# News Releases

#### TransCore’s North American Freight Index Dips in April Due to Extreme Weather

May 16, 2011

PORTLAND, Ore. -- TransCore’s North American Freight Index showed a 14 percent decline in spot market truckload freight volume for the month of A...

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#### TransCore Sees Freight & Capacity “Double Dip” on Spot Market

May 09, 2011

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Extreme weather in key freight markets led to an unusual double dip: both spot market load volume and truck capacity for all equi...

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#### TransCore Reports Van and Reefer Capacity Rising on the Spot Freight Market

Apr 28, 2011

PORTLAND, Ore.-- Spot market truck capacity increased 2.9 percent, led by a continued increase in dry van availability on TransCore’s DAT Network...

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#### TransCore’s Truckload Rate Index Shows Van Rates Leveling Off

Apr 21, 2011

PORTLAND, Ore.-- Dry van rates rose 0.5 percent on the spot market nationwide in the week ending April 13, as major key markets maintained steady r...

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#### AIM Logistics Selects TransCore’s Keypoint Transportation Management Software

Apr 20, 2011

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- AIM Logistics, a privately held third party logistics (3PL) transportation company located in Houston, Texas, recently selected...

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#### TransCore’s Truckload Rate Index Shows Dry Van Rates Up, Led by West Coast Markets

Apr 14, 2011

PORTLAND, Ore.--Dry van rates increased 2.3 percent on the spot market nationwide in the two-week period ending April 6. The upward trend was espec...

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#### TransCore’s North American Freight Index Sees Third Straight Month of Record Volume

Apr 13, 2011

PORTLAND, Ore.-- TransCore’s North American Freight Index records the highest spot market truckload freight volume for the month of March since t...

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#### TransCore’s New Keypoint Transportation Software Offers Rates, Carrier Validation, and Agent Financials

Apr 07, 2011

PORTLAND, Ore.-- Truck freight brokers and 3rd party logistics providers (3PLs) can now access spot market and contract rates, validate carriers’...

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#### TransCore’s Annual Broker Survey Shows Freight Volume Increases in 2010 while Margins Slip

Apr 06, 2011

PORTLAND, Ore.-- The fourth annual TransCore Broker Benchmark Survey revealed that freight brokers on average moved 10 percent more freight in 2010...

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#### TransCore’s Truckload Rate Index Reports Upward Trend in March for Reefers, Vans and Flatbeds

Apr 04, 2011

PORTLAND, Ore.-- Following a three-month decline, truckload rates for refrigerated (“reefer”) vans increased 2.2 percent on the spot market in...

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