The enhancement will help flatbed and other load providers, including freight brokers, third-party logistics providers and shippers, to move freight that requires specialized equipment. The new list includes 72 trailer types, including such specialty items as over-dimension lowboy, over-dimension flatbed and step-deck Conestoga. The new equipment-type listings are available on all DAT 3sixty Load Board products and TruckersEdge, where more than 68 million loads and trucks are posted annually. A business unit of TransCore, DAT serves brokers, carriers, owner-operators and shippers. TruckersEdge and DAT Extended Network broadcast spot-market freight availability to drivers and owner-operators through monitors installed at more than 900 truckstops nationwide. The company also offers a free smartphone app, My DAT Trucker Services, for iPhone and Android devices.
