White Papers

October 2025 State of Freight

Discussions from F3: The Future of Freight Festival highlight three disruptive shifts transforming logistics: AI and FreightTech innovations, geopolitical shifts affecting freight markets, and evolving workforce dynamics. Analysis of the...

The Compliance Crunch

GenLogs has partnered with SONAR to take a deeper look at this ‘Compliance Crunch’ and see if there is any ground truth to the narrative that is having an impact...

Turning Market Data into Market Advantage: SONAR’s Top 10 Enhancements of 2025

Turning Market Data into Market Advantage: 2025 has been one of the most transformative years in SONAR’s history. From real-time global trade monitoring to AI-powered freight analytics, SONAR continues to...

September 2025 State of Freight: Peak Season Expectations and Market Wildcards

Click here to download the full white paper covering key topics from this months webinar.   Watch the full webinar here.

Rediscover SONAR at the F3 Future of Freight Festival

If you haven’t checked out SONAR lately, be sure you do! We’ve rolled out more features and product enhancements this year than in many of the past years combined—and the...

Q3 2025 Shipper Rate Report

The latest Shipper Rate Report  — brought to you by Trimble — delivers the most comprehensive rate and demand outlook available for shippers. Using SONAR’s proprietary datasets, FreightWaves experts break down the trends shaping the freight market today —...

Q3 2025 Carrier Rate Report

FreightWaves’ Carrier Rate Report — sponsored by Trimble — provides a review of the previous quarter and a forecast for the coming months. Featuring responses from a carrier survey alongside SONAR data,...

August 2025 State of Freight

This white paper summarized key insights from the August 2025 State of Freight webinar and why they are important for shippers, carriers adn 3pls.  Download the full white paper here:...

July 2025 State of Freight

The July State of Freight addressed the current freight market and how its defined by a significant contradiction: while freight demand remains in a recession with volumes at 2019 levels,...

June 2025 State of Freight

SONAR June 2025 State of Freight: Understanding the nuances of freight seasonality is critical for accurately forecasting rates and securing capacity, yet long-held assumptions about market peaks and valleys are...

May 2025 State of Freight

The freight market has experienced significant volatility in recent months, driven primarily by trade tensions and policy shifts. Following the imposition of a 145% tariff by the Trump administration, freight...

Q2 2025 Shipper Rate Report

This Shipper Rate Report uses SONAR datasets to create the most in-depth rate and demand outlook for shippers. The insights within this paper are curated by the market experts at FreightWaves...
White Papers
October 29, 2025

October 2025 State of Freight

October 13, 2025

The Compliance Crunch

October 8, 2025

Turning Market Data into Market Advantage: SONAR’s Top 10 Enhancements of 2025