DAT's Convoy Platform Shows Reload Options with Rates and Deadhead Miles
ROP•DAT Freight & Analytics has expanded its Convoy Platform app with a reloads badge showing available backhaul options, including book-now rates, deadhead miles, and pickup timing. The new feature lets carriers plan full trips, reduce empty miles, and factor fuel costs into bids before booking initial loads.
1. Expanded Reloads Feature
DAT Freight & Analytics has added a reloads badge in its Convoy Platform app load details, showing carriers the count of available backhaul loads at delivery markets. Each reload option displays book-now rate, deadhead miles to pickup, and timing after delivery within the app’s load details page.
2. Carriers Plan Full Trips
The feature enables carriers to factor full-trip data into their bidding decisions, helping to limit empty miles and mitigate rising fuel expenses by previewing backhaul opportunities before booking initial loads.
3. Early Adopter Benefits
ExpedICE Logistics reports using reload data to avoid weaker markets and improve profitability by selecting more efficient return loads based on rate and deadhead distance metrics.
4. Business Unit Context
DAT Freight & Analytics, a Roper Technologies unit, operates the DAT One marketplace and Convoy Platform, leveraging over 700,000 daily load posts and a $1 trillion freight transaction database to innovate trucking logistics.
