Month: July 2026

Transportation programs built around single-carrier lanes, fixed modes and rigid procurement cycles are facing their costliest stress test in years, according to a new freight intelligence report examining how shippers can protect service and cost when market conditions shift. The recent SONAR Sitrep report, arrives as key market indicators signal carrier leverage at multi-year highs.… Continue reading SONAR Sitrep: Freight market pushes shippers toward network flexibility

Real talk: FreightSnap started by measuring rooftops. Not freight. Rooftops. Back in 2012, we built software that used Google Earth to measure roofs, yards, and walls for the home improvement crowd. We even landed a U.S. patent on it. Then some logistics folks caught wind of the tech and asked a question that changed everything:… Continue reading Real talk: FreightSnap started by measuring rooftops. Not freight. Rooftops.

Let’s talk numbers, because that’s where this gets real. Here’s a real ROI scenario straight from our shippers’ playbook. A shipper moving 220 pallets a month: -> 60% get audited by carriers = 132 pallets -> 30% of those get reclassed = 40 pallets -> At a $130 reclass chargeback each = $5,200 a month… Continue reading 220 pallets/month -> $5,200/month in reclass fees. Let’s talk numbers.

The Small Business in Transportation Coalition (SBTC) has sharpened its legal arguments in its effort to force the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to decertify the commercial driver’s license (CDL) programs of New York and California.  However, transportation experts say the unprecedented lawsuit faces long odds. In filings submitted July 10 to the U.S. Court… Continue reading SBTC faces uphill battle in bid to strip New York, California of CDL authority, experts say

Freight shipments backed up in June but expenditures, led by higher truckload rates and fuel surcharges, continued to advance, according to a monthly report from Cass Information Systems. The multimodal shipments component of the Cass Freight Index fell 4.1% year over year in June, a downward acceleration from the 1.2% y/y dip logged in May.… Continue reading Cass: TL linehaul rates advance in June, volume inflection delayed