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Mack, Volvo Enhance Over-the-Air Software Update Capabilities

Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks have improved upon their over-the-air feature, which allows for updates to occur while a driver has downtime, such as while at a rest stop or home.

October 22, 2018
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Wiesen Named President at Carrier Logistics Inc.

CHICAGO 鈥 Carrier Logistics Inc., a provider of management software for less-than-truckload operations, has transitioned to new leadership and is exploring opportunities to add deeper data analytics and artificial intelligence.

October 9, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Fuse5 Partners With Launch Deck on Software Development

Fuse5 Automotive Software, which provides business management solutions for the automotive aftermarket, announced it has secured a partnership with software development firm Launch Deck.

October 9, 2018
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Paragon Software Opens New Hampshire Office

Vehicle routing and scheduling optimization provider Paragon Software Systems has opened an office in Manchester, N.H.

October 9, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

'Fast and Furious' Driverless Cars Aren鈥檛 as Crazy as They Sound

Self-driving cars will rarely have to deal with a pack of drivers who think they are in a 鈥淔ast and Furious鈥 movie, but training them to do so might just be what it takes to reach true autonomy.

March 19, 2018
BusinessTechnologyTCA

Florida Software Firm Optym鈥檚 Algorithms are Quietly Transforming Logistics

Optym, founded by President and CEO Ravi Ahuja, considers real life transportation problems, formulates them as mathematical models with large number of variables (often in millions), solves them through sophisticated proprietary algorithms, and then packages the algorithms into commercial-grade software solutions.

February 5, 2018
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

China鈥檚 Uber-for-Trucks Apps Trade Barbs as Battle Turns Toxic

Harassing phone calls, spam text messages and police investigations 鈥 the fight between China鈥檚 Uber-for-trucks apps is getting nasty.

October 26, 2017
BusinessTechnology

BluJay Solutions Raises $500 Million to Fund Growth

Supply chain software provider BluJay Solutions has received an unspecified investment from Temasek, an investment company based in Singapore, to support the growth of its global trade network

October 9, 2017
BusinessTechnology

Driver Safety Startup Idelic Gets $1 Million in Funding

Idelic Inc., a technology startup recently spun off by Pitt Ohio, a regional freight carrier based in Pittsburgh, has received $1 million in seed financing to develop SafetyBox, a program that analyzes data to help trucking companies and fleet operators identify at-risk drivers.

October 6, 2017
BusinessTechnologyTCA

App Aims to Increase Communication in Intermodal Industry

Paul Burgoyne has been in the transportation industry for 25 years, and the Poland, Ohio resident knows the ins and outs of the industry, and its problems.

September 25, 2017