
Everything You Need to Know About MCS-150
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that when you first start out as a carrier or independent owner-operator, you’ll need to take the proper steps to get your operating authority.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that when you first start out as a carrier or independent owner-operator, you’ll need to take the proper steps to get your operating authority.


Transportation professionals have their own language, and if you’re new to the industry, you may feel a little lost. That why we’ve put together this list words that are commonly used in the trucking industry.

High-level overview of DAT Carrier Select™ software, the most recent addition to the DAT iQ network analytics solutions for shippers.


This feature allows DAT customers to make decisions based on the experiences of others.
Midwestern Transit doubled carrier management efficiency.
Get insights from DAT’s award-winning products and tools delivered straight to your Transportation Management System (TMS) using our APIs.

Although many shippers have contracts with trucking companies to transport their goods, a significant amount of truck transport in North America is handled by freight brokers. A freight broker is an intermediary between a shipper who has goods to transport and a carrier who has capacity to move that freight.

In this guide, Alex Smith will take you through the steps of how to start a hot shot trucking business and offer some useful tips on how to run a successful hot shot trucking business.