Cargo Business Techwire

Friday, September 18, 2015

DAT Solutions launches freight market analytics service

DAT Solutions has launched a new online analytics service for transportation and logistics professionals to access truck and load data on the 149 key market areas in North America with the highest concentrations of inbound and outbound freight.

Through a Tableau web portal, customers access a set of trucking freight data visualizations. Users also have the option of importing data into their own systems, according to the company statement.

Customers can sort data by individual and multiple key market areas to customize charts and maps of current or historical trends to help them strategize. Market data comes from DAT Load Boards, which host more than 120 million load and truck posts

each year, and DAT RateView, which compiles more than $24 billion in actual freight bills annually.

"For years, DAT Solutions has provided volumes of data on the 65,000 lanes we track," said Greg Sikes, VP Products for DAT Solutions. "We developed this data analytics service through close collaboration with several top 50 third party logistics companies who are now benefitting from enhanced planning, carrier prospecting and benchmarking capability."

DAT says currently available data visualizations include carrier development charts, supply/demand heat maps, inbound/outbound trucks and loads map and truck density maps.