DAT Solutions Expands Search Features

Roger W. Gilroy/Transport Topics

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — DAT Solutions introduced two new products, one that assists brokers when capacity is tight and one that helps drivers with trip planning.

The company said its LaneMakers feature in its DAT Power load board was expanded to help brokers find carriers on lanes where capacity is tight. It supports searches, including city to city, state to state, and zone to zone.

Also, it debuted the new version of its free DAT Trucker mobile app, formerly known as MyDAT Trucker.

Plus, LaneMakers supports searching for a class of equipment such as flatbed, or a specific equipment type such as removable gooseneck. LaneMakers is integrated with the DAT Directory, so brokers can check carriers’ authority, safety rating and insurance, and carriers can check brokers’ credit scores and days-to-pay, it said.

Likewise, carriers can use LaneMakers to locate brokers who move freight on lanes they would like to run, the company said.

“LaneMakers helps brokers more quickly find capacity on lanes they have not historically covered, where available capacity is spoken for, or when the carrier’s posted trucks do not meet the brokers’ selection criteria,” Greg Sikes, DAT’s vice president of products, said. “Likewise, LaneMakers enables carriers to better identify the top posting brokers on their preferred lanes.”

The new mobile app is a driver’s trip planner. It features amenities that include Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s locations for safe parking, CAT Scale locations, and a limited number of locally, geo-targeted loads from the industry’s largest loadboard, DAT said.

DAT Trucker also features a completely redesigned interface as well as a link enabling users to access all DAT Network loads through DAT TruckersEdge.

DAT Solutions, based in Portland, Oregon, operates a network of load boards and is a subsidiary of Roper Industries, a diversified growth company.