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E-logs and harassment: 8 steps the new rule takes to deter driver harassment, coercion
In developing the electronic logging device mandate rule this go-around, FMCSA had to include provisions to properly ensure the devices couldn’t be used as a tool for carriers to harass drivers. Here’s a look at its attempts to do so.
March 17, 2014
Business
Sentry Insurance to provide clients with DriveCam system
Lytx, Inc. (formerly DriveCam), a provider of driver safety and compliance systems, announced it has signed an agreement with Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance to provide Sentry’s transportation clients with the DriveCam powered by Lytx driver safety management system.
March 14, 2014
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Orbcomm acquires Euroscan, expands telematics portfolio
Orbcomm Inc., a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Euroscan Holdings, B.V. (Euroscan), a leading global supplier of refrigerated transportation temperature compliance recording systems.
March 14, 2014
Business
Con-way uses technology, peer-based coaching to drive safety results
Con-way made a strategic decision to use its most safe and experienced drivers to coach other drivers using the data it receives through the on-board performance system and event recorder.
March 13, 2014
Business
GE Capital Fleet Services creates new telematics system
GE Capital Fleet Services announced a new telematics system, GE Monitor Asset Tracking, that allows fleet managers to track, in real-time, powered and non-powered assets such as trailers, forklifts, key equipment and generators.
March 12, 2014
Business
Volvo Trucks reaches Remote Diagnostics milestone
Volvo Trucks announced that it has placed its 25,000th truck in service with its Remote Diagnostics tool in less than a year and a half since the feature was first introduced. Averitt Express took delivery of the truck in early March and now has 700 Remote Diagnostics-equipped power units in its fleet. Remote Diagnostics is intended […]
March 11, 2014
Business
uShip, eBay ink agreement on larger-than-parcel items
uShip-powered delivery options will be incorporated across eBay categories regularly containing LTP goods, weighing more than 150 lbs and needing buyer-arranged shipping. It’s initially available in eBay Motors’ U.S.-sold vehicles, motorcycles, powersports and boats, but more categories will be added this coming Spring.
March 11, 2014
Business
Fleet execs outline top challenges to industry suppliers
Hours of service, the driver shortage and challenges with adopting new technology are major hurdles facing the industry, according to a panel of fleet executives at the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association’s 2014 Heavy Duty Dialogue conference in Nashville this week.
March 10, 2014
Business
Noregon debuts total vehicle diagnostics system at TMC
Noregon Systems has introduced its total vehicle diagnostics and repair system, which includes two new products: Noregon First Step Service Advisor and the JPRO Command Module for Mack and Volvo trucks.
March 10, 2014
Business
Con-way Freight deploys suite of advanced safety technology
Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc., announced the full deployment of Drive Safe Systems, a suite of advanced on-board “monitor, sense and alert” technologies
March 6, 2014
Business
Schneider to deploy FleetRisk Advisors’ safety, retention models
FleetRisk Advisors, a strategic business unit of Omnitracs, LLC, announced that multi-national trucking company Schneider will deploy FleetRisk Advisors’ Driver Safety and Driver Retention models
March 6, 2014
Business
Expanding connectivity with drivers
For drivers, staying connected is easy since they are the ones who decide how, when and where to use personal devices. From a fleet management perspective, connectivity is a more complicated equation.
March 6, 2014
Business
5 strategies to ‘consumerize’ technology for trucking
Any driver, fleet manager or executive with a smart phone or tablet device has an expectation for technology. They expect the things they can do in their personal life to be just as easy in their profession. At first glance, this expectation may seem impossible to satisfy given your limited IT budget and resources. Is […]
March 6, 2014
Business
Orbcomm’s next-gen satellite modems now available
Orbcomm announced the availability of its next generation OG2 satellite modems. The modems, it says, are ideal for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) integration into satellite M2M applications targeted for the transportation, heavy equipment, oil & gas, and government markets.
March 4, 2014
Business
Sprint sales teams to offer Spireon’s FleetLocate services
Spireon and Sprint announced the formation of a relationship aimed at providing Spireon’s FleetLocate-branded mobile resource management (MRM) systems to fleet operators utilizing the Sprint network.
March 4, 2014
Business
Millis Transfer deploys SmartDrive across fleet
SmartDrive Systems, a provider of driving performance systems for reducing collisions and improving fuel efficiency, announced that Millis Transfer, Inc., a Wisconsin-based dry-van truckload carrier that offers regional and dedicated fleet services, has deployed SmartDrive’s video and data capture systems across its entire fleet of vehicles. The company is using the system to improve its […]
March 4, 2014
Business
McLeod Software sets new sales record in 2013
McLeod Software announced that its 2013 calendar year set a new record for the fourth straight year. The company’s overall sales growth exceeded 30 percent of the previous year, 2012, which had set an all‐time record for sales and revenue.
February 28, 2014
Business
Two strikes, you’re out: how to change driver behavior with critical event data
One way to safeguard against rear-end collisions and other major events is by using technology to identify high-risk behaviors in time to intervene and eliminate repeat offenses. Mobile fleet management systems can provide instant alerts for speeding and rapid deceleration or “hard braking” events, which are leading indicators for accidents.
February 27, 2014
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