Nov 21, 2011
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The Journal of Commerce
Despite mixed signals in other parts of the global shipping economy, David Schrader, senior vice president for operations at TransCore, says freight shipping demand remains strong in the U.S. truckload sector as inventory management trends push more business to spot markets.
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Nov 08, 2011
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Overdriveonline.com
All owner-operator subscribers to the TruckersEdge.net load-board service from TransCore can look forward to a new smartphone-optimized mobile site to launch officially late this year or early next, says TransCore product manager Scott McCollister.
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Sep 30, 2011
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mynewmarkets.com
Insurance agents and brokers frustrated with issuing certificates of insurance for transportation risks may have a friend in an Oregon company that specializes in monitoring insurance data on motor carriers for freight brokers. The company, TransCore Freight Solutions, wants to spread the word about how it can help the insurance industry through its CarrierWatch Insurance Monitoring Center. This service, which is free to insurance agents, promises to helps them reduce the time they spend sending out insurance certificates, which is supposed to happen every time a freight carrier puts freight on a motor carrier's truck.
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Sep 01, 2011
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FleetOwner
TransCore Freight Solutions operates DAT 3sixty, arguably the largest, most active load board in North America. “It's our responsibility to provide a safe marketplace, to assure people are who they say they are,” explains David Schrader, TransCore senior vice president. “If [a fraudulent party] were to get on our board, the fox would be in the henhouse.”
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May 24, 2011
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Bulk Transporter
TransCore’s North American Freight Index showed a 14% decline in spot market truckload freight volume for April 2011 compared with March, but a 12% increase versus April 2010. Freight volumes in the South and Midwest were negatively impacted by extreme weather conditions the regions experienced during April. The month-to-month decline was the first instance in 15 years where spot market freight volume dropped from March to April.
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Apr 04, 2011
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Commercial Carrier Journal
Following a three-month decline, truckload rates for refrigerated vans increased 2.2 percent on the spot market in March compared to February, according to TransCore’s Truckload Rate Index. Compared to March 2010, rates for the reefer segment increased 2.9 percent. Spot market rates are those paid by freight brokers and third-party logistics providers to the carrier.
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Mar 08, 2011
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Commercial Carrier Journal
Nationwide van rates for truck freight moved on the spot market remained stable, according to TransCore Trendlines’ monthly rollup. Flatbed rates increased by 1.9 percent nationwide and reefer rates moved up by 1.6 percent compared to January.
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Dec 17, 2010
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TheTrucker.com
Since August, TransCore’s spot market freight volume has exceeded same-month levels for every year since 2005, the peak year for truckload freight on the spot market. And November was no exception, up 72 percent from a year ago, according to the TransCore North American Freight Index.
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Nov 23, 2010
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Commercial Carrier Journal
TransCore on Tuesday, Nov. 23, announced it has enhanced the fraud protection features and incorporated new federal carrier safety guidelines into its CarrierWatch service, an online tool designed to help brokers and shippers validate the operating authority, insurance and safety records of the motor carriers they hire.
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Nov 23, 2010
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Refrigerated Transporter
TransCore’s North American Freight Index reported a 69% increase in spot market freight availability in October, compared with the previous year.
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