Fickle freight on spot load boards can't build the customer base for you. Overdrive Staff. Jun 4, 2025. Updated Jun 11, 2025. With decades of experience as an owner-operator and a long time ...

Photo: Jim Allen, Freightwaves. From public boards to private portals and niche freight co-ops, each load board serves a different purpose. The key isn’t picking just one—it’s knowing how ...

The national average van load-to-truck ratio fell from 3.9 in June to 3.8, meaning there were 3.8 available loads for every van on the DAT network. The reefer load-to-truck ratio was 7.2, up from 7.0.

Load availability on the spot truckload market increased 8.6% while capacity fell 9% during the week ending Feb. 21, reports DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards. Average ...

Load boards TransCore 3sixty and TruckersEdge powered by the DAT Network in the United States have set the industry standard for the spot freight marketplace since 1978.

Freight fraud, most of it double broker-related, shot up 130% last year despite AI-driven, tech heavy efforts from load boards. With no end in sight, here's a look at the rising problem.

DAT introduced the DAT One app, combining 15 apps into one, making it easier and faster for small fleets and owner-operators to book loads and run their business on the road.

Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics has signed a deal with Loadsmith, a marketplace that connects shippers and carriers, to put 800 Kodiak-equipped trucks on its platform.. Loadsmith says ...