Q&A: KeepTruckin Co-Founder Talks ELDs, Data and More
KeepTruckin is fast-growing company that specializes in providing electronic logging and fleet management solutions for owner-operators and small carriers. It recently announced a new round of capital to fund its expansion. We spoke to KeepTruckin Co-f…
SafetyDriven awards seven trucking companies
LANGLEY, B.C. – Seven transportation companies have been honored by SafetyDriven – Trucking Safety Council of B.C. – with Bison Transport accepting the Health and Safety Innovation Award for its leadership. The recognition is for the companies’ commitm…
Using Augmented Reality in Technician Training
How Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin, is using augmented reality to give its dlesel technician students a look inside the workings of a diesel engine.
ELD complicates US agriculture exporters’ supply chains
The electronic logging device mandate’s impact has rippled across supply chains, and there is no better example of that than the US agriculture export market. (Above: A carrot farm in California.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com.
Agricultural…
ATRI Seeks For-Hire Truck Fleet Cost Data
The American Transportation Research Institute is requesting data from for-hire motor carriers for the annual update of its Operational Costs of Trucking report.
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Technology came under the spotlight at the Transplace Shipper Symposium this week, as did (as expected) the truck driver shortage. But other topics that may help shippers address their freight transportation problems yielded insights, as well. …
Over 9,000 people attend Truxpo
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Truxpo 2018 saw more than 9,000 attendees over the two day event, with what organizer Master Promotions said was a noticeable increase in attendance from the South Asian trucking community. “This year we truly put a focus…
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ELDs’ parking impact: Trucker Path data show big shift in planning practices, little in capacity stress
Trucker Path provides some sense of quantification around the impact of the ELD mandate on the parking problem, showing a slight shift in stressed parking capacity, but more more change in driver’s operational planning around parking.