In April, spot rates — the price for a truck booked today as opposed to in advance — were the second highest ever recorded, reported DAT, the largest US load board, where shippers and brokers list loads for carriers to grab. At the same time, rates for precontracted trucks were at a 12-month high.
The joint partnership aims to provide transparency and with real-time, end-to-end visibility into truckload freight while strengthening the relationship between broker and carrier.
DAT Freight & Analytics and FourKites have partnered to bring real-time, end-to-end supply chain visibility to the DAT network. According to both companies, the partnership will give brokers the ability to "seamlessly improve customer service and strengthen relationships with carriers, reducing the need for check-calls and ETA management," the companies stated. It will also enable carriers to integrate tracking through their ELD or other applications.
DAT Freight & Analytics and FourKites formed a strategic partnership intended to bring real-time, end-to-end supply chain visibility to the DAT network, the companies announced May 26.
DAT Freight & Analytics said Wednesday that customers who book truckload freight through its site will be able to track drivers using FourKites’ shipment visibility platform.
Truckload freight marketplace DAT Freight & Analytics is working with FourKites, which provides a real-time supply chain visibility platform, to bring visibility to the DAT network.
DAT Freight & Analytics, North America’s largest marketplace for truckload freight, and FourKites®, the leading real-time supply chain visibility platform in the world, announced a strategic partnership that will bring real-time, end-to-end supply chain visibility to the DAT network. The partnership will give brokers the ability to seamlessly improve their customer service, as well as strengthen their relationships with carriers, reducing the need for check-calls and ETA management. It will also enable carriers to quickly integrate tracking through ELD or tracking applications.
DAT Freight & Analytics, North America’s largest marketplace for truckload freight, and FourKites®, the leading real-time supply chain visibility platform in the world, today announced a strategic partnership that will bring real-time, end-to-end supply chain visibility to the DAT network. The partnership will give brokers the ability to seamlessly improve their customer service, as well as strengthen their relationships with carriers, reducing the need for check-calls and ETA management. It will also enable carriers to quickly integrate tracking through ELD or tracking applications.
DAT Freight & Analytics, North America’s largest marketplace for truckload freight, and FourKites, the leading real-time supply chain visibility platform in the world, today announced a strategic partnership that will bring real-time, end-to-end supply chain visibility to the DAT network.
This year throw in faster US economic growth, a rising tide of US imports, a manufacturing recovery, and a fuel pipeline shutdown in the east, and pressure on truck capacity is hitting new heights. Despite a 9.5 percent drop in load posts and a nearly 24 percent increase in available trucks on DAT Freight & Analytics load boards, spot market dry van rates rose 1.6 percent in the week ended May 23.