Our network at a glance:
235 million load posts in 2018
More than 930,000 load posts per business day
More than 1.2 million load searches per business day
181 million are posted first on DAT or nowhere else
256 million load and truck posts
More than 570 million searches per year
$65 billion in annualized freight payments
DAT often partners with a number of internal and external resources to give you fresh perspectives on the freight and trucking industries.
I have been a spot market pirate for almost nine years. As a pirate, you want to get in and get the good stuff. Read More
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It's typical for rates to fall after the Fourth of July, and this year was no different. Read More
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Independence Day fell on a Thursday this year, so there were many people who took Friday off as well. Read More
When I took a job as a delivery helper for a local distributor back in 2000… Read More
June freight volumes finished the month strong, and rates responded to close Q2. Read More
This year's truckload spot market rates have fallen well short of the heights set in 2018… Read More
June freight volumes have been rising the past two weeks. Read More
It's no secret that truckload rates aren't where they were a year ago. Read More
Author Earl Nightingale once said that to get rich, you just have to find a need and fill it. In the eight years I’ve… Read More
DAT operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America. Transportation brokers, carriers, news organizations and industry analysts rely on DAT for market trends and data insights derived from 256 million freight matches and a database of 65 billion of market transactions.
The company was established in 1978 as the Dial-A-Truck (DAT) load finder service at Jubitz® truck stop in Portland, OR.
