Trucking industry making the slow climb back

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – While trucking conditions are improving, it will be some time before they get back to pre-Covid levels. FTR expects U.S. truck loadings to decline 5.7% this year. It shared its latest insights during a State of Freight webinar on Ke…

Uber Freight casting wider TMS net with Blue Yonder connection

[caption caption="Connections between digitally native freight brokers and TMSs continue to grow as brokers seek in-built sources of shipper demand to feed their capacity networks. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Uber Freight has con…

Volvo, Mack extending uptime service bundles

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Mack and Volvo are extending access to their respective uptime services at no cost through the end of the year, or for a minimum of three months – whichever is longer. The free program extension is retroactive and available on all mo…

CVSA Operation Safe Driver Week to place added focus on speed

  TORONTO, Ont. – Speed kills, and it’s one of the reasons why the issue is once again a focus of Operation Safe Driver Week – a Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) initiative that begins July 12. “Speed continues to be a factor in at least …

Omnitracs names Pam Marion chief customer officer

DALLAS, Texas – Omnitracs has appointed Pam Marion chief customer officer, the fleet management solutions provider announced Thursday. In this role, Marion will lead the customer support organization and will oversee all initiatives including migration…

More border crossings collect contact information from drivers

TORONTO, Ont. – The Canada Border Services Agency has expanded a program that involves collecting personal contact information from drivers on behalf of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The initiative, first reported by trucknews.com, is now …

Southern California Edison Prefers SafeConnect

Southern California Edison (SCE), has approved SafeConnect’s innovative electric standby connection system for electric transportation refrigeration units (eTRUs) to the off-road Approved Package List (APL).

Vnomics Partners with Platform Science on True Fuel

Vnomics True Fuel solution is available to fleets as an application for use through Platform Science, as well as other existing telematics systems, without requiring the purchase or installation of additional in-cab hardware.