Seattle-based digital freight broker Convoy announced a significant milestone today, as it said it has reached 100% automated brokering of loads to carriers—comprised of matching and pricing in lanes in top United States freight markets—which it called an industry first. These markets include Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, and Los Angeles, among others. And it follows a
Data recently issued by Portland, Oregon-based freight marketplace platform and information provider DAT, a subsidiary of Roper Technologies, for the month of October, in its DAT Truckload Volume Index, pointed to the highest number of spot market loads in any month going back to January 2015. The DAT Truckload Volume Index reflects the change in the
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A new offering released today by Seattle-based digital freight broker Convoy offers motor carriers access to ten times the amount of spot freight from the biggest shippers in the United States. Entitled direct-from-shipper loads, Convoy said this offering removes the need for shippers to work with multiple brokers and subsequently provide each carrier with a