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DAT company history timeline

1978

1978 – Jubitz truck stop in Portland, Oregon, launches its Dial-A-Truck service.

1995

1995 – DAT introduces the Transportation Terminal™. With this device, DAT becomes the first North American freight-matching service to provide real-time data, transmitted via satellite.

1997

1997 – DAT Connect™ for Windows®, an interactive software, allows users to access DAT Load Boards from a personal computer, via dial-up modem.

2001

2001 – DAT is purchased by TransCore, a global provider of toll systems, customer service centers, design consulting, maintenance, traffic management systems, and radio frequency identification (RFID) manufacturing.

2004

2004 – TransCore is acquired by Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP), a diversified technology company and constituent of the S&P 500, Fortune 1000, and the Russell 1000 indices.

2010

2010 – DAT launches its RateView™ product, which provides average market rates for more than 68,000 point-to-point lanes.

2014

2014 – TransCore DAT becomes DAT Solutions.

2016

2016 – DAT and Getloaded – a leading load board provider for small carriers and brokers – combine networks to create one super-database of spot market freight and capacity.

2018

2018 – DAT launches its OnTime™ product, a load tracking service where freight brokers can monitor the location and status of their managed freight using an app installed on the truck driver’s smartphone.

2020

2020 – DAT introduces two new sub-brands, DAT One for end-to-end freight solutions, and DAT iQ for advanced data analytics.

2020 – DAT acquires the Freight Market Intelligence Consortium from Chainalytics, adding the most trusted source of analytics for contract freight, completing a 360-view of the entire truckload transportation marketplace.

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Founded
1978
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Headquarters
Beaverton, OR
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Fred Jubitz
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