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DAT Load Boards

The industry's biggest and fastest Load Boards

New, easy-to-use interface, designed for quick access that refreshes immediately.

The Trucking Industry's Spot Market Super-Database

Join the trucking industry’s largest marketplace, with 291 million load and truck posts and 843 million searches last year alone. DAT Load Boards, the trusted source for spot market freight and capacity since 1978, is now the fastest, most efficient load board service. New load and truck posts appear in real time, every second of every day.

#1 in Truckloads

Of the 266 million loads posted last year
97 million loads found on DAT first, or nowhere else
1 million van, reefer, flatbed, and specialty loads posted each business day
Company reviews let you research potential business partners
Mobile load board app included with every subscription

#1 in Truckload Capacity

More than 1.3 million trucks in the DAT super-database
Truckload capacity has doubled since 2015
Reach hundreds of thousands of drivers in their trucks who use the DAT Load Board for Truckers and DAT Trucker mobile apps
Qualify and monitor carriers with DAT CarrierWatch

#1 in Freight Rates and Marketplace Analytics

Hot Market Maps – Interactive maps show demand in each market and load-to-truck ratios by equipment type
DAT RateView™ – Get visibility into rates that shippers and brokers pay carriers — choose from contract and spot market lane rates, or get both
DAT TriHaul™ – See automated suggestions for better paying round-trips using triangular routes

Make Your Business More Efficient

Comprehensive search feature lets you get instant updates, expand your search parameters, look for full or partial loads in a lane or focus on specific lanes
Alarm Match gets you instant results, emailed to your inbox
LaneMakers™ finds the companies that work specific lanes
DAT Directory™ gives you information on more than 500,000 transportation companies
DAT Assurance™ provides assistance in getting payments collected
DAT Factoring gets you cash from your invoices quickly
Free access from virtually any mobile device
Loads are posted and found on DAT’s mobile app DAT® Trucker
New! DAT One (Formerly DAT Power) is the only load board that lets teams see each other’s search results and leaves notes on screen

DAT CarrierWatch® for FMSCA Safety, DOT Authority and Insurance Certificates

When you purchase DAT Load Boards, CarrierWatch will automatically update carriers’ authority, safety ratings, and DOT-reported insurance changes. CarrierWatch is endorsed by the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA).

When you access CarrierWatch from DAT Load Boards you:

Learn more about carriers to reduce your risk
Cut time spent on paperwork
Find and build relationships with top-quality carriers

DAT RateView™ - your own rate analyst

Increase your revenue with spot market lane rate pricing. When you use DAT RateView, you’ll get visibility into rates for virtually every lane in the U.S. You also get 13-month historic rate data for thousands of lanes.

For each search result, you’ll see:

Spot market lane rates
Backhaul rates
Automatic suggestions for TriHaul™ routes that beat current backhaul rates
Contract rates (additional subscription needed)

DAT Load Board for Truckers Mobile App

DAT load board service comes with access to DAT Load Board for Truckers, the most powerful mobile app for carriers, dispatchers, and owner-operators. You get easy-to-use tools that you can’t find with any other load board app.

Email alerts whenever a new load posted matches your search
Sort search results by offer rate
Broker reviews and credit scores
Spot market rates for lanes you search (depending on your DAT subscription)
Remembers lanes you recently searched
Post your available truck so that brokers find you