Truckers Take to the Streets to Protest ELDs
Truckers around the country and in the nation’s capital gathered to protest the upcoming ELD Mandate, which goes into effect this December.
Analysis: 3 Takeaways From This Year’s FTR Conference
Trying to narrow down the single, biggest point made at the annual FTR Transportation Conference would be a fool’s errand. The event was content rich, covering everything from the economy and freight to equipment and everything in between. Business Contributing Editor Evan Lockridge found three takeaways.
Interesting Equipment at the New Atlanta Show
Whether or not North America needed another truck show, based on attendance and quality of exhibitors, the new NACV is likely to have a real future.
Autonomous Truck Technology; Stepping Stones and Stumbling Blocks
There’s no doubt that research and development work on the building blocks of autonomous and automated truck techologies is proceeding apace. It was one of the key themes at the inaugural North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta recently. But it may yet be quite a while before people truly trust these technologies — or before large numbers of fleets find them to be a worthwhile investment.
Kingsgate Transportation Joins Blockchain in Trucking Alliance
Kingsgate Transportation + Logistics, a non-asset based third-party logistics provider, has become a member of the Blockchain in Trucking Alliance, a group dedicated to setting standards for blockchain applications developed for the transportation industry.
Reinventing the wheel
The phrase “don’t reinvent the wheel” is a funny term to wheel manufacturers in the trucking industry. Because while some think reinventing the wheel is just an idiom for wasting time, to them, it’s a career. Engineers in the commercial…
Russian rail monopoly plans faster servies to win cargo
Russian shippers overwhelmingly prefer trucking to rail at the moment.
Russian rail monopoly RZD will at the start of next year introduce new services that will cut transit times by rail on some routes by 15 to 17 percent, the company said.
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Truckstop.com offering online database of ‘vetted’ ELD providers
The list of vetted providers will grow, Truckstop.com says, but currently includes Glostone Trucking Solutions (seller of GeoTab), GPS Insight, HOS-Reporter, JJ Keller, KeepTruckin and Omnitracs.
Allison Expands Fuel-Efficient Medium-Duty Transmission Tech
Allison Transmission has begun offering its xFE fuel-saving technology on two more of its medium-duty transmissions, including the 1000 Series and 2000 Series, the company has announced.
Group of D.C. demonstrators parks up near the White House
Twenty-nine bobtail trucks staged in the wee hours on Constitution Avenue between the Washington Monument and the White House today in an attempt to garner the attention of the President on the electronic logging device mandate.