http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/transcore/ Business Wire - The global leader in news distribution en Copyright 2009, Business Wire. WebSupport@BusinessWire.com WebSupport@BusinessWire.com Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:51:43 UT Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:51:43 UT http://www.businesswire.com http://www.businesswire.com Business Wire - The global leader in news distribution http://www.businesswire.com/images/bwlogo_small.gif 100 36 Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:34:00 UT TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Riviera Finance, a leader in commercial finance, and Canadian-based TransCore Link Logistics, provider of the largest and most dependable freight matching network in Canada, announce their seven-year collaboration has resulted in over $100 million in funding to truckers throughout Canada. This short-term, load-funding program has been a key source of cash flow for carriers during the latest recession. “Our customers appreciate the prompt application process and se http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091201006241/en 20091201006241en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:27:00 UT 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 http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091123006101/en 20091123006101en Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:34:00 UT 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 &#8 http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091117006564/en 20091117006564en Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:20:00 UT SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) awarded TransCore a $35 million contract to design, develop, test, install and maintain a new advanced toll collection and accounting system (ATCAS II) for seven San Francisco Bay area bridges; the contract includes a six year maintenance option. Design is underway and slated for completion by 2012. Seven toll bridges in the San Francisco Bay area are owned and operated by the state, with tolls administered by BATA. These seven bridg http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091116006052/en 20091116006052en Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:00:00 UT 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 http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091112005365/en 20091112005365en Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:00 UT PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore introduces Credit Patrol, a credit monitoring service designed specifically for freight brokers and carriers. The new service alerts subscribers to any changes in their own credit record or that of their transportation business partners. A change in credit score or days-to-pay can provide early warning of a business failure, and it is often the first sign of fraud or identity theft. Credit Patrol enables subscribers to monitor changes to their own credi http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091110005750/en 20091110005750en Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:11:00 UT 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 http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091105006163/en 20091105006163en Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:00:00 UT PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore’s Logistics Software, a transportation management system (TMS), has added three modules to help truck freight brokers and third party logistics providers (3PLs) take tighter control of operations. The Carrier Pay Rate Calculator is a powerful negotiating tool putting the broker in control when selecting a carrier. Whether a carrier bills at a flat rate, per mile, hundred weight (CWT), ton, piece, or percentage of cost, the Carrier Pay Rate Calcula http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091103005621/en 20091103005621en Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:58:00 UT 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. http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091030005743/en 20091030005743en Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:58:00 UT 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 http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091028006678/en 20091028006678en Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:00:00 UT HARRISBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore, a subsidiary of Roper Industries (NYSE: ROP), has been notified by Houston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) that it has been selected as prime contractor to design, furnish, install, operate, and maintain a high occupancy toll and automated reversible gate operation system for 83 miles of reversible high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. The total contract is valued at an estimated $81 million and is 80-percent federally fu http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091024005021/en 20091024005021en Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:53:00 UT PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore announces publication of a white paper for freight brokers that are contemplating purchasing a transportation management system (TMS). Brokers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) that have recently achieved a million dollars in revenue without a TMS, as well as those brokers that current TMS is inadequate for current needs, are among those that will benefit from this practical publication. “Ten Essentials: What a Broker TMS Should Do for Yo http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091021006173/en 20091021006173en Wed, 7 Oct 2009 18:25:00 UT 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 http://www.businesswire.com/news/transcore/20091007006215/en 20091007006215en