DAT TransCore

DAT has served freight transportation professionals for 35 years, operating the industry’s largest spot marketplace since 1978. Over the past decade, DAT has provided carrier qualification and insurance monitoring, satellite tracking and communication services.

The company’s products and services include DAT Freight Rates^™, a database of truckload rates derived from one million freight bills per month and $7 billion annually paid out to carriers in spot market rate transactions. DAT Freight Rates are updated daily based on actual transactions between load providers and carriers.

DAT Freight Rates^™ enable you to benchmark costs and forecast van, reefer and flatbed rates based, in part, on dynamic spot market trends for major markets and point-to-point lanes in the U.S. and Canada. Known as “the industry’s first and best crystal ball for carrier rates,” DAT Freight Rates provides insight into current market rates and conditions, with trend information updated daily.

• Follow spot market trends to predict rate changes for each equipment type on every major U.S. freight lane.
• Forecast your transportation costs accurately and get the best pricing in every season.
• Benchmark your company’s truckload costs against market rates being paid by equipment type in the same lanes, both seasonally and year-round.
• For RFPs, compare incoming bids against the prevailing rates in every lane.

DAT CarrierWatch^® gives you the information you need to validate carriers you use or are considering: safety (including CSA scores), cargo insurance, authority, and more. New federal and state laws make you responsible for regulatory compliance of the carriers you hire. Carriers can lose their authority overnight – literally – due to a missed payment or failed inspection. Likewise, insurance may be out-of-date or insufficient for the freight being shipped. To protect your company and assets, you should double-check each carrier’s qualification, and get a current copy of the carrier’s insurance certificate directly from the insurance agent. With DAT CarrierWatch, you will:

• Complete your full carrier qualification checklist in minutes, and integrate the process with your TMS workflow.
• Get today’s CSA scores, DOT authority and SmartWay status on every carrier, plus full insurance coverage details and a copy of the certificate directly from the insurance agent.
• Monitor all your regular carriers and get automatic alerts if there are any changes in their authority, safety or insurance.
• Protect against identity theft and fraud by identifying “chameleon carriers,” who go out of business and then re-invent themselves.

• Truck and Trailer Tracking: 100% satellite-based GPS system for asset tracking, remote temperature control, monitoring and in-cab communications
• Intermodal Services to manage and monitor your freight on the road and on the rails
• Data Integration, Analytics and Consulting to help you manage transportation logistics and costs 

DAT TransCore
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www.DAT.com