2020

Article written by Erica Schueller FMCSA fleet panel provides real-world feedback on spec’d safety technology, driver health initiatives, and the importance of communication and a defined safety culture. Vehicle and driver safety tops the priority list for many fleets. There are several methods fleets have employed to ensure safety of drivers, cargo and the motoring […]

Article written by Catharine Conway Trucking continues to find the good in the world as well as its community. With the first full week of August – almost – behind us, it’s been nothing short of eventful with Hurricane Isaias hitting our shores and tornados in the Northeast leading to widespread flooding and power outages

Article written by Aaron Huff Unlike current regulations, the hours of service rule taking effect Sept. 29 will allow drivers to effectively pause their 14-hour clock when using split sleeper berth time to divide their 10-hour off-duty period. Beginning Sept. 29 when the revised hours of service rule shifts into law, truck drivers will have an expanded

Article written by Jeff Berman XPO Logistics announced this week it has rolled out new capabilities to its digital freight platform, XPO Connect. At a time when the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to bring about increased e-commerce activity, with consumers more frequently buying big and bulky items—like furniture, exercise equipment, and other heavy goods—online, as they are at

Article written by Ben Ames FleetOps raises $6 million in funding for strategy of enabling “white label” load boards instead of acting as a broker itself. Canadian logistics technology startup FleetOps has raised $6 million in venture funding for its vision of a freight marketplace that matches truck drivers with freight brokers by aggregating the

Saloodo, a digital freight platform from Germany, is expanding. The startup, which connects shippers and carriers with a solution for ordering and handling shipments, will now launch its platform in Turkey. Turkey isn’t the first market abroad for the German startup, which was launched by DHL Group in 2017. The platform is already available in several

Trucking news and briefs for Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020: Navistar partners with Geotab to bring fleet management to International trucks Navistar announced Wednesday a new partnership with Geotab that allows International customers to add select Geotab fleet management systems through Navistar’s factory-installed telematics device, OnCommand Connection (OCC). OCC is standard on the International LT Series,

Source: DAT According to DAT Solutions, spot truckload rates for van, refrigerated, and flatbed have all seen increases since last month, with supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 pushing more freight to the spot market at a time when demand for truckload capacity usually declines. Shippers and freight brokers posted 8.6% more loads during the