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XRS opens sales of new, all-mobile platform
XRS Corporation debuted its new XRS product, the trucking industry’s first and only complete mobile platform for compliance and fleet optimization. The company announced at the Truckload Carriers Association Annual Conference Monday, March 4, in Las Vegas that the XRS product is now available for sale, with shipment during the second quarter of the calendar […]
March 4, 2013
Business
Rand McNally releases new Connect web portal
Coinciding today with the Truckload Carriers Associations’ annual convention in Las Vegas, Nev., Rand McNally released its all-new Connect web portal. The portal enables a single point for users to view all of the metrics, features, and services connected with Rand McNally’s TND 760 and TPC 7600 mobile fleet management products. The Connect web portal […]
March 4, 2013
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PeopleNet offers trailer tracking via PLC
PeopleNet, a provider of integrated onboard computing systems, introduced a trailer tracking offering that requires no additional trailer hardware. The announcement was made at the Truckload Carriers Association annual convention being held in Las Vegas, March 3-6. The Tethered Trailer Tracking application uses the existing Power Line Communication (PLC) cable for exchanging data between the […]
March 4, 2013
Business
TCA chairman Low implores fleets to improve driver health
During the opening general session at the 75th annual Truckload Carriers Association’s annual convention in Las Vegas, TCA chairman and Prime, Inc. founder Robert Low addressed attendees on the association’s major image and advocacy efforts in the last year. One of Low’s main efforts during his tenure as TCA chairman has been driver image, particularly […]
March 4, 2013
Business
Diesel price drops 2.9 cents
A brief but fairly sharp surge in diesel prices has ended. The national average retail diesel price decreased 2.9 cents to $4.13 a gallon during the week ended March 4, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. Diesel prices are 3.6 cents higher than the same week last year. Diesel prices fell […]
March 4, 2013
Business
PeopleNet to offer weigh station bypass with Drivewyze
Drivewyze, creators of the Drivewyze PreClear weigh station bypass service, and PeopleNet, a provider of mobile fleet management systems, announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and entered into a collaborative business relationship. Under the terms of the MOU, Drivewyze and PeopleNet will explore ways in which they can join forces to […]
March 4, 2013
Business
Refrigeration system runs on kinetic power
The WedWay Refrigeration Power System is a kinetic power device designed to replace the diesel engine and diesel fuel systems on refrigerated semi-trailers. The system includes the WedLink temperature monitoring and management system that also provides GPS tracking and fleet management technology. For more information, go to www.emeraldtechnologypartners.com.
March 4, 2013
Business
Right truck, right time: Cummins-powered International ProStar+ test drive
In February, I made the short drive over to Columbus, Miss., to visit International dealer Waters Truck & Tractor, which had just taken delivery of one of the first ProStar+ daycab tractors to come off the assembly line. I was there to take the new rig and a fully-loaded 53-foot trailer on a drive through […]
March 4, 2013
Business
Senate bill would attempt to tackle transportation funding problems
A bill in the Senate would create a system of loans and loan guarantees to spur private and state investment in U.S. infrastructure.
March 4, 2013
Business
FMCSA committee names new chair, members
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has appointed to its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee a new chairman, vice chairman and five new members. The announcement came last week.
March 4, 2013
Business
Qualcomm creates applications for fuel level, trailer ABS monitoring
Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its division, Qualcomm Enterprise Services, has launched its Exact Fuel application that monitors and transmits fuel level information on the vehicle data bus directly to fleet managers. With the information, trucking companies can identify discrepancies in fuel levels that may indicate theft, as well as make timelier and more informed fuel […]
March 4, 2013
Business
BettsHD compiles fender installation kits
BettsHD’s Total Installation Kits for its most popular fenders are single easy-to-order part numbers for single-axle and half and full tandem-axle applications. The kits – available in stainless steel, galvanized, aluminum and poly – include two fenders with vibration-absorbing rubber insulators to help prolong product life, along with all brackets and hardware necessary to complete […]
March 4, 2013
Business
Five years and several expensive gallons ago
Times change quickly, don’t they? It doesn’t seem like that many years ago that Tivo came into our house for the first time, and I still can remember my family’s “oohs” and “ahhs” when the satellite dude that installed it gave us his quick tutorial. Today, the black recorder box is an old phenomenon seemingly […]
March 4, 2013
Business
GM Launches Business Elite fleet program
Chevrolet and GMC are introducing a new commercial dealer program – Business Elite – at 469 dealerships nationwide today. GM says the Business Elite program, which is targeted at business customers who own one to 100 vehicles, is designed to provide the country’s estimated 400,000 small-to-mid-size businesses with the industry’s best sales and service experience […]
March 1, 2013
Business
Vigillo boosts staff by 25 percent
Vigillo, creators of data mining software products designed to aggregate, organize and deliver complex fleet safety information in an easy-to-read scorecard format, announced that ongoing growth is leading to a more than 25 percent increase in its data analytics, engineering and customer support staff. Gretchen Wierenga CDS, an experienced trucking industry safety and risk management […]
March 1, 2013
Business
Congress considering letting states raise truck weight limits
For the fifth consecutive year, Congress is considering legislation to allow states to increase truck weights on Interstates to 97,000 pounds.
March 1, 2013
Business
Pitt Ohio develops LTL carbon calculator
In collaboration with a local university, Pittsburg, Penn.-based Pitt Ohio has developed a carbon calculator for less-than-truckload operations. The effort began about 1.5 years ago and took about three months to create. Pitt Ohio, which operates more than 1,100 power unites and 21 terminals in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest region, is now leveraging data from its […]
February 28, 2013
Business
House to inquire about DOT’s progress on highway reforms in highway law
The House transportation committee’s House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s will have a hearing to determine progress by the Department of Transportation on various various aspects of the MAP-21 highway funding bill signed into law last summer.
February 28, 2013
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