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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's DAT Solutions page on 12 May 2020, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
DAT Solutions, originally known as Dial-a-Truck, is a US-based freight exchange service ("load board") and provider of transportation information serving North America. Freight exchange services are used to match material ("loads") that need to shipped with over-the-road carriers that can be hired to move those loads. DAT was established in 1978 and is part of Roper Technologies.
In 1958, Monroe 'Moe' Jubitz, opened Fleet Leasing, Inc., a full-service truck leasing and maintenance company in Portland, Oregon. Moe expanded to provide fuel, food, and accommodations to truckers on the road, the origin of Jubitz Truck Stop. The trucking industry was deregulated in the 1970s, encouraging independent truck drivers and small companies to find extra loads rather than returning empty. Mr. Jubitz noticed drivers hanging around his truck stop after the usual meal and shower, hoping to find a load. So he decided to start signing up brokers and shippers who needed freight hauled from Portland. Before the service, truck drivers seeking loads left handwritten notes on a bulletin board at the Jubitz Truck Stop in Portland, Oregon, U.S. for shippers and freight brokers seeking truckers to move their freight. Jubitz began posting the loads on a monitor at the truck stop and charging drivers a fee for the phone number of the company wanting to move freight.
in 1978, the Dial-A-Truck was founded by Moe's son Albin Jubitz, as a subsidiary of the Jubitz Corporation. By the 1980s, DAT monitors were located in hundreds of truck stops around the country, with thousands of truck drivers and shippers subscribing to the load board services. Dial-A-Truck was relabeled as DAT Services in 1989. In 2001, the DAT network was used to mobilize trucks in support of the relief efforts in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
| Date | Article | Author/Source |
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| 2 October 2014 | Portland Man, Former Senior Vice President at DAT Solutions, Sentenced for Defrauding His Own Company of $1.4 Million | U.S. Attorney’s Office |
| 15 October 2014 | Update on Portland Man Sentenced Earlier This Month for Defrauding His Own Company of $1.4 Million | U.S. Attorney’s Office |