Survey: Fleets Investing in Technology to Cut Costs
In a recent survey of the transportation industry by Teletrac Navman, 39% of fleets named reducing costs as a top business goal in 2017.
2017 GATS Best of Show, Limited Mileage Bobtail: Blazing back from obscurity
It was originally black with orange flames, but to make it consistent with the rest of the fleet, Lindamood painted the truck silver with blue flames.
Can Fleets Subscribe to a Vehicle?
For fleets, technology is enabling a more efficient way to use vehicles, increase utilization, and more precisely match the type of vehicle to usage.
What you need to know about social media investigations
MILTON, Ont. – If you’ve lied about a recent insurance claim, you could be outed thanks to your Facebook page. That was the warning given by Maeve Davis, vice-president of client services at ISB Canada at a seminar hosted in…
Business base: Mechanical experience before buying the truck
While knowledge of the working systems of the truck is required of an CDL driver, there’s no replacement for maintenance experience when it comes to hands-on know-how to save on repairs by doing them yourself, or knowing when not to.
New spill response regulations in B.C. to impact carriers
VICTORIA, B.C. – The British Columbia Trucking Association (BCTA) is notifying its members that they will have one year to prepare and comply with the province’s new land-based spill response regulations. The B.C. government announced Oct. 13 that commencing Oct.…
Round-up: The parking issue’s grassroots problems; And the California convoy that capped the ELD protest week
Too often, the roots grow against new-parking development — Love’s Travel Stops pulls out of Ostego, Minn., truck stop plans after local opposition. And: Video and more from the sizable anti-ELD demonstrations two weeks back out west.
Five Apps for That: Don’t get delayed by bad directions
All of these routing apps allow the user to establish a profile that includes a truck’s height, weight, length and hazmat class. The apps provide optimal routes that avoid roads and bridges with truck limitations for weight or clearance.
Don’t call it an AMT
Eaton’s Endurant is the North American trucking industry’s first purpose-built automated transmission
Drivers Cost Fleets More than Fuel Does for Second Year in A Row
The American Transportation Research Institute has found that increases to driver wages and benefits outpaced declines in fuel costs in 2016. The findings were published in the 2017 update of ATRI’s An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking.