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TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index up 53 Percent in July
Aug 20, 2010
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index up 53 Percent in July

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TransCore 2010 Carrier Survey Finds Frequent Load Board Users Have Higher Revenue and Profit Per Truck
Aug 19, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carrier Benchmark Survey shows all carriers’ revenues trended up by almost $1,500 per truck per month over 2009 as economy improved, freight increased, and rates trended up.

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore’s July Freight Index Up 122 Percent from Last Year
Aug 12, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore’s July Freight Index Up 122 Percent from Last Year

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index Continues to Climb for Sixth Straight Month
Jul 29, 2010
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index shows significant improvement year over year with a 59 percent increase in spot market freight availability, the sixth consecutive month with double digit growth.

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Major Southeast Electric Company Adopts TransCore’s Tracking and Asset Visibility Solutions for Rail
Jul 08, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore to provide satellite tracking and rail asset visibility solutions to Atlanta-based Southern Company, one of the nation’s largest producers of electricity.

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TransCore’s Canadian Loadlink Service Enhances Logistics Freight and Equipment Matching Tools with Google Maps
Jul 08, 2010
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore’s Canadian-based Link Logistics announces the integration of Google Maps™ API Premier into its Loadlink® logistics freight matching service

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ICMI Announces the 2010 Global Call Center of the Year Award Winners, Selected for Embodying the Principles of Effective Call Center Management, Customer Advocacy and Employee Engagement
Jun 25, 2010
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore selected as the 2010 Global Call Center of the Year Award winner in the Small-Medium Call Center category. TransCore is a two-time winner of this prestigious award.

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index Records Highest Volume of Loads Since Mid 2008
Jun 24, 2010
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index climbs for fifth straight month, shows significant improvement year over year with a 73 percent increase in spot market freight availability.

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E-BRIEF -- TransCore Teams with Vigillo to Offer Discounted CSA 2010 Scorecards
Jun 23, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore teams with data mining software company Vigillo to offer its customers a 10 percent discount on Vigillo’s CSA 2010 carrier and driver scorecards.

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E-BRIEF -- TransCore’s “Load It, Track It” Load Board, In-cab Communication Offering Debuts at Great West Truck Show
Jun 17, 2010
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Free TransCore DAT load board service with purchase of CabLink in-cab communications system

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore’s May North American Freight Index More Than Triples 2009 Levels
Jun 17, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore's North American Freight Index - Spot market freight volume sets record for the month of May

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore’s Spot Market Freight Up Almost 300 Percent from a Year Ago, Strongest Month Since 2005
May 17, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spot market freight availability increased by 291 percent in April.

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TransCore Announces Truckload Rate Exchange for Spot Market Freight
May 10, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore Truckload Rate Index becomes the first and only rating service featuring actual invoiced rates that brokers have paid carriers.

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TransCore Unveils New Freight Services Website for Product and Spot Market Freight Information
May 04, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore launches new freight services web site.

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E-BRIEF -- TransCore Named Semi-Finalist for ICMI Global Customer Support Award
May 03, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore a Semi-Finalist for Coveted ICMI Call Center of the Year Award; TransCore won this in 2007

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore’s March Freight Index Jumps 259 Percent Compared to One Year Ago
Apr 19, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spot market freight availability increased by 259 percent in March, compared to the same month in 2009, according to TransCore’s North American Freight Index.

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E-BRIEF -- TransCore’s CarrierWatch 2010 Monitors CSA 2010 Compliance Scores
Apr 08, 2010
TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At this week’s annual Transportation Intermediaries Association conference, TransCore is previewing CarrierWatch 2010, an enhanced version of its carrier monitoring service.

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TransCore’s Annual Broker Benchmark Survey Shows Stability Despite Rough 2009
Apr 07, 2010
TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore issues annual Broker Benchmark Survey at Transportation Intermediaries Association's 32nd annual meeting in Tucson.

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore’s Logistics Software 4.0 Adds Carrier Module for Brokers with Assets
Mar 30, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore has added new carrier tools, including a driver pay management feature, to TransCore’s Logistics Software 4.0, the most popular broker transportation management software since 1990.

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NEWS BRIEF --TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index Trends Upwards, Consistent with U.S. Improvement
Mar 17, 2010
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index based on Loadlink® freight matching data sees increase in year-over-year load volumes.

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore’s February Freight Index up 215 Percent Compared to One Year Ago
Mar 12, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore’s spot marketplace soars to near record-level year-over-year

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NEWS BRIEF -- Cookson Carriers Corp. Adopts TransCore’s Logistics Software, A Broker Transportation Management System
Mar 03, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cookson Carriers Corp. Adopts TransCore’s Logistics Software, A Broker Transportation Management System

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NEWS BRIEF -- January Spot Freight Market Up 54 Percent Compared to A Year Ago
Feb 16, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore’s North America Freight Index year-over-year trends up fourth straight month

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NEWS BRIEF -- Snowland Freight Adopts Transcore’s Logistics Software, a Broker Transportation Management System
Jan 29, 2010
Snowland Freight adopts TransCore’s Logistics Software, a broker transportation management system

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NEWS BRIEF -- December Spot Freight Availability Doubles Year-over-year, Marking 10 Months of Upward Trend across TransCore Load Boards
Jan 22, 2010
December Spot Freight Availability Doubles Year-over-year, Marking 10 Months of Upward Trend across TransCore Load Boards

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore’s Logistics Software Dispatch Control Screen Speeds Operations and Improves Brokers, 3PLs, and Agent Efficiency
Dec 17, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Savvy brokers and third party logistics providers rely on transportation management systems (TMS) to help them move more freight with greater operational efficiency: in other words, do more with less overhead – and faster. The new Dispatch Control Screen of Logistics Software, TransCore’s TMS , gives brokers, 3PLs and agents a dashboard covering the vital signs of the freight life cycle they’re managing, increasing their speed and efficiency in

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NEWS BRIEF -- Spot Freight Up 65 Percent in November, Compared with 2008
Dec 15, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spot market freight availability increased by 65 percent in November compared to last year according to the TransCore Freight Index, a measure of truckload freight volume found on load boards supported by the DAT Network, including 3sixty Freight Match and TruckersEdge.net. Load-to-truck ratios on the spot market have been trending upward since February. November’s ratio of 2.5 loads posted per available truck was 120 percent higher than the load-to-truck r

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NEWS BRIEF - TransCore Offers up to 50 Percent Discount on Top Truck Load Boards
Dec 10, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brokers, carriers, and third party logistic providers (3PLs) looking to take advantage of the recovery in the spot freight market, have until January 31, 2010, to acquire TransCore’s best load board products at significant discounts. For the balance of December 2009, through January 31 2010, new TransCore customers will receive a discount of 40 percent on the first month’s service for TransCore’s 3sixty™ Freight Match Power User, or 50 per

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NEWS BRIEF --TransCore’s Transportplanet.com and Truck News Provide Trucking Industry Employers with Access to Job Seekers
Dec 09, 2009
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore’s Canadian-based Link Logistics, a transportation technology provider, and Truck News, a leading trucking industry news provider, announce the integration of non-driver job postings between Transportplanet.com and Truck-Ops. Thousands of Canadian job seekers and employers have already benefited from an existing collaboration between the two companies that match driver job postings from trucking employers with active job seekers all across Canada that are

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NEWS BRIEF -- Spot Freight Volumes Up 9 Percent in October, for the First Year-over-year Improvement in 2009
Nov 23, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spot market freight availability increased by 9 percent in October, when compared to October 2008, according to the TransCore Freight Index, a measure of truckload freight volume found on load boards supported by the company’s DAT Network, including 3sixty Freight Match and TruckersEdge.net. The positive year-over-year comparison represents the first such result in 2009 and is due to a combination of factors: an improving freight volume trend in the second

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E-BRIEF – TransCore’s Logistics Software Carrier Pay Rate Calculator Instantly Shows Brokers Exact Profit Ranges for Each Load
Nov 17, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Logistics Software, TransCore’s transportation management software, has added a new tool that lets brokers and 3PL providers quickly determine the impact of proposed carrier rates on their profit goals for each load. Logistics Software’s Carrier Pay Rate Calculator allows users to plug in variables and determine profitability instantly. No matter how a carrier bills – flat rate, per mile, hundredweight (CWT), ton, piece or percentage of cost 

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EBRIEF -- TransCore Enhances Mapping and Matching in TruckersEdge.net and 3sixty Freight Match Express Load Boards
Nov 12, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore announced upgrades to the mapping and freight matching features of its entry level TruckersEdge.net and 3sixty Freight Match Express load board services. As Web-based products, all TruckersEdge.net and 3sixty Freight Match Express packages provide full access to TransCore’s DAT® Network, the industry standard load board with more than 50 million freight loads and trucks per year as well as brokers with the industry’s lowest days-to-pay

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e-Brief -- TransCore Certifies McLeod TMS for Direct DAT Network Access
Nov 05, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore announces it has certified two transportation management software (TMS) systems from McLeod Software, PowerBroker II and LoadMaster IX, for direct integration with TransCore’s DAT® Network of freight load boards, including 3sixty Freight Match. Using TransCore’s Connexion™ Web Service, McLeod’s PowerBroker II and LoadMaster IX customers can search and post to the DAT Network in real time, from within the TMS application. Wit

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eBRIEF -- TransCore Announces Entry-Level Load Board Products for Brokers, Carriers, and Shippers
Oct 30, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore announces four additional 3sixty Freight Match Express load board offerings. These entry-level products are designed to meet the needs of smaller freight brokers, carriers and shippers. Each Web-based product provides unlimited access to TransCore’s DAT® Network, the industry standard for load boards with more than 50 million freight loads and trucks per year and brokers with the industry’s lowest days-to-pay and highest credit scores.

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News Brief -- Spot Freight Up 9 Percent in September, Continuing Three Month Trend of Better-than-Seasonal Improvement
Oct 28, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spot market freight availability increased by 9 percent in September, compared to August, according to the TransCore Freight Index, a measure of truckload freight volume found on load boards supported by the DAT Network, including 3sixty Freight Match and TruckersEdge.net. The 9 percent month-to-month uptick continues a three month trend of better-than-seasonal improvement. Likewise, load-to-truck ratios on the spot market have been trending upward since February

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E-BRIEF -- TransCore Launches New Web Site for Logistics Software
Oct 07, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore launches www.transcorebrokertms.com to offer freight brokers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) product information and resources for its leading transportation management system (TMS), Logistics Software. This robust, single-entry system enables small, medium, and large freight brokers and 3PLs to cover loads more productively. Logistics Software is designed specifically for freight brokers and 3PLs who move full truck loads, LTL or partial loa

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e-Brief -- Spot Freight on TransCore’s DAT Network up 10 Percent in August
Sep 14, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spot market freight availability increased by almost 10 percent in August, compared to July, according to the TransCore Freight Index, a measure of truckload freight volume found on load boards supported by the DAT Network, including 3sixty Freight Match and TruckersEdge.net. In the past two years, by contrast, freight postings declined by an average of 22 percent from July to August. The 10 percent month-to-month uptick continues a trend of better-than-seasonal

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E-BRIEF -- Randall-Reilly Offers TransCore’s TruckersEdge and 3sixty Freight Match Express on eTrucker.com
Aug 19, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore announced the company’s TruckersEdge® and 3sixtySM Freight Match Express load board products are now available on the all-trucking site, eTrucker.com, owned by

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E-Brief -- 33 Percent Increase in Spot Freight Availability Means Good News for Truckers
Jul 30, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A trend toward improved spot freight availability accelerated in June, with a 33 percent increase in loads, according to TransCore’s Freight Index. This followed a 20 percent

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore’s New 3sixty Freight Match Power 2.0 Supports Automatic Upload of up to 500 Postings
Jul 27, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore has released 3sixtySM Freight Match Power 2.0, a client-based loadboard intended for truckload carriers and brokers who move high volumes of freight. 3sixty Power lets users

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore Releases SmartPass 4, Flexible, Low-Cost Automatic Equipment Identification Tag Reader for Freight Rail
Jul 14, 2009
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore introduces the SmartPass® 4 low-cost automatic equipment identification (AEI) tag reader. The SmartPass 4 is a fully integrated, self-contained radio frequency

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore’s Fleet Compliance Services Announces Free Fuel Optimization Module for Interstate Fleets
Jun 08, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore’s Fuel & Mileage Tax Reporting Service adds a free fuel optimization module that efficiently routes trucks to multiple, interstate destinations, minimizing fuel use

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News Brief – TransCore Debuts Research and Development of Breakthrough Global Container Tracking Technology
Jun 01, 2009
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore, a global leader in radio frequency identification (RFID) and mobile satellite communication technology, will showcase recent research and development work that lead to the

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NEWS BRIEF – TransCore Showcases Green Calculator for Parking Facility Management; Provides Carbon Emission Analysis
May 18, 2009
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To evaluate the current state of a parking facility’s associated environmental impact TransCore will demonstrate the “Green Calculator,” a tool to estimate carbon dioxide

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NEWS BRIEF - Industry Veteran John Jabas Joins TransCore’s Fleet Compliance Services Team
May 12, 2009
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore recently welcomed John Jabas, an industry veteran with more than 25 years’ management experience, as director of sales for National Accounts, Fleet Compliance Services. Jabas

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NEWS BRIEF – TransCore to Present “Making Greener Choices” at the Parking Association of Georgia’s Spring Conference
Apr 20, 2009
SAVANNAH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--“Making Greener Choices: Sustainability through the use of radio frequency identification (RFID)-based automatic vehicle identification (AVI) technology,” is

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NEWS BRIEF – TransCore Link Logistics Launches Advanced .NET Web Platform for Canadian Freight Matching Logistics System
Apr 16, 2009
MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore Link Logistics launches new Web-based Loadlink Online, a completely redesigned and upgraded online freight matching system for its Canadian customers, built on the dramatically more

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NEWS BRIEF -- TransCore Vice President to Moderate Key Panel Discussion At Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) Annual Meeting
Mar 31, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Don Thornton, senior vice president of sales for TransCore’s Freight Business Services, will lead a panel of industry experts as they discuss metrics at the Transportation

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NEWS BRIEF - TransCore’s Brad Aitken Joins the National Private Truck Council’s Institute Board of Governors
Mar 24, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brad Aitken, director of business development for TransCore’s Tracking and Communications (GlobalWave) business unit, has been elected to the Board of Governors for the NPTC

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E-BRIEF -- TransCore Launches New Web Site Supporting Class 8 Commercial Truck and Trailer Tracking
Mar 02, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore launches www.transcoretracking.com to provide a specialized GlobalWave web site that caters only to Class 8 commercial trucks and freight carriers, differentiating it from

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NEWS BRIEF - TransCore Expands Enterprise-class Digital Imaging and Document Management System for the Trucking Industry
Feb 20, 2009
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore’s document management system is specifically designed for the trucking industry. After extensive testing, it can now be used in a wider variety of hardware

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