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Caroline Lyle joins TMW Systems as marketing exec

Caroline Lyle has been appointed vice president of marketing for TMW Systems where she will oversee all marketing and communications programs designed to support the company’s portfolio of transportation management, asset maintenance, last-mile delivery, and business intelligence and related products and services for for-hire and private fleets, brokers, 3PLs, and heavy duty repair centers. Lyle […]

August 4, 2016

Orbcomm lands trailer tracking contract from Barnes Transportation

Barnes Transportation Services Inc. (Barnes) has chosen Orbcomm to provide solar-powered asset tracking for its dry van trailers.

August 4, 2016

Orbcomm’s GT 1100 device uses an integrated solar panel to increase longevity and frequency of reporting.

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Spireon hits record 2016 revenues in fleet telematics

Spireon Inc., a provider of aftermarket GPS-based vehicle telematics and Business Intelligence systems, announced it has achieved its 20th consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth. The record revenue growth arises as the Company added over 1,000,000 new connected devices in the past year across all major vehicle telematics segments. Spireon grew revenue 20 percent year over year […]

August 2, 2016

Verizon acquires Fleetmatics in $2.4 billion deal

Verizon – the telecommunications giant who just last week acquired the core assets of Yahoo! for $4.8 billion – announced in June an agreement to purchase Telogis, Inc.

August 1, 2016

CCJ Innovator: Covenant Transport advancing driver teams with tech, e-commerce strategies

CTG has been able to significantly improve its business using advanced analytics and technology to solve problems in routing and driver management.

July 31, 2016

Joey Hogan, president of CTG, believes the future is bright for the 30-year old company. Photo courtesy of CTG.

Lightening the load: new options to outsource compliance

As the transportation industry continues to go electronic, third party service providers see increased demand from fleets to hand over controls for managing information

July 26, 2016

J.J. Keller’s Managed Services group offers reporting and consulting for fleet compliance.

Gorilla Safety offers new asset tracking product

Gorilla Safety’s new Gorilla Trax device attaches to the vehicle or asset and communicates with its mobile app when a driver is in proximity.

July 26, 2016

Gorilla Safety’s electronic logging device is currently available for Android devices, with an iOS version in the works.

Transfix raises $22M in funding for truck-shipment matching tech

Transfix announced $22 million in Series B funding led by new investor New Enterprise Associates (NEA). NY-based Transfix has created an online marketplace for the trucking and logistics industry, providing a platform that matches shipments with available trucks. Several existing investors also participated in the round, including Canvas Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and Corigin Ventures. […]

July 26, 2016

Blue Tree Systems launches new interface for telematics

With FleetManager.com, each user creates their own workspace by selecting the data types they want to see.

July 26, 2016

BlueTree offers a rugged Garmin tablet with navigation as part of its mobile computing platform.

Cummins introduces new suite of OTA engine connectivity options for ’17 engine lineup

Cummins on Friday, July 22, in addition to unveiling its 2017 engine lineup, introduced a new package of engine connectivity options that give fleets the ability to update their trucks’ engines over the air (OTA) with either an updated calibration from Cummins or specialized tunes for improving fuel economy or application changes.

July 25, 2016

Cummins’ new Connected Calibrations and Connected Tuning systems will launch later this year alongside the new X15 engines.

LoadDex pricing tool now includes intermodal rates from FECR

The LoadDex pricing tool now has FECR intermodal rates, in addition to truckload and LTL rates, for a convenient way to determine route and mode optimization and access to competitive pricing.

July 22, 2016

CarriersEdge rolls out Border Crossing training courses for drivers

CarriersEdge says its new Border Crossing/C-TPAT courses help ensure drivers are fully prepared at the border and that inspections are completed properly.

July 22, 2016

Teletrac Navman launches Director fleet management platform

Teletrac Navman has introduced Director, the company’s fleet management software platform designed to provide greater transparency and intelligence in asset tracking and data collection.

July 19, 2016

Application view of Teletrac Navman DIRECTOR from desktop, laptop, mobile and driver's device. (PRNewsFoto/Teletrac Navman)

Truckstops now able to advertise on Trucker Path Pro app

A new feature for the Trucker Path Pro driver app makes it possible for truckstops to offer exclusive discounts and services to a large user community.

July 18, 2016

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Road, weather alerting service comes to Geotab mobile platform

The E-Horizon add-in service transmits verbal and visual warnings of weather-related road hazards to both dispatchers and drivers.

July 15, 2016

Keep CCJ in your Facebook news feed

A recent change to Facebook’s news feed algorithm put an emphasis on posts from friends and family and less of an emphasis on posts from media organizations. If you want to make sure you’re seeing all of CCJ’s Facebook updates, follow these steps.

July 12, 2016

Pana-Pacific network to sell and install Lytx DriveCam program

Pana-Pacific will sell and install the Lytx DriveCam program through the nationwide network of Heavy-Duty Truck dealerships, beginning in July 2016.

July 8, 2016

Freight brokers, 3pls will search for capacity using e-log data from truckers

In the near future, truck drivers and capacity owners could share hours-of-service data with brokers to optimize the freight matching process.

July 7, 2016

Barton Logistics plans to use hours-of-service data from truckers to streamline its freight matching process.

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With the addition of FirstFleet, Werner is expected to grow its Dedicated revenues by approximately 50% and become North America's fifth-largest Dedicated carrier by power units. The transaction also increases Werner’s share in more resilient categories such as grocery and baked goods.

Werner acquiring FirstFleet for $245M

The acquisition reshapes Werner’s portfolio, shifting the weight of its Truckload Transportation Services (TTS) toward long-term, stable contractual business.

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Pilot Travel Centers set to deploy Tesla Semi chargers spanning 5 states

Peninsula Truck Lines, Inc. announced today that it will implement a Pacific Northwest Compliance Surcharge to help offset the rising regulatory and compliance costs associated with operating in Washington and Oregon.

Peninsula Truck Lines adding PNW compliance surcharge

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Court halts NYSTA surcharge on commercial trucking toll management service providers

Abilene will continue operating through Tuesday, January 27, the company said, maintaining its commitment to safe, reliable, and professional service as resources transition to Swift.

Abilene Motor Express folding into Swift Transportation

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