LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rand McNally debuted a low-cost electronic logging device designed to help drivers and small fleets easily comply with the federal ELD mandate.
March 31, 2016Special Coverage, Business, Technology
BlackBerry Enters Trailer-Tracking Market
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Telecommunications company BlackBerry has entered the trailer-tracking market with its BlackBerry Radar system, launched here at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
April 2, 2016Business, Technology
FourKites, McLeod Forge Technology Partnership
Technology provider FourKites has created a partnership with McLeod Software that integrates tracking and transportation management software.
April 1, 2016Business, Technology
Two More Companies Offer Web-Based Trucking Services
Two more technology-driven efforts to apply Web-based services to trucking have been developed.
April 1, 2016Special Coverage, Business, Technology
Rand McNally Debuts Low-Cost, Plug-in ELD
Technology, Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous
E-Logs Improve Business Processes, Fleets Say, as Industry Preps for Mandate
DALLAS — Electronic driver logs can streamline fleets’ business processes and improve hours-of-service compliance, but driver outreach is key for a successful rollout, trucking executives said.
March 28, 2016Technology, Business
EDI vs. APIs
Some technology vendors say standard electronic data interchange — the transmission of data between computers following a strict format that was defined decades ago — is outdated and inefficient.
March 28, 2016Business, Technology
Daimler's Autonomous Platoon Debuts on Germany's Autobahn
DÜSSELDORF, Germany — Daimler Trucks demonstrated what it called the next milestone in autonomous driving by running a three-truck platoon on a public stretch of the autobahn.
March 28, 2016Technology, Business, Autonomous
Cybersecurity Outlook: Trucking Still Fighting the Ever-Nimble Hacker
Trucking companies still on high alert from seemingly endless reports of hacker break-ins last year should brace for even more sophisticated capers in 2016, according to a string of reports released by top cybersecurity firms.
March 25, 2016Business, Technology
Trucking-Software Startup Convoy Picks Up $16 Million Load of Venture Capital
Convoy, a Seattle trucking-software startup, has pulled in $16 million from investors.
March 23, 2016Business, Technology
Project44 Introduces Transit Time API
Technology firm Project44 has launched an application program interface designed to help less-than-truckload carriers better manage transit-time information.
March 22, 2016