestion in N.

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Shipchain

MAY 3, 2019

A Blockchain Trucking Platform Will Empower More Owner-Operator Truckers. Use of the blockchain trucking platform can empower more owner-operator truckers. Happy truckers amount to having freight picked up or delivered on time, as well as more enthusiastic operations. Empower Truckers in Your Supply Chain With Blockchain.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 1% to $2,362/FEU.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. But operations could continue reasonably well until then, and freight rates are unlikely to spike to extreme highs due to the current high levels of available capacity. America traffic.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. The Industrial Relations Board ordered operations to resume in Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Montreal, and sent operators and port worker unions to binding arbitration, with ports reopening late last week.

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Freightos

MARCH 19, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. In the meantime, with most container traffic already avoiding the Suez Canal, demand easing, and operations stabilizing , ocean rates continued to decrease across the major tradelanes. America and 7-10% to N.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 26, 2021

Class 1 railroad to operate at a fuel efficiency rate of less than one gallon of fuel per 1,000 gross ton miles.” That includes onboarding new lanes, expanding into new order fulfillment centers, considering the overall needs of fleet management and recognizing when existing operations fall short. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

However, markets are never static, so savvy operators will use market volatility to separate themselves from competitors. Request a SONAR Demo. Since the beginning of the year, market volatility has pushed rates down in key markets and lanes, while pushing other lanes up.

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Freightos

APRIL 2, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Baltimore is the largest US port for vehicle imports and exports.

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FreightWaves SONAR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Shippers’ primary operation is not moving freight; it’s processing food, or manufacturing auto parts, or selling office supplies. Request a SONAR Demo. Request a SONAR SCI Demo. Without adequate data and information on the freight market, shippers can find themselves in the same disadvantageous position as Mr. David.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 14, 2023

As a result, data security and compliance have become a critical component of logistics operations, although implementing adequate controls can present numerous challenges in these complex networks. For the service provider, SOC compliance provides a competitive advantage and conveys a proactive and accountable approach to data management.

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Freightos

AUGUST 27, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. The Teamsters issued a strike announcement soon after, but rescinded it once the Industrial Relations Board affirmed the order on Saturday, and operations had resumed by Monday.

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FreightWaves SONAR

OCTOBER 31, 2024

To ensure smooth operations during peak season, leveraging real-time freight data from platforms like SONAR can give shippers and carriers a competitive edge. To learn more about how you can utilize SONAR data at your organization, request a demo. The post Prepping For The Retail Rush appeared first on SONAR.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 17, 2021

Lane Acuity helps you know how difficult it is to cover loads for a given lane and using that information to your advantage in bidding and day-to-day operations. Request a SONAR Demo. That’s where SONAR SCI Lane Acuity can add the most value and prepare enterprise shippers for true, future-ready bidding strategies.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 4, 2021

There are some key points to consider when it comes to how freight calculator metrics can help improve supply chain operations, such as their ability to: Help ensure profitable freight loads. Request a FreightWaves SONAR demo to get started, or click the button below. Make calculating and considering accessorials and fuel costs easier.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Knowing how fleets operate day in and day out will help provide a clear picture of efficiencies. Of course, that all depends on seeing the activities that are occurring, benchmarking current carrier operations and continuously improving. Know your operating ratio . Benchmark your operation against competitors.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Though many containers and vessels will be stuck on the East Coast and Gulf until operations resume, others will be diverted or shifted to West Coast services.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 8, 2021

Embrace data-driven management with the right data resource Proactive supply chain management begins with understanding current operations, including knowing how market stability plays into RFP processes. Request your demos below. Request a SONAR Demo. Request a SONAR SCI Demo.

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Freightos

JUNE 11, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. In Barcelona port operators are increasing working hours to try and reduce the backlog. Aside from Barcelona, destination ports in N. Europe and N. America are not reporting significant congestion yet.

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Locus

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Warehouses are an integral component of e-commerce operations. Locus’ delivery-linked checkout helps you provide a customized delivery experience for your customers, ranging from multiple fulfillment options to friction-free cancellations and returns even after dispatching goods without compromising operational excellence.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

As explained by Supply Chain Beyond , “The integration of real-time information can enable you to take a magnified look at your business operations and swiftly recognize any possible deficits and issues before they become full-blown problems that can affect your sales and profits.” Request a SONAR demo online to get started. .

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

More carriers are pursuing ways to measure profitability per load and track operating ratios. Most freight managers are not qualified for this kind of operation, so forming partnerships with 3PLs is vital. Tapping into the power of innovative transportation networks can improve operational performance. Request a SONAR Demo.

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